Information for Applicants

Engineering and Electronics at The University of Edinburgh

Welcome to the School of Engineering and Electronics web pages for applicants interested in studying an Undergraduate degree with us. We hope that you find here all the information that you require to make that crucial decision about where to study.

We firmly believe that choosing to study at Edinburgh will be one of the best decisions you'll ever make. We are

• enabling today's top students to become tomorrow's leading professionals
• consistently heading the ranking lists in Scotland and maintaining a high profile in the UK and the world
• top rated for teaching quality in the latest national review (2001)
• highly rated for research, with two 4's (of national standing), one 5 and one 5* (both of international standing) research groupings in the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)(2001)
• we have 12 companies which provide sponsorships for well qualified applicants to our degree programmes

Engineering and Electronics are exciting topics to study and they lead to excellent career opportunities. We have many staff with international reputations and we hope you can come to study with us and learn from these international experts.

Engineering at The University of Edinburgh

Engineering has a long history at The University of Edinburgh since the formation of the Reguis Chair in 1868, spanning over 130 years of research and development. Engineers apply technical knowledge to develop, produce and manage systems of the future. The professional engineer enables society to fulfil its aspirations regarding standard of living, convenience and recreation, whilst minimising the cost to the environment. In order to do this engineers require not only a thorough understanding of the technical principles, but also the wider range of management and communication skills. These are needed to allow them to assume responsibility at all levels in their company or organisation.

We offer a large range of degrees, grouped into four main Engineering disciplines. All of the Engineering disciplines may be combined with the study of management, leading to combined degrees, e.g. in "Mechanical Engineering with Management". (Further details are given in the sections dealing with the individual disciplines).

• Concerned with production processes used in the chemical and manufacturing industries

• Working with the design of large-scale structures and systems and their interaction with the environment

• Covering the application of electronics from the Electrical Supply Grid down to microelectronic devices

• Design and construction of mechanical devices and structures

• Additionally, there is a route to apply for a general Engineering course that allows the student to defer making a choice between the four disciplines until half way through the first year of study. This is the course Engineering (BEng) (H100)