Visiting Professors' Scheme

Visiting Professors in Principles of Engineering Design

This highly successful Academy initiative was started in 1989 and  has to date funded 209 Visiting Professors at 46 UK Universities. Admission to the scheme has been by competitive bidding upon an invitation from The Academy.

The following pages briefly describe the scheme and offer pointers to good practice in the teaching of engineering design at university level, based on the experiences of the universities involved.

• The role of The Academy

• Background to the scheme

• Participating universities

• Review of the scheme’s development

• Good Practice guidelines

• Scheme events

Further Information is available from the scheme manager Dr Mark Bambury at the Academy's address.

[E-mail Dr Mark Bambury]

Updated April 2013

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