Engineering at Lancaster University

Engineering

 We are now a School of Engineering. Our ambitious expansion plan brings you the very best in teaching and research facilities, opening in summer 2023.

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Study

You will enjoy innovative teaching methods, including creative project work. Our aim is to encourage you to learn and gain hands-on experience. We take pride in inspiring our future world-changing engineers.

Research

The School of Engineering at Lancaster is a broad-based engineering centre, with a record of innovative teaching, world-class research and integration with industry.

  • Chemical Engineering

    Investigating all the relevant aspects of chemical and biochemical engineering, from fundamental science to engineering applications.

  • Electronic Engineering

    A leading group focusing on research spanning from digital electronics and materials to high-frequency applications.

  • Energy

    Addressing major scientific and technological challenges in emerging energy technologies and sustainability.

  • Nuclear Science and Engineering

    Our approach in nuclear research covers instrumentation, robotic, and chemical engineering.

  • Structures, Materials and Manufacturing

    Understanding functional materials, composite systems, structural health monitoring, production processes and technologies.

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The success of the project would transform future generation power systems

£200,000 award for Engineering research into self-aware power networks

Lancaster University has been awarded a £200,000 Research Project Grant from the Leverhulme Trust to develop autonomous power and energy systems modelled on the self-organisation of living systems.
L-R: Templar Executives Limited CEO Andrew Fitzmaurice, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority CEO David Peattie, Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University Andy Schofield.

Lancaster University signs up to closer working with partners in cyber security and nuclear decommissioning

Key players in nuclear decommissioning and cyber security have signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) with Lancaster University.
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£2M award for Lancaster University research into the measurement of challenging nuclear waste forms

Professor Malcolm Joyce from the School of Engineering has won a £2M, four-year, EPSRC research grant into how to characterise and safeguard difficult-to-measure legacy irradiated nuclear fuel created as part of the UK’s nuclear energy programme. 
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Professor Malcolm Joyce appointed to UK radioactive waste advisory body

Lancaster Professor Malcolm Joyce has been appointed to a prestigious role advising the UK government and devolved administrations on how to manage radioactive waste.
Group of satellites with dish antennas in orbit around the Earth, for communication and monitoring systems. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

UK Space Agency award for new satellite technology to enable superfast internet speeds from space

Lancaster University has been awarded £240,000 by the UK Space Agency to enable an unprecedented internet data rate provided by satellite constellations.  

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Events

13th Oct

EPSRC Responsive Manufacturing Showcase

Friday 13 October 2023, 11:00am to 3:00pm

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