Royal Academy of Engineering - Britain's National Academy for Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering is Britain's national academy for engineering, bringing together the country's most eminent engineers from all disciplines to promote excellence in the science, art and practice of engineering.

Our strategic priorities are to enhance the UK's engineering capabilities, to celebrate excellence and inspire the next generation, and to lead debate by guiding informed thinking and influencing public policy.

The Academy's work programmes are driven by three strategic priorities, each of which provides a key contribution to a strong and vibrant engineering sector and to the health and wealth of society.The Academy's work programmes fit in the following three strategic priority areas.

Enhancing national capabilities

The Academy encourages, supports and facilitates links and collaboration between industry and academia through a series of targeted national and international programmes. These include, for example:

• Industrial secondments
• Distinguished visiting fellowships
• Research chairs
• Research chairs in emerging technologies
• Senior research fellowships
• Research fellowships
• Leverhulme Trust senior research fellowships
• Global research awards
• Research student development fellowships
• International travel grants
• Research exchanges with China and India
• Newton international fellowships
• ExxonMobil engineering teaching fellowships

Further information about The Academy's industry-academia schemes is available here.

Engineering education schemes

The Academy is committed to and celebrates engineering excellence through a number of initiatives aiming to develop excellence and to inspire the next generation of engineers. These include the following education schemes and awards aiming to support engineering education from primary school-level through to postgraduate level and continuing professional development:

• The Best programme
• Schemes for GCSE and A-level students
• Work experience, gap year training, university tasters, practical problem-solving
• Schemes for undergraduates
• Industrial and business experience, personal development courses, funding for projects
• Schemes for professional engineers
• Visiting professors' schemes
• The national engineering programme
• Shape the future

Further information about The Academy's education schemes is available here.

Leading debate

Using the leadership and expertise of its fellowship, The Academy engages in the process of engineering-related, national and international policy development by formulating policy statements and submitting expert responses to parliamentary and Government bodies.

To access:

• Current policy activities
• Academy reports
• Responses to the UK Government and other bodies
• International policy activities
• PolicyNet
• UK focus for biomedical engineering

Further information about the policies can be found here.

The Royal Academy of Engineering
3 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5DG

Tel: 020 7766 0600
Fax: 020 7930 1549
www.raeng.org.uk