Bringing engineering into your classroom couldn’t be easier with this annual cross-curricular STEM competition from Primary Engineer. It’s fully-funded for all UK schools and home-educated groups and asks pupils aged 3-19 the question ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’.

Register to instantly gain access to curriculum-mapped teaching resources, links to engineers and plus we celebrate every single competition entry with a personalised graded certificate.

Why, How, What, When

Find about the Leaders Award "If you were an engineer what would you do?" competition

Meet an Engineer

If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do? offers opportunities to interview engineers bring the STEM project to life for pupils at home and those still in school.

Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal

The Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal celebrates the innovation, public engagement, and industry links of the ProtoTeams who have turned school pupils' engineering ideas into reality.

If You Were An Engineer... Book

We are delighted to announce that 10 years of asking school pupils the question "If you were an engineer, what would you do?" we are releasing a book with a selection of entries from the last decade.

Nominate a Teacher

This year we are bringing the joy of engineering and STEM to Primary and Secondary schools across the UK but we need your help!

If You Were An Engineer Podcast

‘If you were an engineer…’Podcast has been produced by Primary Engineer to share the joy of what it is to be an engineer, the creativity, the inspiration and importantly what engineers were like as children!

Supporters

With thanks to the amazing industries and organisations that support our work in schools

Latest News

Hot off the press, all that we and our partners have been up to!

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Bringing engineering into your classroom couldn’t be easier with this annual cross-curricular STEM competition from Primary Engineer. It’s fully-funded for all UK schools and home-educated groups and asks pupils aged 3-19 the question ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’.

Register to instantly gain access to curriculum-mapped teaching resources, links to engineers and plus we celebrate every single competition entry with a personalised graded certificate.

Why, How, What, When

Find about the Leaders Award "If you were an engineer what would you do?" competition

Meet an Engineer

If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do? offers opportunities to interview engineers bring the STEM project to life for pupils at home and those still in school.

Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal

The Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal celebrates the innovation, public engagement, and industry links of the ProtoTeams who have turned school pupils' engineering ideas into reality.

If You Were An Engineer... Book

We are delighted to announce that 10 years of asking school pupils the question "If you were an engineer, what would you do?" we are releasing a book with a selection of entries from the last decade.

Nominate a School

This year we are bringing the joy of engineering and STEM to Primary and Secondary schools across the UK but we need your help!

If You Were An Engineer Podcast

‘If you were an engineer…’Podcast has been produced by Primary Engineer to share the joy of what it is to be an engineer, the creativity, the inspiration and importantly what engineers were like as children!

Supporters

With thanks to the amazing industries and organisations that support our work in schools

Latest News

Hot off the press, all that we and our partners have been up to!