Welcome
Key facts: School of Engineering and
Information Sciences
• SchoolbasedinHendon,London,UK
• Productdesignanddesignengineering
taughtatTrentParkcampus,London,UK
• 100teachingandresearchstaff
• 1000studentsinLondon
• Schoolprogrammestaughtatprestigious
internationalpartnersinHongKong,
China,Egypt,SriLanka,Ireland,Cyprus
andatourcampusinDubai
• RankedinthetopthirdofUKuniversities
TheSchoolofEngineeringandInformation
forgraduateemployabilityinthenational
Sciencesisguidedbythenotionthatpeople
DestinationofLeaversinHigher
haveanessentialparttoplayinmodern
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engineeringandtechnology. • 80%ofSchoolresearchers
submittedin2008Research
Themoretraditionalviewthatscience AssessmentExercisehadresearch
shouldstriveforobjectivitybyexcluding deemedof‘internationalrecognition’.
peoplefromtheprocessesinvolved–which
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predominantlynaturalworld–doesnotsit
informationontheSchool
comfortablyinaworldwheretechnologyand
societyaresointricatelyintertwined.
WithinourSchoolweareattemptingto
integratethestudyofpeople,bothas
individualsandsocieties,withthatofartefacts
andthesciencesthatareinvolved.
Designthinkingiscriticaltoourapproach,as
wefocusattentiononsystemsthatwill
interactwithpeopleinavarietyofways.
Manyofthesesystemswillexistinsettings
wecanscarcelyimagine.
WearefortunatethatourSchoolbrings
togetherindividualsfromawidevarietyof
backgrounds,workingtogethertoensurethat
broadperspectivesofsystemsareused,to
challengethinkingandformulateapproaches
toengineering,designandanalysisthatarefit
forpurposeinourmodernworld.
Professor Martin Loomes
Dean of the School of Engineering and
Information Sciences
Engineering and Information Sciences 3
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