Dyson School of Design Engineering explained

Dyson School of Design Engineering
Established:[1]
Faculty:Imperial College Faculty of Engineering
Head Label:Head of School
Head:Professor Robert Shorten[2]
Students:409[3]
Staff:56
City:Exhibition Road, London
Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates:51.498°N -0.1744°W
Campus:South Kensington
Location Map:United Kingdom London Albertopolis

The Dyson School of Design Engineering is the academic centre for design engineering at Imperial College London. The school has just over 50 academic staff and 400 students, with over 220 undergraduates. The school is located in the Dyson building, at the corner of Exhibition and Imperial College roads.

History

The school was founded in 2014 following a £12m donation by the James Dyson Foundation to the college, being the first new engineering division at Imperial for two decades.[4] [5] In 2018, the school moved into the newly-christened Dyson Building on Exhibition Road. The building was once the London headquarters of the Met Office, from 1910 to 1919, with some of the original interiors and signage preserved inside the entrance from Exhibition Road.[6] Since then it has had various other uses, including as part of the Science Museum, which adjoins the building to the south, and as a post office.[7] The renovation of the building was undertaken by Pascall+Watson, and cost £14 million.[8]

Academics

Study

The school offers a four-year integrated undergraduate Master of Engineering course, which started in 2015.[5] The department offers five postgraduate courses, including a joint two-year postgraduate course with the Royal College of Art, Innovation Design Engineering, which awards a master's degree in each of art and science from the respective institutions.[7] [9] In addition, the department also offers four new specialised postgraduate courses including Cleantech Innovation (MSc), a joint course with Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Design Engineering (MSc), Design with Behaviour Science (MSc), and Design Engineering Research (MRes). As part of the Faculty of Engineering, undergraduates from the school are also awarded Associate of the City and Guilds of London Institute alongside their degree, and postgraduates are awarded the Diploma of Imperial College.[10] [11]

People

Heads of School

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dyson School of Design Engineering Opens New Building. The James Dyson Foundation.
  2. Web site: Academic & Teaching Staff. Imperial College London.
  3. Web site: 19 Stats Guide. Imperial College London.
  4. News: James Dyson Foundation gives £12m for creation of engineering school. 23 March 2015. The Guardian. 2 November 2019.
  5. News: Dyson helps launch design engineering school at Imperial College. 22 March 2015. Financial Times. 2 November 2019.
  6. The end of weather forecasting at Met Office London. Weather. 62. 6. 143–146. Roger. Hunt. Royal Meteorological Society. 10.1002/wea.81. 2007.
  7. News: Dyson School of Design Engineering students showcase the inventions of tomorrow. 18 May 2019. 2 November 2019. i News.
  8. Web site: Imperial College London, Dyson School of Design Engineering. Pascal+Watson. 2 November 2019.
  9. Web site: MA(RCA)/MSc Innovation Design Engineering. Imperial College London. 2 November 2019.
  10. Web site: About Our Degrees. Imperial College London. 2 November 2019.
  11. Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Oxford University Press. 9, 38, 39. 2 November 2019. 9780192800732.

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