The overall aim of this course is to ensure graduates have a comprehensive engineering education combined with specialist knowledge of electronics and communications engineering recognised in the professional engineering community by an accredited degree. This ensures that graduates are equipped with the appropriate knowledge and enterprising spirit to practise professionally and ethically. Thus, the course will: · address industry’s demand for graduates who can integrate the principles and applications of electronics and communications engineering, and apply them to the analysis and synthesis of products and systems · enable you to pursue professional careers in the electronics or communications engineering field at a level which requires the exercise of sound judgement, and initiative, and the ability to make informed decisions in complex and unpredictable circumstances that reflect a responsible, ethical, and socially aware outlook · furnish you with a detailed understanding of the principles of electrical engineering, electronics, and telecommunications, enabling the rational selection of the most appropriate approach to solve engineering problems · engender a top-down, systems approach to the analysis, synthesis and realisation of engineering products and systems. · provide a broadly based education in electrical engineering, electronics, communications engineering and design allowing scope for entry into a wide range of disciplines within the engineering field.

The field of information systems, supported by electronics and communications, is extensive and services a rapidly expanding market. Graduates from this course will find many opportunities for well-paid jobs such as designing communication networks, managing networks, or developing novel electronic systems. The multidisciplinary nature of the electronics and communications engineering subject area provides career opportunities in a broad spectrum of industries, from consumer goods design and manufacture to large process control plants, and of course the telecommunications sector. The course enables graduates to attain management positions, with significant levels of responsibility within a relatively short time. Graduates may also study for a taught postgraduate degree, MSc, or a research degree, MPhil/PhD, within the Department. The transferable skills gained during the course, including: project management, group working, and analytical thinking, also enable a graduate to pursue careers in nontechnical fields such as: law, accountancy, authoring, and computing.