Electronic and Electrical Engineering - BEng (Hons)

University of Birmingham

Become a skilled engineer with real workplace experience. Our BEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering with Industrial Year will prepare you for an exciting career. Study with us and you’ll learn how to invent, design and manage technologies and their applications. From energy and electronics to communications and network engineering, you’ll be able to choose from roles in a huge range of sectors. Spend a year working in industry to explore your career options. This degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. Combining theoretical and practical learning, you’ll discover how to design electrical circuits, develop communications systems and how power systems work. You’ll build creative, technical, analytical and decision-making skills, and specialise in areas of interest. Study in our state-of-the-art building with a Design Centre and the Makerspace practical facility. Your industrial year will show you how to apply your knowledge, develop professional skills and build your networks. Working alongside mechanical and civil engineers you’ll graduate with interdisciplinary experience ready to tackle engineering challenges in a variety of careers. Get ready for an exciting future using your expertise as an electrical engineer. You'll receive plenty of feedback to help you progress, ranging from written feedback on your assessments to class feedback sessions and discussions with your tutor. The feedback will highlight the positives of your work as well as any areas that need more attention. You'll be assigned a personal tutor who'll remain with you throughout your studies to help you in three important areas: supporting your academic progress, developing transferable skills and dealing with any welfare issues. You'll also need to undertake a considerable amount of self study. It's an essential part of the programme, which requires self motivation and enthusiasm for your subject. It also allows you to pursue your own lines of enquiry and become an independent thinker.

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering