The Department of Engineering is the largest department in the University of Cambridge, representing approximately 10% of the University's activities by the majority of common metrics, and is one of Europe's largest integrated engineering departments. The painting collection consists mostly of portraits of past Professors and Heads of the Department documenting nearly 150 years of history and key milestones. A more recent acquisition is by artist Toni Bartl who became a lecturer in the Department and Director of the Welding Institute. He went on to become a teacher at Lincoln School of Art.
The Department is a private educational institution. If you wish to see a particular painting, please contact the collection.
Visit of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh to the Department of Engineering, 13 November 1952Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907–1996)
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
John Fleetwood Baker (Baron Baker of Windrush), Professor of Mechanical Sciences and Head of Department (1943–1968)Eric Henri Kennington (1888–1960)
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Charles Inglis (1875–1952), Head of Department (1919–1943)Douglas Gordon Shields (1888–1940)
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Sir James Alfred Ewing (1855–1935), Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics (1890–1903), Principal of the University of Edinburgh (1916–1929)Douglas Gordon Shields (1888–1940)
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
James Stuart (1843–1913), Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics (1875–1890) unknown artist
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Cacophony IIICharlotte Cornish (b.1967)
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Keith Glover, Professor of Engineering (1976 & 1989–2013), Head of Department (2002–2009)Peter Mennim (b.1955)
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge