University of Essex

Course Details

MEng Electronic Engineering

Course Description

MEng Electronic Engineering will provide you with a great breadth and depth of understanding in electronic engineering and related areas such as telecommunication systems. The course covers the theory together with extensive practical laboratory sessions and both group and individual project work. The first three years cover increasingly advanced material at undergraduate level, while the fourth year is based exclusively on Masters-level material including wireless communication systems and photonics and optical networks, much of it taught by leading international experts in their respective areas. For the most up-to-date information on this new course, including the breakdown of modules, please visit our website. Please note that this course is new for 2012-13 academic year and we are currently seeking accreditation for this course.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
4year

Career outcomes

Our courses help you develop the graduate capabilities that employers value. You learn to communicate effectively, orally and in writing. You develop strong analytical, numerical and ICT skills, learn to work as part of a team and on your own, and know how to manage your time effectively and meet deadlines. You develop your critical thinking abilities, and become more adaptable and agile in your thinking. We stimulate your imagination through coursework and project work, while specialist modules enable you to acquire all the technical knowledge and skills needed to have a positive influence on society as a professional twenty-first century engineer. In addition, our BEng Electronic Engineering is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Our graduates are equipped to work at a professional level in electronics and telecommunications, often in design engineering but also in other professional areas such as production management. Our graduates are also highly sought after outside the field of electronics because of their high-level mathematical skills. Recent graduates of our BEng Electronic Engineering are now employed as an embedded software engineering with the McClaren Formula One team, as an embedded systems engineer at B&W Group and as an inside sales engineering and team leader at National Instruments. Other graduates of our School have progressed to senior positions, both in industry and academia. Companies and organisations where our former students are now employed include: BT, IBM, National Instruments, Delta Tau, RBC Capital Markets, Itron, Visa, Force India F1, Google, AWS, Jobserve and Danwood.

MEng Electronic Engineering University of Essex