The Royal Academy of Engineering is the UK’s national academy of engineering. The Academy brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering.
The Fellowship was founded in June 1976 with enthusiastic support from HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior Fellow and continues to fulfil that role to this day. The Fellowship was granted a Royal Charter in 1983 and became The Royal Academy of Engineering in 1992, having been granted a Royal Title.
The Royal Fellows of the Academy comprise HRH The Prince Philip, HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH The Princess Royal. The Fellowship currently stands at over 1,400 distinguished engineers from across the sectors and disciplines, who lead, guide and contribute to the Academy’s work and provide expertise. Up to 60 engineers are elected each year by their peers, distinguished by the title 'Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering' and the postnominal designation 'FREng'. Honorary and International Fellows who have made exceptional contributions to engineering are also elected.The current President of the Academy is Sir John Parker FREng. The Immediate Past President is Lord Browne of Madingley.
The Academy’s activities are focused on positioning engineering at the heart of society by:
- encouraging entrepreneurs and innovators to develop ideas, investing in a body of world-class, commercially useful research and the researchers to create it
- shaping national policy as an independent adviser to, and delivery partner of, government
- nurturing engineering education and skills through leadership, policy advice and programmes to enhance teaching and learning
- inspiring young people to become engineers, increasing diversity across the profession and celebrating engineering excellence and innovation
- leading the profession, harnessing the strengths of the engineering institutions and providing the voice of engineering
- recognising great engineering through prizes and awards
- choosing the best engineers to join the Fellowship and supporting them in leading its activities
It is a national Academy with a global outlook and conducts a number of international activities with partners across the world.
The Academy is also an instrumental player in two policy alliances setup in 2009 to provide coherent advice for engineering education and policy across the profession: Education for Engineering(E4E) and Engineering the Future.
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