What's it all about? Electrical Engineering encompasses research, design, development, manufacturing and management of complex systems for many different uses. Think about the infrastructure that allows you to call anywhere in the world on your mobile. Or the electricity wires that connect your house to the power grid. Study Electrical Engineering and you will never be out of a job. What does it include? The focus of this degree is on design, development, manufacturing and management of complex hardware and software systems, and reliable cost-effective devices. This involves the use of new information and computer intensive technologies. Key subjects include telecommunications, photonics, systems and control, energy systems, microelectronics and signal processing. To get you work ready, you'll apply these skills through 60-days of approved industry training. Where will you work? This degree opens up a huge range of challenging and rewarding career paths. Potential employers are found in telecommunications, biomedical, electricity authorities and in large private industrial groups such as Thales, Alstom, BHP, Boeing Australia, Honeywell, Dolby Australia, IBM and Google. Dual degrees: Dual degrees are a great way of graduating with a wider breadth of knowledge, better preparing you for your future career.

Potential employers include service industries such as Telstra, Optus and electricity authorities; large private industrial groups, such as Ericsson, Alstom, BHP, Boeing Australia, Honeywell, Motorola, IBM and Alcatel; small innovative private firms specialising in the application of new technologies to new products and services, in a range of areas such as telecommunications and wireless electronics, internet services and biomedical instrumentation.