University of Edinburgh Welcomes The Engineering Forum

Scotland's University of Edinburgh on April 16 announced the opening of The Engineering Forum, "a state-of-the-art facility set to transform education, research and industry collaboration in engineering" located at the King's Building campus in the south of the city. The five-story, 6,500-m² building was designed by Building Design Partnership and constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey. Offering new spaces for students to take part in hands-on teaching and learning, The Engineering Forum will support research in fields including renewable energy and future electronics. The facility incorporates advanced technical spaces including high-specification laboratories alongside innovation hubs and shared collaboration areas designed to foster interdisciplinary working. Each of four teaching rooms is named for an influential woman engineer, including Maria Watkins, the first woman to study electrical engineering at Edinburgh.