School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences

We offer industry-standard facilities including a state-of-the-art Design Centre and environmental wind tunnel, as well as boasting strong industry links and our own Formula Student Racing team.

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Student using mechanical engineering equipment

Facilities

Our facilities include a towing tank, Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory and numerous wind tunnels.

What our students say

Read our student profiles to discover first-hand what it's like to study with us.

Lucy Rushbrook

Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)

I was a member of the Formula Student Society in my final year as well as working on it as my group project. This is a great way to really get involved in designing like you would in the real world.

Tim Goodman

Materials Science for Engineering Applications MSc

Choosing to do an industrial placement year gave me a headstart on the career front, and this is something I’d highly recommend to anyone.

Jacob Pimenta-Richardson

Micro- and NanoMaterials and Technologies EngD

The support I’ve received from my department, my University supervisors and my sponsors at Thames Water Utilities Limited has been excellent. They’ve helped guide my research so that it’s both novel and useful.

Research

We are proud of our world leading research in areas from biomedical engineering to materials and structures.

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Offer a placement

Our undergraduate students have the chance to do a Professional Training placement within industry during their studies. If your business can offer a placement for our students then we'd love to hear from you.

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Our staff members

Professor Robert Dorey

Head of School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences

Professor Robert Dorey holds the chair in Nanomaterials at the University of Surrey and is Fellow of the Institute Materials, Mining and Minerals (FIMMM) and Higher Education Academy (FHEA) as well as a Chartered Scientist and Engineer. Professor Dorey joined the University of Surrey from Cranfield University in 2014. Between 2003 and 2008 he held a prestigious Royal Academy of ...

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