Top-Ranking Engineering Schools in the UK

University of Oxford

• The "Times Higher Education Supplement" ranked engineering programs worldwide in 2009. Of those programs, three programs in the UK were listed among the world's best 11 programs. The No. 11 program on the "Times Supplement" list was the University of Oxford, one of the world's oldest and most well-respected universities. Oxford is home to prominent research facilities such as the Institute of Biomedical Engineering. Oxford offers students multiple fields of study in engineering: biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials engineering, thermofluids, process engineering, turbomachinery and even vision and control engineering. Degrees are offered at both the baccalaureate and graduate levels in a variety of engineering fields.

  Department of Engineering Science
  University of Oxford
  Parks Road
  Oxford OX1 3PJ
  UK
  44-0-18-6527-3000
  eng.ox.ac.uk

University College London

• University College London (UCL) ranked as the sixth highest-rated school of engineering in the "Times Supplement" list for 2009. UCL, like Oxford, is recognized as one of the top-rated universities in the world for a variety of disciplines such as law and business. Its engineering school is home to 20 different state-of-the-art research facilities. The engineering division is subdivided into 10 different departments that reflect the research interests of students and faculty members. These include civil, environment and geomatic engineering; energy and resources engineering; biomechanical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, innovation and management science, computer science, electrical engineering and a crime science division. Engineering studies at UCL are interdisciplinary in nature and encompass a wide variety of related fields. The department collaborates with outside departments such as the law school, medical school and the school of social sciences in order to facilitate research.

  University College London
  Faculty of Engineering
  Gower Street
  London WC1E 6BT
  UK
  44-0-20-7679-3912

University of Cambridge

• The United Kingdom's top-rated engineering school is located at the University of Cambridge. Among all engineering programs worldwide, Cambridge was ranked No. 4 by the "Times Supplement" in 2009. As the university's largest department, the engineering school is instrumental in research conducted across a variety of disciplines. This interdisciplinary approach to research characterizes the leading work produced by the school's six different research divisions in the fields of management and manufacturing; energy, turbomachinery and fluid mechanics; environmental engineering and sustainable development; mechanics, materials and design; electrical engineering and information technology.

  University of Cambridge
  Department of Engineering
  Trumpington Street
  Cambridge CB2 1PZ
  UK
  +44-0-12-2333-2600
  eng.cam.ac.uk