Engineering

Your Postgraduate School induction will be held on Friday 24 January in MT1, Meston Building at 10am – 12pm. This will be followed by a meeting with your Programme Coordinator. Please see meeting times.

You will also have the opportunity to meet other students and staff at the social gathering starting from 13:30 – 15:00 at the Maths Social Space, Fraser Noble

Your School Induction will not be on your timetable, so please make sure to check the date and times and add to your calendar. 

Dr Piotr Omenzetter
Director of Postgraduate Teaching
piotr.omenzetter@abdn.ac.uk

Lyn Magee
School Administration Assistant
engineering@abdn.ac.uk

Megan Nicolson 
School Administration Assistant 
engineering@abdn.ac.uk

Reading lists for individual Engineering courses will be available through MyAberdeen before the start of term.

In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.

Engineering courses will be assessed using a variety of assessment formats. Assessment will include coursework, reports on laboratory/computer practicals, design reports, online timed tests and invigilated formal exams.

The assessment structure will vary from course to course, and there will be specific details in every course handbook at the start of term.

Your first class will be your School induction. This will help you prepare for the year ahead and provide you with useful advice on your course, as well as School contacts and information on getting the most out of your academic experience.

Your School Induction will not be on your timetable, so please make sure to check the date and time on the New Students website and add this to your calendar.

Dr. Oleksandr Menshykov
Director of Undergraduate Teaching
Email: o.menshykov@abdn.ac.uk

Dr. Thangavel Thevar
Level 1 Coordinator
Email: t.thevar@abdn.ac.uk

Dr. Elena Giannaccini
Level 2 Coordinator
Email: elena.giannaccini@abdn.ac.uk

Dr. Jefferson Gomes
Level 3 Coordinator
Email: jefferson.gomes@abdn.ac.uk

Dr. Innes Graca
Level 4 Coordinator
Email: i.graca@abdn.ac.uk

Dr. Claudia Fernandez Martin
Level 5 Coordinator
Email: cfmartin@abdn.ac.uk

School Administration Assistants

Undergraduate Levels 1 and 2
Amanda Rae
Email: engineering@abdn.ac.uk

Undergraduate Level 3
Julie Anderson
Email: engineering@abdn.ac.uk

Undergraduate Levels 4 and 5
Eilidh Shrimpton
Email: engineering@abdn.ac.uk

Reading lists for individual courses will be available through MyAberdeen at the beginning of the term.

In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.

Engineering courses will be assessed using a variety of assessment formats. Assessment will include coursework, reports on laboratory/computer practicals, design reports, online timed tests and invigilated formal exams. The assessment structure will vary from course to course, and there will be specific details in every course handbook at the start of term.

Practical sessions

The practical sessions at level one come in the form of laboratory experiments and computer labs. Attendance of these sessions followed by submission of reports is compulsory.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus to start your research journey with us. As a Postgraduate Research student you will have the opportunity to attend a University wide induction in addition to your school induction.

The University of Aberdeen Orientation programme has been designed to take you through all of the essential information you will need for your student life. You can get started now by working through the interactive modules.

There are a series of modules that you can work through before you arrive. Once you have registered you can access the remaining modules and complete your mandatory training programme through your bespoke PGR training platform on our virtual learning environment.

There will be a school welcome event for Postgraduate Research students. This will provide an opportunity to meet Postgraduate coordinators and PhD supervisors. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have. Further details regarding the welcome event will follow in due course.

As a PGR student you may have the opportunity to audit Master's courses to augment your research training. Please discuss this with your supervisor and check out the postgraduate taught pages above.

The PGR School also offers a comprehensive training programme to support your research journey.

The PGR School training and development programme offers academic, professional, and personal development through a number of training workshops, resources and opportunities, all intended to support the PGR community at the University of Aberdeen.

Find out more here.