Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Department of Engineering

  • Bill O’Neill wins two prestigious international laser awards

  • The Department of Engineering has its own shining stars this festive season with our award-winning library team

  • Professor Nathan Crilly with the award for best use of social and collaborative learning technologies

  • Cambridge-founded start-up raises €4.5m to accelerate AI tools for industrial technicians

  • Technicians and researchers in robotics and autonomous systems championed at knowledge exchange workshop

Undergraduate Study

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Graduate Study

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Research

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Latest news

Bill O’Neill wins two prestigious international laser awards

05 Jan 2026

Bill O’Neill, Professor of Laser Engineering and Director of the Centre for Industrial Photonics at the IfM, has received two of the most prestigious awards in laser engineering and photonics

The Department of Engineering has its own shining stars this festive season with our award-winning library team

18 Dec 2025

The Department of Engineering has its own shining stars this festive season with our award-winning library team.

Engineers win national award for teaching creativity and solution development skills

17 Dec 2025

Four University of Cambridge engineers have shared a national award for their work to teach creativity and practical solution development skills to a global audience.