The School's and University's history is closely linked to Manchester's emergence as the world's first industrial city in the cradle of the Industrial Revolution.
We have nearly 200 years of expertise in engineering. Many great scirentits and engineers worked and studied here. Read the full history.
Our paper on the invention of a new, one of the worlds's most powerful optical microscopes, published by Nature Communications.
Nature Communications
Our Researchers 'Synchronizing Clocks at Armageddon'. Fire and water reveal new archaeological dating method
BBC report and Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
Latest news about major research events and achivements.
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The School has 5 Research groups and a number of Expert groups internationally renowned for their research.
Civil Engineering and Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering scored 5A (Excellent) in the last Research Assessment Exercise.
We have 5 Research Centres and Institutes associated with the School focused on intra and inter-university collaborative research.
Our research staff publish more than 150 peer-reviewed papers about our research in academic journals.
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