TEDI-London, The Engineering and Design Institute, London was established in 2019 and welcomed its first cohort of students in 2021. It was the brainchild of Arizona State University, University of New South Wales in Sydney and King’s College London.
Through the PLuS Alliance, these three giants of higher education, set out to reimagine engineering education – focusing on new approaches, new outcomes, and a fundamentally different way of thinking about the discipline.
By broadening access to admissions and adopting a transformative teaching model, TEDI-London aimed to develop a new kind of engineer – equipped to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges.
TEDI-London offered a distinctive approach to engineering education, prioritising hands-on, project-based learning over traditional lecture-led teaching. Students collaborated in studio environments, tackling real-world industry challenges while building practical technical expertise alongside teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Its undergraduate Global Design Engineering degree took an interdisciplinary approach, integrating engineering with design, sustainability and business thinking to better align graduate capabilities with employer needs. This is the same degree is now offered by ASU London today, alongside an expanded portfolio that includes programmes in engineering, computer science and business and management.
The great news is that all ASU London programmes, are built on the TEDI-London model - starting with jobs and careers when designing curriculum and embedding employability throughout. Students learn in collaborative workspaces, are treated as ‘professionals in training’, and benefit from strong industry engagement, with no traditional lectures and, where possible, no exams. This project-based learning approach now extends beyond engineering across a wider range of disciplines.
Graduates from TEDI-London, who continue to hold TEDI-London degree certificates, completed their studies in 2024 (the first BEng cohort) and 2025 (first MEng Cohort). The 2026 Cohort will be given a choice of which certificates they graduate with. Both the BEng and MEng Global Design Engineering degrees are accredited by the IET and iED.
We are proud of our TEDI-London graduates – now over 50 in number – who were true trailblazers, embarking on a brand new degree, at a newly established institute. Their achievements reflect a genuinely pioneering spirit. And they stand as the original ASU Londoner’s.
