The Electrical Engineering degree course at Newport offers students the skills and knowledge to go onto employment with the industry and progress to Chartered Engineer status. Around of Engineering students at the University of Wales, Newport go onto employment or further study within six months of completion of their course. That’s partly because Engineering is a fast growing industry in our modern, high-tech world, with a need for professionals to meet the growing demand for such specific skills. Electrical engineering is a profession that uses science, technology and problem solving skills to design, construct and maintain products, services and information systems. Electrical or power engineering also deals with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity together with the design of a range of related devices. The BEng Electrical Engineering programme from Newport’s University encompasses issues of ethical engineering and sustainability within the programme and offers students to specialise in areas including control systems, optical systems and power electronics. The profile of Engineering has also been raised in recent years due to several reasons including blackouts around the world thrusting power system reliability into the limelight, and the Kyoto protocol, placing energy efficiency and renewable energy generation high on the political agenda. Our BEng Electrical Engineering course can also be studied part-time and you can gain entry to the course by completing a relevant HNC/D course, which are also offered at Newport.

Typically, graduates of this course can go on to follow careers in research and development, design, production, technical sales and support plus a variety of management roles. Job responsibilities include specification, design, development and implementation of products or systems as well as research to create new ideas. Many graduates have also gone on to follow Masters and PhD programmes at Newport.