Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Our faculty covers the core engineering disciplines of aeronautical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, electronic engineering and mechanical engineering alongside the specific disciplines of chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics.

Welcome to the Faculty

The University of Surrey invested over £6.5m in new and upgraded facilitates in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (FEPS). This video explores some of the areas that benefited from this investment.

FEPS - Investing in Excellence: New and Upgraded Facilities | University of Surrey

Study

We are keen to develop in all our students a broad range of generic skills to complement the core technical or scientific competencies of their chosen subject area.

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Research

Our work ranges in scale from nuclear physics to interplanetary space exploration, and we have an enviable reputation for the contributions we have made towards a variety of challenges faced by our society.

Research excellence

In the latest UK Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), we ranked 15th in the UK for ‘research power’ in engineering.

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Areas of research

Our research strategy encompasses 10 multi-disciplinary themes as well as innovation for health research and cross-faculty research.

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Centres and groups

Our research takes place predominantly within large, coherent groups whose facilities provide unique opportunities for pursuing a wide variety of topics.

News

19 MAR 2025

Commentary: Euclid's first public data release

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11 FEB 2025

Boost your career with a masters

19 NOV 2024

Perovskite research boosts solar cell efficiency and product life

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Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are dedicated to championing equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and building a culture where these values are fully embedded.

How we are working towards, celebrating and advocating for EDI

Our Faculty is committed to creating and maintaining a work and study environment in which all our staff and students feel a sense of connectedness and belonging.

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Surrey Women in Science and Engineering Series

We hosted a year of 'Surrey Women in Science and Engineering' to celebrate it being 50 years since Professor Daphne Jackson became the first female Professor of Physics in the UK in 2021.

Our international vision

We firmly believe that excellence in research and teaching in the twenty-first century can only be achieved with an international dimension.

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Our staff members

Professor Bob Nichol

Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean (FEPS)

I joined Surrey in January 2022 after 17 years at the University of Portsmouth. At Portsmouth, I was Professor of Astrophysics, Director of the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and External Relations. Prior to Portsmouth, I spent 12 years in the USA at Northwestern University, University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon. I re...

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