About engineering Engineering is about the application of mathematics and science to those practical ends which affect our daily lives.
Modern society depends on it, and it is more sophisticated than ever before.
The difficult problems of sustainability and the environment which now preoccupy us can be tackled not only by better discipline but also by better engineering. The qualities of a good engineer include not only a high degree of technical competence but also imagination, strength of purpose, commonsense - and a social conscience. It is not surprising that engineering graduates are highly regarded not only in industry but also in other fields. Engineering at Oxford The Department of Engineering Science at Oxford is a unified department, covering all the important engineering disciplines in a single departmental structure within the faculty of Physical Sciences. In common with other top-ranking engineering departments, it aims to provide a professional training with a sound theoretical foundation.