UNSW Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering is a constituent body of the University of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest engineering faculty in Australia, offering the widest range of engineering programmes.
Organisation
The Faculty comprises ten schools:
Rankings and Achievements
The Faculty has earned many top rankings, including;
- 52-75th ranking in World for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences - ARWU, 2010
- Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Computer Science - ARWU, 2010
- Number one Engineering Faculty in Australia and ranked 27th in the world.[1] - 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement Rankings
- Top performing Engineering discipline among Australian universities.[2] - 2007 Melbourne Institute's Discipline Ratings for Australian Universities
- Top score in Engineering, Computing, Science and Architecture. UNSW also achieved the top score for excellence in Business, Law and Economics and the top overall scores for both excellence and improvement.[3] - 2009 Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
- Most cited Australian university in Engineering and Computer Science, as well as Maths, and Psychology.[4] - 2003 TO 2007 Thomson Reuters-Indexed Journals
- The UNSW Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering currently holds the world record for single-crystalline silicon solar cell efficiency (25%). It also holds the world record for multi-layer solar cell efficiency (43%).[5] It is one of the leading solar cell research centres in the world with ongoing active research in the area of wafer-based solar cell technologies, thin film cell technologies and advanced third-generation cell concepts.
- rUNSWift, the University's team in the international RoboCup Standard Platform League competition, is the most successful team in the world, with wins in 2000, 2001 and 2003 as well as coming second in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2010.
| World Rankings |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
| The Times-QS World University Ranking[6] for Engineering & IT |
39th |
42nd |
=33rd |
27th |
28th |
| ARWU for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences |
52-75 |
52-75 |
51-77 |
76-107 |
51-75 |
| Australian Rankings |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
| The Times-QS World University Ranking[7] for Engineering & IT |
2nd |
2nd |
2nd |
1st |
2nd |
| ARWU for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences |
=1st |
=1st |
=1st |
3rd |
=1st |
Projects
Students of the faculty are involved in a number of high-profile projects:
- Sunswift Solar Car (officially the world's fastest solar-powered vehicle at 88 km/h,[8] and winner of the Silicon Class of the 2009 Global Green Challenge [9]).
- Formula SAE-A Racing Car (National winners in 2000)
- BLUEsat Satellite (Development in Progress).
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