FIRST for Engineering

• The largest centre for Engineering education in Scotland.

• Excellent international reputation for world-class study and research.

• The Place of Useful Learning.

Roy ChapmanVice Dean AcademicFaculty of Engineering

FIRST for Engineering

9 Departments:

• Architecture• Bioengineering • Chemical & Process Engineering • Civil Engineering • Design, Manufacture & Engineering Management • Electronic & Electrical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • National Centre for Prosthetics & Orthotics • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

An International Community

• 300+ international students, researchers and staff from 40 countries

• Enhanced learning for all

• Top in Europe for ‘Sustainability’

• Top in Scotland for:– Electrical & Electronic Eng

– Mechanical Eng

– Highest ‘research power’ rating in RAE08

• The only…– Power Plant simulator in a European University

– MSc in Power Plant Technologies in Scotland

– MSc in Environmental Forensics in the UK

– MSc in Environmental Entrepreneurship in Europe – First interactive classroom in the UK

Some of Our Achievements…

• First interactive classroom in UK• Two doctoral training centres

– Medical Devices (bioengineering)– Wind Energy Technology

• 2008 Student Prize winners:– Royal Institute of British Architects silver medal - the

world's most prestigious student prize in architecture.– Best Student Project at the Scottish Renewables Green

Energy Awards 2008 for EME students– Institution of Engineering Designers Prize Awards for

DMEM final year projects– Royal Academy of Engineering - Engineering

Leadership Advanced Award – Chem Eng

Some of Our Achievements…

Why Study Engineering at Strathclyde?

“Strathclyde engineers are among the best I have come across. We regularly recruit Strathclyde engineers onto

our fast-track management development scheme.”- Alan Raleigh, Global Technology Unit, Unilever.

Quality Teaching Industry Links

Employability

Careers

• Over 500 graduates each year, largest of any Scottish

University

• High Quality Teaching & High Quality Student Intake

• Flagship MEng & Interdisciplinary degrees

• Collaboration with Industry…– Rolls-Royce Chair in Power Engineering– Student placements and sponsorship– Industry-relevant research

FIRST for Undergraduate Teaching

• Over 50 UG courses– BEng – 4 years– MEng – 5 years including European Studies or

Business Studies

• Innovative Teaching– New Approaches to Teaching & Learning in

Engineering (NATALIE) - based on Peer Instruction – ‘teaching by questioning’

– Interactive Teaching Clusters– Use of Virtual Learning Environment (WebCT) – Short mini-lectures, videos, demonstrations and

problem-solving – Student Group and Project Work

FIRST for Undergraduate Teaching

FIRST for Accredited Courses

• Accredited status: Chartered Engineer– essential for engineers to enter professional

practice – recognised globally

• Undergraduate courses – monitored in the UK through regular course

inspections by the Engineering Institutions

• ALL Strathclyde BEng and MEng courses are accredited

• MEng - may become necessary for accreditation in the future

• Industrial advisory board for each department.

• Industrial Placements – enabling students to gain experience in the workplace.

• Site visits and industrial lectures for students.

• Sponsored Professors (Rolls Royce, Texas Instruments)

• Extensive opportunities for Continued Professional Development

FIRST for Industrial Links

Some of our Facilities….

…..Laboratories and Computer Suites….

£2.5m invested in Chemical Eng labs

Digital Design and Manufacture Studio

Access to computer aided design, 2D and 3D data acquisition, virtual prototyping, and a wide range of

rapid prototyping techniques.

3D Virtual Prototyping

Physical Rapid Prototyping

DMEM

So what is it like study at Strathclyde?

Innovative teaching ….. Practical – hands on – FUN!!

Opportunities for Skills Development

Zhao Yangfan – 3rd Year BEng Mechanical Engineering Student

“The Scottish people are so friendly that nobody will refuse you to give you a hand when you are in trouble. They will smile to you

and try their best to help you, which make us foreigners feel warm and happy. The study here is busy and complex, so we must work

absolutely hard to absorb more and more knowledge.

I am enjoying the life here, I love this city, I love this college.”

• One of the UK’s largest provider of postgraduate education.

– 400+ students, 100+ research staff

• Instructional Programmes: (all 1 year)– Postgraduate Diploma/certificate – MSc– MArch

• Research Degrees:– EngD 4 years with industry-based project– PhD 3 years – MPhil 1 year– MRes 1 year

FIRST for Postgraduates

Current Postgraduate Strengths

• GRPE - Glasgow Research Partnership in Engineering• Over £26.5m investment ex Scottish Funding Council• A further £100m co-invested over 5 years from partner institutions

• Advanced Forming Research Centre• A world-class research facility supporting design and manufacture

engineering - applications range from aviation to automobiles• 8 industrial partners including Rolls Royce and Mettis Aerospace

• Scottish Power Advanced Research Centre• A partnership with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering• £150,000 annual funding for new technology development

•EU Research Council's Advanced Investigator Grant• €2m prestigious ‘Blue Sky Research’ award into spacecraft technology

New Courses - 2009/10

• MSc in Power Plant Technologies – NEW!

• Developed with companies• Designed to meet immediate sector training needs • Classes developed with industry - lectures delivered by

industrialists• Real life Case Studies• The only course of its type in Scotland

• MSc in Ship and Offshore Structures - NEW!• • MRes in Building Design and Management

for Sustainability - NEW!

Strathclyde Engineering Research

Institutes• Information & Communications Engineering• Infrastructure & Transport Engineering• Power & Energy Systems Engineering• Health Engineering

Knowledge Centres for cross-discipline research• Safety Engineering and Conditional Monitoring• Environmental Impact Assessment• Business & Manufacturing Processes• Digital Electronics• Design Concepts and Processes• Computational Methods in Engineering• Engineering Fundamentals

A focussed approach, enhancing our international research strengths