Electronic and Computer Engineering - MEng drafted

Program Overview

This MEng degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering combines electrical engineering, computer hardware, and software engineering to prepare students for careers in cutting-edge fields such as robotics, artificial intelligence, and embedded systems. Graduates gain advanced knowledge and skills, including creativity, entrepreneurship, and teamworking, and are highly sought after in various industries, including aerospace, automotive, energy, manufacturing, and government.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Electronics and computing are two key growth areas for the technology industry, both making spectacular advances and impacting modern life beyond recognition. Studying all things electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at Kent will allow you to be part of this revolution and to gain the knowledge and skills to make your own mark in this exciting field. The combination of electronic engineering skills with advanced knowledge of computer hardware and software engineering prepare you for creating the systems of the future. This course teaches many exciting topics including robotics/mechatronics, embedded systems, and artificial intelligence, as well as providing you with skills employers look for such as creativity, entrepreneurship and team working. As your knowledge grows, you discover which areas particularly interest you, so that by your final year you can select your specialism.

Assessment:

Most modules consist of a mixture of lectures, seminars, workshops and computer sessions. All modules are continuously assessed. All years include project work that replicates industrial practice to maximise the employability of our graduates.

Teaching:

You'll have access to academics who are pushing boundaries with their research. Kent is an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research as well as being experts in programming languages and artificial intelligence.

Careers:

Our graduates find employment in a huge range of sectors such as aerospace and automotive industries, the armed forces and the Ministry of Defence, construction and building services, energy utilities, government agencies, manufacturing industries, medical engineering, oil and gas industries, process industries, the public sector, research establishments and transport including road and railways. The School of Engineering holds an annual Employability and Careers Day where you can meet local and national employers and discuss career opportunities. Ongoing support is provided by the School’s dedicated Employability Officer.

Other:

This degree has been accredited by IET, The Institute of Engineering and Technology.

The 2024/25 annual tuition fees for this course are: Full-time UK £9,250 EU £22,700 International £22,700 For students continuing on this programme, fees will increase year on year by no more than RPI + 3% in each academic year of study except where regulated.

Your fee status The University will assess your fee status as part of the application process. Additional costs Funding University fundingKent offers generous financial support schemes to assist eligible undergraduate students during their studies. See our funding page for more details.