Research

The Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering is one of the largest in terms of size and funding in the UK with a Grade 5 attained in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. The University's school of engineering is the oldest in Britain with the Regius Chair founded in 1840. The continued eminence of Glasgow as centre of excellence in engineering is recognised in the December 2004 Times Higher Education Supplement rankings with the University of Glasgow placed at 61st in the top 100 Engineering and Information Technology universities in the world, which makes us the top university in Scotland and ranked 5th in the UK.

The Electronics and Electrical Engineering department is internationally renown for research in nanoscience and nanotechnology including opto-, bio-, power-, micro- and nano-electronics with major centres including the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre, the Electronics Design Centre and the Bioelectronics Research Centre. Our renowned research activities also cover the areas of Control and Intelligent Systems, Microelectronics Systems, Power Electronics and Power Systems. We are beginning to make a major impact in the emerging fields of Music Technology, Robotics and Renewable Energy technologies.

Our present research grant portfolio is over £43M providing internationally leading facilities for postgraduate research and undergraduate projects. We are also the most influential EEE department in the UK with more citations for published research than any other UK EEE department.