Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Electrical and Electronic Engineering is concerned with defining the technologies required for our future needs, including communication, entertainment, energy, and healthcare. Electrical and electronic engineers are involved in advances in medical technology, e-commerce, mobile telephones, wireless communications, renewable energy, and the internet. This degree program provides students with a broad range of skills relating to all aspects of the design of electronic systems and devices. It combines coursework in different aspects of electrical and electronic engineering with individual and group project work, where students design and build innovative electronic systems. This program provides a solid technological base from which a career in electrical and electronic engineering can be launched, along with the basic skills needed to sustain professional development throughout a graduate career. As it combines coursework, laboratory classes, and projects in different aspects of electrical and electronic engineering, the program will give graduates the knowledge and skills needed to design and develop innovative technologies for a wide range of industry sectors. It incorporates the design and development of devices, circuits, and systems that are used in a wide range of high-tech products and so it will appeal to students who like to understand how technology works, and who have an interest in electrical or electronic circuits. Students who enjoy science, and particularly physics, are usually attracted to it.