This three-year course is designed for those students who are particularly interested in communications and their underlying technologies. Students on this degree study a range of electronic engineering topics including electronic design, software engineering, computer modelling, microelectronics, signal processing and instrumentation, but have specialist modules in telecommunications devices, the principles of telecommunications, digital systems and telecommunications systems. Mobile communications, CD/DVD technology, optical and microwave communications and digital television are studied in detail. In the final year each student completes an individual project that involves detailed investigation and research into a communications topic. The Department has a strong research activity in optical and microwave communications and many opportunities for industrial project collaboration exist.

Our graduates are seen as highly employable in areas such as fibre optic, mobile and broadcast telecommunications. Average starting salary and career progression In 2013, 82.4% of first-degree graduates in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering who were available for employment had secured work or further study within six months of graduation. The average starting salary was £26,464 with the highest being £40,000.