About Us
Continuing our region's rich history in world-leading engineering, innovation, and creativity.
Our vision
To be a leader in addressing the grand challenges of the 21st century through ground-breaking research, innovative engineering solutions, a commitment to sustainability and social responsibility and by embedding and driving the digital transformation in engineering education and research, enabled by our diverse and inclusive community.
We will be recognised as one of the top 10 engineering schools in the UK for research, education and impact and within top 100 in the world.
Cutting-edge research
Our research spans our disciplines, ranging from fundamental principles to multi-disciplinary projects.
We tackle global challenges such as:
- climate change
- sustainable energy
- transport
- clean water supply
- waste management
Our world-class laboratories and facilities support our research.
The next generation of world-leading engineers
Our teaching creates engineers with experience of the full breadth of their subject. They develop a wide range of expertise and competences.
Our students graduate with a combination of specialist skills and broad engineering understanding. This combination is critical and sought after in industry, government and consultancies.
Students in the School are partners in our learning model. They benefit from research-led teaching and experiential learning. We deliver a varied, challenging and rewarding student experience.
We offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Newcastle. Engineering is also the mainstay of the University's campus in Singapore.
We are home to a large and diverse community of PhD candidates.
Undergraduate
Offering BEng, MEng, BSci and MSci Honours programmes in:
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Geospatial Surveying, Mapping and GIS
- Marine Technology/Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
Postgraduate taught
Delivering Masters MSc, PGDip and PGCert programmes in:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Marine Technology
Postgraduate research
Offering PhD, MPhil, MRes and EngD in:
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Geospatial Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Marine Technology
World-acclaimed academic expertise
Our academic groups deliver specialist teaching and research:
- Advanced Materials and Electrochemical Engineering
- Materials, Concepts and Reaction Engineering (MatCoRE)
- Process Intensification
- Environmental Engineering
- Future Mobility
- Geospatial Engineering
- Geotechnics and Structures
- Water
- Electrical Power
- Emerging Technology and Materials
- Intelligent Sensing and Communications
- µSystems
- Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology
- Bioengineering
- Design, Manufacture and Materials
- Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Systems
CPD courses for government and industry
We offer a wide range of Continuing Professional Development courses.
Professional organisations have accredited many of the courses. They attract people from a variety of organisations and at different stages in their careers.
We have the expertise and flexibility to develop new, tailored courses. We are able to respond to the needs of our clients.