The School of Engineering and Design is one of the largest and most successful engineering and design Schools in the UK, providing a wide range of exciting, forward-looking postgraduate courses. Recognised as a centre of excellence in engineering and design with a strong focus on modern science and technology, the School has an international reputation in research and prides itself on high quality teaching supported by excellent research facilities. The School's high reputation has led to extensive and close collaborative links with industry. These links and the dissertation stage for postgraduates have meant that the School's graduates are highly sought after as employees.
Rankings
Brunel Engineering and Design courses feature high in UK league tables. In The Sunday Times University Guide 2011 Design featured 1st, and in The Guardian University Guide 2011 General Engineering was rated 6th in the UK.
Accreditation
A number of postgraduate courses enjoy accreditation and approval status with, for instance, the IET, the IMechE and CIBSE and other courses are in the process of seeking accreditation.
Brunel University was granted a Royal Charter in 1966, named after the famous Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the University enjoys a current student population of approximately 14,000.
Campus
Excellent location: Brunel is excellently situated 17 miles to the west of Central London and enjoys easy access to the city centre (1 hour on the underground Metropolitan line from the nearest town Uxbridge). The University is close to the London Heathrow Airport (20 minutes by car) and has close motorway links to the rest of the UK (within 15 minutes you have access to the M25, the M40 and the M4.) where you might travel to all parts of the UK. At Brunel you have the best of all possible worlds.
Integrated campus: Brunel University has an integrated campus where you can study, eat in the many restaurants, play sports, relax in the student union and finally rest, all within 7 minutes walk. Many universities cannot offer this integrated and safe campus atmosphere.
Sporting facilities: at Brunel you can enjoy almost any sport that you can imagine. Indeed we have been proud to be the host University to many world-class athletics and sportsmen and women in the last 5 years. In respect to sports, we have in the last two years invested millions on sporting facilities including a fitness centre and Olympic indoor running tracks, facilities that helped London secure the 2012 Olympic games. The Sunday Times recently said Brunel University had the best sporting facilities of all London Universities.
A supportive global community: Brunel University is proud that we have students from over 115 overseas countries. Whilst studying at Brunel you can meet students from many different cultures and countries. We also have a dedicated Graduate School with excellent facilities for exclusive use of our many students.
Academic subject areas
The School has 5 academic subject areas : Advanced Manufacturing and Enterprise Engineering, Brunel Design, Civil Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. MSc taught may be taken as a 1 year full-time, 2 to 3 years part-time or 3 to 5 years distance learning. There is an International Pre-Masters course available for those just missing the required grades. Many courses are accredited with UK professional bodies and enjoy accreditation and approval status with, for instance, the IET, the IMechE and CIBSE.
AMEE
Advanced Engineering Design MSc
Advanced Manufacturing Systems MSc
Engineering Management MSc
Packaging Technology Management MSc
Civil Engineering
Water Engineering MSc
Design
MA Design Strategy and Innovation
MA Design and Branding Strategy
MSc Integrated Product Design
Electronic and Computer Engineering
Advanced Multimedia Design and 3D Technologies
Data Communication Systems
Distributed Computing Systems
Sustainable Electrical Power
Wireless Communication Systems
Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc
Aerospace Engineering MSc
Automotive & Motorsport Engineering MSc
Biomedical Engineering MSc
Building Services Engineering
Building Services Engineering Management MSc
Building Services Engineering with Sustainable Energy MSc
Sustainable Energy: Technologies and Management MSc
Careers and Placements
The School is extremely pleased to announce that Brunel Placement and Careers Service has won a national award ( ‘Best Placement Service' accolade at the 2010 National Placement and Internship Awards, run by RateMyPlacement.co.uk.) for the quality service we provide our students in finding placements and careers on and before graduation. We also offer an excellent and valued placement service to help you get industrial work experience. but also quality service on graduation to help you secure employment. To find out more about work placements please visit
Job shop
A number of students whilst at Brunel enjoy part time work to support themselves financially. We have an on-line job shop application system for students who wish to apply for jobs once they enrol at Brunel. See the Job Shop link at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/pcc/
Research
Apart from the traditional MPhil and PhD programmes the School also offers the Doctor of Engineering (EngD) programme in Environmental Technology which is sponsored by the EPSRC, and New Route PhD programmes in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Systems Engineering.
In the current Research Assessment Exercise, 95% of research academics in the School achieved international standard, with 100% achieving this level in General Engineering. General Engineering research at Brunel is ranked 5th in the country and Mechanical Engineering is ranked 8th in the country by Research Power.
This section details the research carried out within the School, and the research-oriented courses and events available.
Research Themes
- Applied Mechanics
- Civil Engineering
- Design & Manufacture
- Energy & the Environment
- Materials Engineering
- Systems
- Telecommunications
To find out more about research opportunities at Brunel please visit http://www.brunel.ac.uk/research
Facilities
Facilities include modern, well-equipped engineering, design and computer laboratories, motorsport workshop and wind tunnels, and for the digital media courses, a broadcast TV studio. For students on the aviation, aeronautics and aerospace courses there is a state of the art flight simulator with a VTOL facility enabling the testing of project and design work in a practical setting.
Open days
For further information, please visit www.brunel.ac.uk/courses/open-days.
For more information and application form
Email sed-pg-admissions@brunel.ac.uk
or Tel : +44 (0) 1895 266634
Please state the course you are interested in.
