Engineering Science

Engineering Science at Oxford is a mathematically demanding course. During the first two years all students study core Engineering subjects, covering fundamental aspects of Engineering. In their third and fourth years students are offered a diverse choice of subjects and projects, allowing them to pursue their chosen specialisation.

Engineering at Wadham

The Wadham Engineering Tutors hold University posts: they are actively engaged in running their own research groups, supervising research assistants and postgraduate students, and working with other universities and outside organisations. Therefore your tutors will not be in College all the time, but will meet you there for tutorials and socially.

Tutorials in College take place twice weekly. Problem sheets are issued in conjunction with the associated lecture and laboratory courses and tutorials are scheduled at times related to lectures in the Department. Your tutors will not be world experts in every topic discussed but will bring their own insights from their specialist subject and their research. We like to work and think with you, starting from the point where you are on familiar ground. This requires an active commitment on your part to prepare well for tutorials and to explain your thoughts clearly.

There is an annual Wadham engineering presentation day, when third and fourth year undergraduates present their project work alongside our graduate research engineers. This informal event is followed by a special Engineering subject dinner to which all the engineers at Wadham are invited.