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WMG's International Doctorate Centre is holding an Open Evening on 21 June for companies to learn more about becoming involved in the International Engineering Doctorate programme by putting forward research projects and sponsoring doctoral students.

Our International Engineering Doctorate is a four year programme in which a Doctoral student (Research Entrepeneur) will deliver pioneering research to a real problem within a sponsoring company, introducing innovative technologies and processes to improve competitiveness within manufacturing.

There will be the opportunity to learn more about WMG's research and links with industry, to find out what the EngD programme entails and the benefits and costs involved, to hear from a recent graduate and to ask any questions that potential companies may have.

Today’s announcement by Education Secretary Michael Gove, which saw the proposed WMG Academy for Young Engineers at the University of Warwick named as one of several successful University Technical College projects to be approved under the government’s academies programme, has given the green light for the creation of a state-of-the-art new school close to the University of Warwick campus. The new school will be designed to provide young people who have an interest in engineering with a better way of learning and realising their ambitions, and will deliver a richer array of educational and employment opportunities to young people and to the local economy.

A group of engineering students from the University of Warwick, have been named joint winners of the international Electric Vehicle Grand Prix (EVGP) after an enthralling race at Indianapolis.

At one of the world’s most famous race tracks the Warwick Racing team crossed the line in third place after an action-packed contest, earning them enough points to be crowned joint winners after they placed second in the outreach competition and fourth in the design competition.

A group of engineering students from the University of Warwick are gearing up to race at one of the world’s most famous race tracks after finishing second in an enthralling warm-up race at Purdue University, Indiana.

The WMG sponsored team overcame numerous problems to get their self-designed and self-built electric go-kart over the finish line in second place at the Purdue University race track, and are hoping to go one better in the Electric Vehicle Grand Prix (EVGP) at Indianapolis on May 12.

WMG's International Institute for Product and Service Innovation is three quarters through its build programme and on schedule as planned. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund and University of Warwick, it is due for completion this summer, with official launch expected for September 2012. IIPSI is WMG’s fifth building and will be dedicated purely for the use of SMEs in the region, highlighting WMG’s continuing dedication to business support and innovation.

Jaguar Land Rover has announced that they are to fund a new Chair (Professor) in WMG at the University of Warwick as a key element in their strategic relationship with WMG.

The new Chair is not expected to be a lone appointment, they will lead a new team which will achieve international research leadership in simulation support of the vital complex hybrid and battery electric component and systems innovation, so essential to enable JLR to embrace and robustly deploy these new vehicle technologies and continue to successfully compete in the automotive sector into the Low Carbon future.

Professor Lord Bhattacharyya was pleased to welcome a delegation from the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia to WMG on Friday 27^th April.

Meeting with Professor Lord Bhattacharyya they discussed WMG’s world renowned postgraduate education programmes as well as the collaborative cutting-edge research that the Group is leading.

A team of engineering students from the University of Warwick have returned from the European RoboCup Rescue Championship with two awards – and second place overall.

The eight-strong team of WMG and Engineering students won special awards for Best in Class for Mobility and Best in Class for Manipulation at the four day competition in Germany.

Engineering students at the University of Warwick are developing and building an innovative rescue robot, which will compete at the European RoboCup Rescue Championship.

The team of eight WMG and Engineering undergraduates will be searching for success in April when they take their search and rescue robot to Germany for the competition.

Professor Lord Bhattacharyya was pleased to welcome a delegation from the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia to WMG today.

Meeting with Professor Lord Bhattacharyya they discussed WMG’s world renowned postgraduate education programmes as well as the collaborative cutting-edge research that the Group is leading.