Welcome to the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at Durham University. We are housed in modern, well-equipped buildings on the University's Science Site within easy reach of the city centre and all the Durham colleges. We are an integrated learning community of over 580 undergraduate, 90 postgraduate students, academic, technical and support staff. The School has an international reputation for research at the frontiers of contemporary engineering and computing sciences. The academic staff who will teach you are experts in their field. The School's research further benefits its undergraduates by providing an ideal environment for final year research & development projects and through the School's reputation with industry.
I warmly invite you to contact us, whether you are a potential student, colleague in the field, or a research collaborator. The work of the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences has consistently been ranked among the top in its field in the UK Research Assessment Exercises and Teaching Quality Accreditation procedures. Our interdisciplinary approach is increasingly heralded as the way forward for teaching Engineering and Computing Sciences. Detailed feedback on our research output showed that 70% was recognised as Internationally Excellent or World Leading.
Prof. Peter Tavner, Head of School
