28-409: The University of Cambridge's Department of Engineering is the largest department at the university. The main site is situated at Trumpington Street , to the south of the city centre of Cambridge . The department is currently headed by Professor Colm Durkan. Reverend Richard Jackson of Torrington, a former fellow of Trinity College , died in 1782, leaving a substantial portion of his estate to endow
56-488: A Professorship of Natural Experimental Philosophy, which eventually became the Professorship of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics. This position was first held in 1875 by James Stuart . The first engineering workshop at Cambridge was constructed in 1878 in a wooden hut measuring fifty by twenty feet. The department now has several sites around Cambridge: There are approximately 1,200 undergraduate students enrolled in
84-822: A degree in General Engineering. In the Engineering Tripos, students may further specialise in one or more of nine engineering disciplines: The Manufacturing Engineering Tripos provides an integrated course in industrial engineering, including both operations and management. The Department of Engineering currently has about 190 faculty and PI -status researchers, 300 postdoctoral researchers , and 850 graduate students. Post-graduate education consists of both taught courses and research degrees ( PhD , MPhil , and MRes ). The majority of research students are enrolled in PhD programs, while around 10 percent follow
112-576: A fine collection of 20th-century art; miniatures, drawings, watercolours and prints. Among the notable works in the antiquities collection is a bas-relief from Persepolis , and a colossal caryatid from Eleusis known as the Saint Demetra . There is also the largest collection of 16th-century Elizabethan virginal manuscript music written by some of the most notable composers of the time, such as William Byrd , Doctor John Bull , Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Tallis . The Egyptian Galleries at
140-522: A new gallery of Cypriot art; applied arts, including English and European pottery and glass, furniture, clocks, fans, armour, Chinese, Japanese and Korean art, rugs and samplers; coins and medals; illuminated, literary and music manuscripts and rare printed books; paintings, including masterpieces by Simone Martini , Domenico Veneziano , Titian , Veronese , Rubens , Van Dyck , van Goyen , Frans Hals , Canaletto , Hogarth , Gainsborough , Constable , Monet , Degas , Renoir , Cézanne and Picasso and
168-487: A set of 25 watercolour drawings donated to the university by John Ruskin in 1861. Sir Sydney Cockerell , who was serving as director of the museum at the time, acquired a further eight Turner watercolours and some of his writings. The museum's collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings includes a version of Ford Madox Brown 's 1855 The Last of England , voted eighth-greatest painting in Britain in 2005's Radio 4 poll,
196-548: Is the oldest society in Britain specifically dedicated to the long-term support and development of a museum. The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum have raised funds to acquire major artworks and provide for the expansion and refurbishment of the museum site. The current priorities of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum include acquisition of major contemporary works and development of a significant endowment to secure
224-583: The Cambridge University Engineering Department . Little St Mary's Parish Church , is next to Peterhouse (just to the north) on the corner of Trumpington Street and Little St Mary's Lane. The first church here was called St Peter-without-Trumpington Gate. The former Emmanuel United Reformed Church building, built to a design of James Cubitt in 1875, is also located on Trumpington Street; this now forms part of Pembroke College's Mill Lane Project development site. At
252-710: The Greatest Painting in Britain Vote . Many items in the museum are on loan from colleges of the University of Cambridge , for example an important group of impressionist paintings owned by King's College , which includes Cézanne 's The Abduction and a study for Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Seurat . Many of the Fitzwilliam's paintings were donated by alumni and donors of
280-670: The Perse School building in Free School Lane . It was moved in 1842 to the Old Schools in central Cambridge, which housed the Cambridge University Library . The "Founder's Building" was built during the period 1837–1843 to the designs of George Basevi , completed by C. R. Cockerell . The decorative carving, pediment and four lions were by William Grinsell Nicholl . The foundation stone of
308-523: The Rathkeale Rovers . The burglars were eventually caught and sentenced to a combined 18 years in jail, but several of the most valuable pieces were not recovered and are speculated to have been sold to China. Estimates of the lost artifacts' value range up to £57 million, making the heist one of the most significant by value in UK history. Founded in 1909, the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
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#1732780496351336-403: The University of Cambridge . It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge . It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam (1745–1816), and comprises one of the best collections of antiquities and modern art in western Europe. With over half a million objects and artworks in its collections, the displays in
364-515: The Department, with roughly 320 undergraduate students admitted each year. All students are enrolled in general coursework during their first two years, which consists of mechanical and structural engineering, as well as materials, electrical, and information engineering. In their final two years of undergraduate work, students can choose to specialize in one of two concentrations (Engineering Tripos or Manufacturing Engineering Tripos), or receive
392-450: The Fitzwilliam Museum reopened in 2006 after a two-year, £1.5 million programme of refurbishment, conservation and research. The redevelopment also allowed for the public display of more antiquities which had previously been confined to the Fitzwilliam's underground storage facility. The Egyptian Galleries are among the museum's most popular exhibits. They feature an immersive public display which allows families and young visitors to understand
420-532: The University of Cambridge, for instance, the economist Maynard Keynes donated his personal collection, including Cezanne 's Still Life With Apples which he bought in 1918. In 2015, the museum displayed the Rothschild Bronzes , two bronze statues that it believed to be the work of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo . If true, they would be the only known surviving bronze sculptures by
448-467: The artist. The pair of statues depict naked, apparently drunk, men riding panthers . Art historian Paul Joannides connected the statues to a drawing in the Musée Fabre by an apprentice of Michelangelo depicting the same subject in the same pose. On 25 January 2006, a visitor tripped and shattered three massive Qing Dynasty vases which had been on public display since 1948. In April 2006,
476-612: The context and landscape of ancient Egyptian through participatory exhibitions. Today, the Fitzwilliam's Egyptian Galleries contain some of the best displays on Egyptian antiquities outside the British Museum . The museum has a wide collection of paintings and sketches, including works by Monet , Picasso , Rubens , Vincent van Gogh , Cézanne , Degas , Rembrandt , Van Dyck , Canaletto , Constable , Murillo ( The Vision of Fray Lauterio ), and Renoir . It also has extensive works by J. M. W. Turner , which has its origins in
504-473: The development of the museums sector. The museum was founded in 1816 with the legacy of the library and art collection of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam . The bequest included £100,000 "to cause to be erected a good substantial museum repository". The Fitzwilliam now contains over 500,000 items and is one of the best museums in the United Kingdom. The collection was initially placed in
532-488: The junction with Lensfield Road . In 1361, at Spittle End, the leper hospital of St Anthony and St Eligius was founded. Addenbrooke's Hospital was founded in 1766 on Trumpington Street, but it has since relocated to larger premises further out of the city. The Cambridge Judge Business School is now on the original site of the hospital, the Old Addenbrooke's Site . Until the 19th century, Trumpington Street
560-404: The man was arrested but charges of causing criminal damage were dropped. Scholars and restoration experts from the Fitzwilliam Museum were able to reconstruct the damaged porcelain vases and largely restore them to their former splendour. The vases have been put back on display and are now protected by security glass. On 13 April 2012, 18 pieces of Chinese jade were stolen by a gang nicknamed
588-483: The museum explore world history and art from antiquity to the present. The treasures of the museum include artworks by Monet , Picasso , Rubens , Vincent van Gogh , Renoir , Rembrandt , Cézanne , Van Dyck , and Canaletto , as well as a winged bas-relief from Nimrud . Admission to the public is always free. The museum is a partner in the University of Cambridge Museums consortium, one of 16 Major Partner Museum services funded by Arts Council England to lead
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#1732780496351616-457: The new building was laid by Gilbert Ainslie in 1837. The museum opened in 1848. The Palladian Entrance Hall, by Edward Middleton Barry , was completed in 1875. A further large bequest was made to the university in 1912 by Charles Brinsley Marlay , including £80,000 and 84 paintings from his private collection. A two-storey extension to the south-east, paid for partly by the Courtauld family ,
644-546: The northern end on the corner of Corpus Christi College facing King's Parade is the Corpus Clock , a new artwork installed in 2008. The Trumpington Street branch of Hobson's Conduit still functions as sluices along each side of the street. At this point, it is known as the Pem (east side) and Pot (west side). The Cambridge City Council 's Drainage Engineer controls flow through the sluices and generally lets water flow in
672-531: The one-year MPhil (research) program. The Department has a number of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), which follow a 1-plus-3 year model where a one-year MRes course is followed by a three-year PhD. Full funding for four years is provided through these centres. In addition to the CDTs, the Department has a limited number of EPSRC PhD studentships available for both British and EU students. The Department
700-505: The open conduits in the street between the months of April and September. Feeds run into Peterhouse and Pembroke College. A run also used to feed into the basement of the old Addenbrooke's Hospital, now the Judge Business School. 52°12′03″N 0°07′09″E / 52.2009°N 0.1192°E / 52.2009; 0.1192 Fitzwilliam Museum The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of
728-497: Was added in 1931, greatly expanding the space of the museum and allowing research teams to work on site. The museum buildings and, separately, the boundary along the street frontage, are Grade I listed. The museum has five departments: Antiquities; Applied Arts; Coins and Medals; Rare Manuscripts and Printed Books; and Paintings, Drawings and Prints. Together these cover antiquities from ancient Egypt , Nubia , Greece and Rome , Romano-Egyptian art, Western Asiatic displays, and
756-400: Was at the edge of development to the south of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge colleges St Catharine's College , Corpus Christi College , Pembroke College , and Peterhouse are all on Trumpington Street. Pembroke College also fronts onto the adjoining Pembroke Street . Further south is Fitzwilliam Museum , the main museum of the University. At the southern end is the main site of
784-607: Was ranked 2nd in 2021 among UK engineering departments by the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The Department of Engineering was also ranked 2nd in 2014 by REF. Trumpington Street Trumpington Street is a major historic street in central Cambridge , England . At the north end it continues as King's Parade where King's College is located. To the south it continues as Trumpington Road (the A1134 ), an arterial route out of Cambridge, at
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