Regius Professorship of Engineering

The University of Cambridge seeks an exceptional individual to become the next Regius Professor of Engineering.

The Department would like to appoint someone with considerable potential who will build their reputation and research at the University of Cambridge. They will be adept at inspiring, engaging, and developing those around them. The successful candidate will be a good collaborator and colleague, and will contribute greatly to the Department of Engineering. They will be committed to teaching at all levels and to fostering an innovative and inclusive research culture within the Department. Connectedness and an ability to form links across disciplinary boundaries are also desirable.

The Department is open-minded in terms of candidates' disciplinary focus within Engineering. They must be intellectual leaders and interested in pushing academic boundaries. The successful candidate's research will be world-class and will have the potential to be transformational for their discipline. A cross-disciplinary approach and a focus on real-world impact and significant societal challenges will be encouraged. Candidates will bring creativity and a vision for their research over the next few years.

The appointed candidate will join a diverse and forward-looking Department of Engineering. Members of the Department benefit from considerable academic freedom and support for their research. It is a supportive and highly collegiate environment. The Department of Engineering is the largest department at the University of Cambridge and one of the leading centres of engineering in the world. Renowned for both its teaching and research, the Department's aim is to address the world's most pressing challenges with science and technology.

The Regius Chair has a unique history. On stepping down as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 2011, His Late Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh requested that a Regius Professorship of Engineering be created to mark the event in perpetuity. It is the most prestigious chair in the Department of Engineering. The first holder was the late Professor Sir David MacKay who was elected when he returned to full-time academic work after a period as Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change. In the relatively short period before his untimely death in 2016 he had a remarkable and enduring impact on both the undergraduate teaching and the research in his areas of interest.

The Department has retained Minerva (www.minervasearch.com) to advise on this appointment. Enquiries and applications can be emailed in confidence to regius@minervasearch.com. 

For further details on the role, please visit https://www.minervasearch.com/regius .To apply, please send a covering letter, a statement of current and future research plans, a CV and a publications list to regius@minervasearch.com. 

The closing date for applications is 27 January 2023.

Please quote reference NM34544 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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