and alumni Cambridge University Eco Racing, a student run team which designs builds and races solar electric vehicles. Innocent Drinks, best known for the Innocent Smoothie brand. Cambridge Consultants, an international technology development and consultancy company. Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, first manufacturer of the scanning electron microscope. Undergraduate education There are about 1,200 undergraduate students in the department at any time, with about 320 students admitted each year. The first two years are essentially the same for all students and aim to give a broad overview, covering mechanical and structural engineering, as well as materials, electrical and information engineering. From the third year, students are required to specialise, undertaking either the Engineering Tripos or Manufacturing Engineering Tripos. In the Engineering Tripos, students may specialise in one or more of nine engineering disciplines: Aerospace and aerothermal engineering Bioengineering Civil, structural and environmental engineering Electrical and electronic engineering Electrical and information sciences Energy, sustainability and the environment Information and computer engineering Instrumentation and control Mechanical engineering It is also possible to not specialise and receive a degree in General Engineering. Meanwhile, the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos provides an integrated course in industrial engineering, including both operations and management. Graduate education The Department of Engineering currently has about 190 faculty and PI-status researchers, 300 postdoctoral researchers, and 850 graduate students. Post-graduate education in the consists of both taught courses and research degrees (PhD, MPhil and MRes). The majority of research students study for a PhD degree while around 10 per cent follow the one-year MPhil (research) programme. The department also 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 British and EU students. Research Evaluation The department was ranked 2nd among UK engineering departments in 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). It also ranked 2nd in 2014. Notable alumni and researchers Fellows of the Royal Society William Dalby Alfred Ewing Bertram Hopkinson Sir Charles Edward Inglis John Baker John Horlock Brian Spalding Robert Mair Michael Gaster Daniel Wolpert John Arthur Shercliff John Denton Alistair MacFarlane Christopher Calladine Richard V. Southwell Frank Whittle Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell Sir Bennett Melvill Jones Charles Oatley Harry Ricardo