The present Faculty is a major centre in the United Kingdom for engineering teaching and research. Up-to-date facilities are available in well-equipped laboratories. There are about 100 teaching staff and over 1,000 undergraduates, of whom 13% are female. Engineering has been studied at Liverpool since the foundation of the University in the late nineteenth century. Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Integrated Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Electronics, Manufacturing Engineering & Industrial Management, Materials Science & Engineering as well as Mechanical Engineering are all catered for.