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One of the largest and highest ranked such departments in the world, Cambridge's Department of Engineering is driving forward major projects on pivotal issues such as energy, cities, transport, healthcare and manufacturing.

Engineering at Cambridge is an integrated department comprised of the best academics, staff and students from around the world. The Department's strategic themes are:

  • Energy, fluid mechanics, and turbo-machinery
  • Electrical engineering
  • Mechanics, materials and design
  • Civil engineering
  • Manufacturing and management
  • Information engineering

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'Evolution' travelled 2,047km on solar power across the Australian Outback
Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) is a 60 strong student organisation that designs and builds solar powered vehicles to compete in the biennial World Solar Challenge.

Eco Racing (CUER)

Attendees at the Mike Sharman commemoration event, 27 September 2014
The Sharman Fund was established in memory of Mike Sharman who pioneered graduate and post‐graduate education in manufacturing from the 1960s until his retirement in the 1990s.

Institute for Manufacturing - Sharman Fund

Students undertaking studio work
The bursary fund helps students who would otherwise not be able to study the highly successful Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment masters's degree by making a contribution towards their course fees.

Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment Alumni Bursary Fund

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