Electrical and Electronic Engineering is concerned with defining the technologies required for our future needs, including communication, entertainment, energy and healthcare. Electrical and Electronic Engineers are involved in advances in medical technology, e-commerce, mobile telephones, wireless communications, renewable energy and the internet. This degree programme provides students with a broad range of skills relating to all aspects of the design of electronic systems and devices. It combines coursework in different aspects of electrical and electronic engineering, as well as individual and group project work, where students design and build innovative electronic systems. This programme provides a solid technological base from which a career in electrical and electronic engineering can be launched, along with the basic skills needed to sustain professional development throughout a graduate career. As it combines coursework, laboratory classes and projects in different aspects of electrical and electronic engineering, the programme will give graduates the knowledge and skills needed to design and develop innovation technologies for a wide range of industry sectors. It incorporates the design and development of devices, circuits and systems that are used in a wide range of high-tech products and so it will appeal to students who like to understand how technology works, and who have an interest in electrical or electronic circuits. Students who enjoy science, and particularly physics, are usually attracted to it.

It is expected that career opportunities for graduates of this programme will have significant growth. There is an ever-increasing emphasis on the development of intelligent electrical and electronic products to provide more effective and energy-efficient solutions in industry. Completing the BE degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering offers a passport to national and international career opportunities in a diverse range of industries, electrical utilities and organisations which use electrical and electronic engineering expertise. These include electronic circuit and system design; power electronics; medical electronics; healthcare; computer programming; telecommunications; automotive electronics; industrial & process automation; electrical power systems; renewable energy; consumer electronics; and broadcasting.