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Dyson School of Design Engineering

Design Engineering integrates analysis, behavioural insights and creative practices to build better futures.

Key facts

590+ Number of students in department (FTE)

42% female, 57% male, 1% other Gender ratio

58% overseas, 42% home Overseas/home students

Design engineers are problem solvers who bridge the gap between traditional engineering and design to create innovative solutions to modern challenges, from improving passenger comfort on commercial airlines to designing next-generation sports prostheses.

It is a highly creative discipline that draws on knowledge of manufacturing techniques, product development, technical design and rapid prototyping to bring new innovations to market, and to improve existing products and the processes used for making them.

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Study with us

The Dyson School of Design Engineering offers one programme at undergraduate level (MEng), and five at postgraduate level (MA/MSc/MRes). We also invite applications for research leading to the PhD degree in any of our key focus areas.

Research

Our research tackles complex societal challenges by integrating engineering, behavioural, legal, and ethical insights with creative practices, fostering innovative solutions in products, industrial processes and sociotechnical systems.

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Our people

We bring together a dynamic team of visionary designers, engineers, and innovators. From the moment you step into our world-renowned programmes, you'll be guided by pioneers who are shaping the future of design and engineering on a global scale.

Engineers have traditionally focussed on the design of “better things”. Climate change, sustainability, and the need for socially just transition to net zero, have made it clear to the world, that making “better things” is not the same as “making things better”. It is precisely this gap that we are seeking to narrow at the Dyson School of Design Engineering. Professor Robert Shorten Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering

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