It is therefore a unified department in which engineers with wide and diverse interests work together in an interdisciplinary environment. It is the largest department in the University, of which it forms about a tenth. The Department has its own library and computer network as well as enjoying access to the University Library and the University computer-network. It has its own workshops.
Graduates take specialised one-year taught courses or undertake training in research.
The Department takes pride in the quality of its teaching. It is a long-standing tradition in the Department that all members of the teaching staff feel an individual sense of responsibility for all aspects of the Department's teaching activities. They strive for excellence both by their own personal endeavour and by collaboration with others. The first chapter of this handbook describes in outline the administrative structure for the provision of teaching in a general way. The second and third deal with the arrangements for teaching undergraduates, and the remainder deal with graduate studies.