University of New South Wales

Course Details

Bachelor degree in BE ME Electrical Engineering

Course Description

The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications offers a five year integrated degree program (240 UOC) leading to a Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering (BE ME) in Electrical Engineering. The program includes a compulsory 24 UOC minor in a discipline outside the area of electrical engineering and telecommunications. Flexibility and choice are maintained throughout the entire structure by providing many elective courses. Program Outcomes The program outcomes are achieved through the learning outcomes of all courses including project work, electives and compulsory and relevant industrial training within the BE ME integrated degree program. The 5-year BE ME structure is designed such that at graduation, students would be expected to have desired skills competency, such as creative problem solving, innovative design, capacity for analytical and critical thinking, independent in reflective learning, in-depth discipline specific knowledge, good communication skills, professional attitude and ethical practice, and teamwork. Requirements for the BE ME degree To qualify for the Bachelor of Engineering/ Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering integrated degree, students must successfully complete 240 UoC, which is made up of the following: 156 UOC (3.25 Years) of Core comprising discipline-specific courses, discipline-specific thesis project work, design courses, and management courses. 48 UOC (1 Year) of professional electives comprising L3, L4 and L5 (postgraduate) electives. 36 UOC (0.75 Years) of breadth electives comprising a minor* and general education. Industrial Training (60 days, core for 0 UOC) * Minor courses are taken from one and only one discipline outside the area of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, including Music, Language, Commerce, Psychology, Mechatronics, Photovoltaics, Computing, Mathematics, and Physics, etc. (see list at bottom of page).

Course Duration

NumberDuration
5year

Career outcomes

The broad objective of the Faculty of Engineering's undergraduate programs is to develop well-educated graduates, that is, graduates with the strong technical knowledge and the basic skills and attributes required to practise as professional engineers. The desired skills are those that enable graduates to be independent investigators; self-motivated; critical thinkers; problem solvers; life-long learners; good communicators; team players; effective managers; as well as economically, environmentally and socially aware.




Bachelor degree in BE ME Electrical Engineering University of New South Wales