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Swansea College of Engineering

We’re proud of the success of our academic staff and graduates in helping to engineer our future.

With our world-class research, links with industry and outstanding facilities, we provide a great start to the future career of our staff and students.

We are involved in beating the world land-speed record, solving the world’s water shortages and collaborating with globally recognised companies. These are just some of the activities taking place here.

“The University proved to be an excellent base for both studying and celebrating success.” Michael Weberstadt, graduated with a First Class Honours degree and is now completing a PhD at Swansea University.

Our recognition:
  • Accredited degrees in a variety of engineering subjects
  • £120 million in research funding received since 2008 
  • Outstanding teaching rated 5 star
  • Engineering is ranked 9th in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2018
  • The National Student Survey also ranked Aerospace, Chemical, Materials and Mechanical in the Top 10. 
  • Mechanical Engineering is ranked in World Top 100 (Shanghai Global Rankings)
  • Aerospace and Civil Engineering departments have been ranked in the World Top 200 (QS World University Rankings and Shanghai Global Rankings)
  • Chemical Engineering joined the world's top 300 in 2017
  • Materials Engineering is ranked 5th in the UK (The Times Good University Guide 2017) and in the Top 200 departments in the World (Shanghai Global Rankings)
  • Sports Science ranked 8th in the UK and 1st for its Graduate Prospects (The Times Good University Guide 2017)
  • The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 ranks Engineering at Swansea as 10th in the UK for the combined score in research quality across the Engineering disciplines. 
  • The Complete University Guide 2018 ranks our Research Quality as 7th in the UK
We prepare our students for their future careers. This is recognised by The Complete University Guide 2018, which placed the graduate prospects of our Aerospace, Civil, Materials and Sport and Exercise Science students all in the UK's Top 10. 
  • Undergraduate
  • Postgraduate Taught