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Engineering in the UK

• Today, companies like McLaren Racing, Dyson, Rolls-Royce, Bowers & Wilkins, showcase the country’s excellence in engineering.
• According to the Engineering UK 2018 report by EngineeringUK, 19% of the UK total workforce are employed in the engineering sector, and in 2015-16 engineering generated 23% (£1.23 trillion) of the UK’s total turnover.
• The report also highlighted an estimated annual shortfall of up to 59,000 engineering graduates and technicians to fill core engineering roles.

A history of success and innovation

• The UK is where the Industrial Revolution began. The transition from hand production to machines meant a new level of research and invention — this marked the beginning of modern engineering.
• George Stephenson, Michael Faraday, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Logie Baird, Tim Berners-Lee are only some of the great British engineers and inventors who contributed to world engineering.

Globally recognised universities

• UK universities have an excellent global reputation for their Engineering programmes. 
• The Times Higher Education world university rankings 2021 placed the University of Oxford 2nd globally for Engineering and Technology, with the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London also featuring in the Top 20.