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Department of Engineering

We consider Engineering as an integrated subject rather than sub-dividing the discipline into narrow areas. As a result, our courses produce modern engineers who are capable of solving problems across the traditional engineering boundaries.
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Welcome to Engineering at Durham

As part of the Russell Group of leading research-intensive universities, Durham University has a longstanding and powerful commitment to research and research-led teaching. We are recognised as one of the leading centres of research in Engineering in the world. Our research covers a wide range of topics, and we encourage interdisciplinary research within the Department as well as national and international cooperation.

Our degree programmes are accredited by the Professional Engineering Institutions on behalf of the Engineering Council. This means that graduating students will be deemed to have satisfied certain academic requirements.  The MEng programmes fully satisfy the educational base for a Chartered Engineer (CEng).  The BEng programmes partially satisfy the educational base for a Chartered Engineer (CEng), and will fully meet the requirement when complemented with accredited Further Learning.  The accredited MSc programmes meet the accreditation requirements of the Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB) for Further Learning for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) for candidates who have already acquired an accredited CEng (partial) BEng (Hons) or an accredited IEng (Full) BEng/BSc (Hons) undergraduate first degree.

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6th for General Engineering in the Guardian University Guide 2026
7th for General Engineering in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026
24th QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026
94% of students in graduate-level employment within 15 months of graduation (General Engineering, The Guardian University Guide 2026)
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  • Undergraduate study

    We have outstanding course content that equips aspiring engineers with the problem solving skills for the 21st Century.

  • Postgraduate study

    We have a rich research background, which can be a huge advantage to any prospective postgraduate student in our fields of expertise.

Undergraduate study

We have outstanding course content that equips aspiring engineers with the problem solving skills for the 21st Century.

Postgraduate study

We have a rich research background, which can be a huge advantage to any prospective postgraduate student in our fields of expertise.

Our research

Our academic staff’s research interests feed through into the modules available to students, who are exposed to, and actively involved in, some of the cutting-edge research that goes on in the Department.
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This is a very interesting and exciting time to become an Engineer and Durham University provides the perfect environment to begin this journey.
Professor Andrew Gallant
Head of Department

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  • Granting a new gasfield licence does not guarantee energy security

    The UK government is considering approving a licence for the Jackdaw gasfield, but would it answer Britain’s energy security problem? Or are there other ways to use the North Sea to reduce bills, increase energy security and create jobs in clean energy storage? Durham Energy Institute experts Professor Stuart Jones and Professor Jon Gluyas, Emeritus Chair in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage, both Department of Earth Sciences, and Dr Andrew Crossland, Department of Engineering, take a look.
    Global research
    An offshore oil and gas rig stands in the sea against a cloudy and dark skyline.

  • Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years

    The UK could store enough green hydrogen in depleted North Sea oil and gas fields to meet the country’s future electricity demands for seven years. The researchers behind this discovery, Professor Stuart Jones, Professor Chris Groves, and Associate Professor in Practice Dr Andrew Crossland, tell us how using the depleted fields for hydrogen storage could take conventional gas power stations off the grid altogether by 2040.
    Global research
    A photograph of an oil and gas rig in the North Sea, against a blue and yellow sky at dusk.

  • Professor Ashraf Osman and Co-authors Awarded the 2025 British Geotechnical Association Medal for Outstanding Research

    Professor Ashraf Osman and Co-authors received the 2025 BGA Medal for advancing understanding of pile behaviour in unsaturated expansive clays through innovative experimental testing and advanced numerical modelling.
    Durham news
    Ashraf Osman 2025 British Geotechnical Association Medal

Granting a new gasfield licence does not guarantee energy security

The UK government is considering approving a licence for the Jackdaw gasfield, but would it answer Britain’s energy security problem? Or are there other ways to use the North Sea to reduce bills, increase energy security and create jobs in clean energy storage? Durham Energy Institute experts Professor Stuart Jones and Professor Jon Gluyas, Emeritus Chair in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage, both Department of Earth Sciences, and Dr Andrew Crossland, Department of Engineering, take a look.

Global research
An offshore oil and gas rig stands in the sea against a cloudy and dark skyline.

Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years

The UK could store enough green hydrogen in depleted North Sea oil and gas fields to meet the country’s future electricity demands for seven years. The researchers behind this discovery, Professor Stuart Jones, Professor Chris Groves, and Associate Professor in Practice Dr Andrew Crossland, tell us how using the depleted fields for hydrogen storage could take conventional gas power stations off the grid altogether by 2040.
Global research
A photograph of an oil and gas rig in the North Sea, against a blue and yellow sky at dusk.

Professor Ashraf Osman and Co-authors Awarded the 2025 British Geotechnical Association Medal for Outstanding Research

Professor Ashraf Osman and Co-authors received the 2025 BGA Medal for advancing understanding of pile behaviour in unsaturated expansive clays through innovative experimental testing and advanced numerical modelling.
Durham news
Ashraf Osman 2025 British Geotechnical Association Medal
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Department of Engineering

Durham University

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