Welcome
Head of School
"Welcome to the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Faculty at the University of Manchester. We are one of the largest schools of this discipline in the UK, and as such we are home to a full range of activities within the spectrum of electrical and electronic engineering.
In November 2006, we received full accreditation for our undergraduate programmes (with the maximum score in all of the assessment categories) from The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Only last year, the School was ranked 2nd in the UK for research quality according to the RAE 2008 results. These two external appraisals confirm us as one of the UK's leading Schools of Electrical and Electronic Engineering for both teaching and research. The great breadth and depth of the research interests of our academic staff ensures a very high standard of lecture courses and provides excellent opportunities for challenging and stimulating projects. Our graduates are highly sought after by employers. Independent surveys on employability consistently show our graduates to be the first choice of employers.
The School has always had excellent links with industry and our research base continues to grow year on year. This has been amply demonstrated by the formation of the Oxford Instruments VG Semicon Molecular Beam Epitaxy Facility, the National Grid High Voltage Research Centre and the Centre for Electromagnetics which includes the "Millimetre Wave Laboratory" sponsored by Agilent Technologies. The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre, (UTC), allows Rolls-Royce to pursue research into innovative technologies and the Syngenta University Innovation Centre (UIC) is the platform for our research into agri-electronics and technology for food processing.
Thank you for visiting our website. I hope that you find the information of interest to you and I look forward to being able to welcome you to the School."