School of Engineering
We're a multi-disciplinary school, with a rich and proud history in Engineering excellence.
Engineering shapes the future all around us
Engineering is everywhere you look. It plays a role in every aspect of our modern lives:
- from robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence
- to mobile phones, medical technology, and driverless cars
Here in Newcastle is where great innovators such as Armstrong, Stephenson, Merz and Swan developed ideas that changed the world. We are proud to continue our city's rich history in world-leading engineering, innovation and creativity. We carry out ground-breaking research. We work closely with our governmental and industrial partners. We address global challenges such as:
- climate change
- sustainable energy
- transport
- clean water supply
- waste management
Our latest news
Leading experts to put science and tech at the heart of clean power
Professor Richard Dawson has been appointed to the new Science and Technology Advisory Council.
Team Newcastle take on Great North Run in aid of our students
This year, over 35 colleagues, graduates and supporters are joining #TeamNewcastle in the world’s biggest and best half-marathon to raise vital funds for our 29,000-strong student community.
Spinout secures funding to develop energy-efficient logic-based AI
Literal Labs, the logic-based AI company spun out of Newcastle University, has raised £4.6m in pre-seed funding to commercialise its radically efficient approach to artificial intelligence.