Electrical and Electronic Engineering – BEng (Honours)

At a glance

Train for an engineering career working with new and emerging technologies on a course where graduates go on to work with internationally renowned companies like Rolls-Royce, Emhart Glass and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.

Key points• Pursue a high-level career, working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
• Gain hands-on practical laboratory experience.
• Benefit from a placement team with links to industry, helping you gain employment.
• Work alongside practising engineers studying part-time, sponsored by employers.

What is electrical and electronic engineering?Electrical and electronic engineering explores some of the newest and emerging technologies, and how these technologies can be applied to benefit mankind. Advances in electrical and electronic engineering are transforming the way companies do business.

This course

Study for a career at the highest level of engineering, on a well-respected course designed to put you on the path to chartered engineer status. We look for students who are motivated, inquisitive and want a challenge. If you are interested in how and why things work, we can help you develop the problem solving skills and knowledge needed to answer these questions.

As a student, you study a range of electrical and electronic engineering specialisms, including the design and implementation of
• electronic systems
• embedded systems
• networks using communications and signal processing techniques
• appropriate engineering management
• instrumentation and control systems

Industry fully supports the course with • work placements • course planning • visits • real projects • case studies • guest lecturers. This connection with industry helps to increase your career opportunities and employability. You work alongside practising engineers who are industry-sponsored students studying part-time.

Our industrial sponsors include companies such as • Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd • BAE Systems • Associated British Ports (ABP) • BP Chemicals • Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd.

The course is designed to show you how academic theory, simulation and case studies connect with practical project work. This approach is designed to increase your employability. Students enjoy using high level instrumentation in our laboratories. This builds your confidence in testing, design prototyping and investigative projects. You are also introduced to our research laboratories.

In your final year project, you use theory and industry standard specialised hardware and software, including target systems (not simply simulations) to find solutions to practical problems.

Typical examples of projects include work on
• nanotechnology for quantum dot applications
• noxious gas sensor circuits
• solar powered refrigeration
• fingerprint recognition
• optimisation of traffic control

Once you’ve spent two years studying, you get the opportunity to apply what you’ve learnt in a paid year-long placement. The placement is a key opportunity for increasing your career prospects and personal and professional development, at national or multinational corporations including • Siemens, Solihull • CSE-Global (UK) Ltd, Sheffield • Serck Controls Ltd, Barnsley • ARM, Cambridge • TBG Solutions, Chesterfield.

Key areas of study
Key areas include • electrical and electronic systems • control and instrumentation • embedded systems • communications • signal processing and appropriate engineering management.

You also benefit from working to deadlines for real time demonstrations and investigative project work.