Electronics and Electrical Engineering Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)

This degree programme covers a wide range of topics relating to electronics & electrical engineering within modern life. It will enable you, as a graduate engineer, to be employed in a large number of industries, from power engineering to nanoelectronics, radar & telecommunication systems to the design of digital technology.

You will undertake a team design project in which the complete design process of an item of electronic equipment is carried out, from the initial specification to the completed product.

Programme structure

You will study the same courses in the first three years whether on the BEng or MEng degree programme. Both embed creativity to develop world changing engineers.

Year 1

You will take a wide-ranging curriculum, which includes courses in analogue & digital electronics, mathematics, dynamics, materials and thermodynamics. These courses are supported by project and laboratory work, which allow you to develop the much-needed skills and experience required for a career in engineering. This interdisciplinary approach, favoured by industry, also makes it easy to switch to most other engineering disciplines at the end of year 1 should you wish to do so.

Years 2 and 3

The following two years will contain a core of compulsory subjects that are needed for electronics and electrical engineering, as well as optional subjects in business and management.

The core courses will give you a firm grounding in the knowledge and skills required of any professional electronics or electrical engineer, whether your career takes you to work with hydroelectric projects or wind farms, designing high-tech gadgets and communications devices or creating new electronic components at the nano-scale. These courses are augmented with practical construction and project work in each year, working both alone and in teams.

Years 4 and 5

You will have a wide choice of technical options in fourth year. You will also gain expertise in professional subjects including economics, project organisation, environmental issues and safety.

BEng students will complete a substantial individual project under the one-to-one supervision of a member of academic staff. MEng students take part in an integrated system design project, learning the skills of project management and working in multidisciplinary teams. Half of year 5 is devoted to individual project work, normally carried out in industry, and often via a placement abroad.

Our international links

As an MEng student you will complete a six-month research and development project in year 5, in an international company or research lab. If you have chosen to study a European language you may be assigned to a host organisation in Europe.

Career prospects

Our recent graduates have been employed, among many other organisations, by:

* McLaren

* Cadence

* Leonardo

* Cirrus Logic

* Nordic Semiconductors

* Analog Devices

* Clyde Space

* SP Energy Networks

* Jaguar Land Rover

* Royal Bank of Scotland.