Exeter Engineering 2030
Harnessing the power of engineering and innovation to create a sustainable and healthier future
The University’s investment in Exeter Engineering 2030 will support in further developing our long tradition of remarkable achievements in engineering education and research at Exeter.
The Department of Engineering aims to become a top 20 UK department for research quality and power, top 10 in the quality of its education, and secure a top 150 global reputation ranking by 2030.
We aim to achieve this by developing a strong combination of teaching curriculum and research activities with new research and teaching laboratories. The new postgraduate taught (PGT) and undergraduate (UG) programmes and increased research power will focus on key growth areas driven by the industry needs such as computational engineering, robotics and biomedical engineering. We are investing in our facilities to replicate industry standards to prepare our students for a thriving career, and to create opportunities to widen the global impact of our research to create a sustainable and healthy future.
Our new and refurbished facilities will include:
- relocating our Centre for Smart Grid from the Exeter Science Park to the upper ground and mezzanine floor levels of the Harrison building, to facilitate easy student access, enhance research activities and support existing PGT and new UG programmes in Electric and Electronic Engineering
- creating a new state of the art Structures and Building Materials lab in the location of the current water tower behind the Harrison building, to accelerate existing research and improve the student experience and accreditation
- creating a new Hydrogen lab to enable research expansion in this growth area.
- plus, potential for further development of facilities in the future to support the Exeter Technologies Group, a new Biomedical Engineering laboratory and the Centre for Cooperative Robotics (CRANE).
As part of the Engineering 2030 project, we will also be focusing on enhancing our department culture to support and empower our colleagues, improve satisfaction in the department and embed further equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
We are currently in the design and planning stage of the project. The new programmes for 2025 will start to be advertised soon. As the project is shaping up, academic positions in existing and new areas of research will be also advertised.
Construction on the new facilities is expected to start in spring/summer 2025 and complete in autumn 2026 (subject to planning timescales).
Further updates will be provided on this web page and if you have any queries please get in touch at: ExeEng2030@exeter.ac.uk
