Electrical & Electronic/Computer & Communications Engineering

This program will educate you to an honors level in electrical and electronic engineering. It meets the educational standard required for chartered engineering membership of Engineers Ireland. You can specialize in Power Systems Engineering, Control Engineering, Communications Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or Computer Engineering. Work Placement takes place in Semester 2 of Year 3 and typically lasts between 3 and 6 months. Control Engineering: the design and application of control and automated systems, including robotics.Electronic Engineering: Analysis and Design of Electronic Systems

Communications Engineering: advanced communications, including emerging mobile systems & networks.Computer Engineering: the programming and development of state-of-the-art computer systems. You can select two major options from the following specializations in the third year: Electrical Power Engineering: analysis and design of modern power systems and associated plant; Control Engineering: design and application of control and automated systems, including robotics; Electronic Engineering: analysis and design of electronic systems; Communications Engineering: advanced communications, including emerging mobile systems & networks; or Computer Engineering: the programming and development of state-of-the-art computer systems. Students who take the major options in Computer Engineering and Communications Engineering are eligible for the award to BE in Computer and Communications Engineering; all others are eligible for the award to BE in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.