Program Overview

Electrical Engineering with a Year Abroad (Year 3) MEng

Overview

Electrical engineers design and develop new technologies to generate and process power. The equipment they design is used to distribute electrical energy (including 'Smart Grid' technologies for renewable energy sources), and also supports many manufacturing industries.

Electrical engineering technologies now enable hybrid and electric vehicles, trains, ships and even aircraft.

Our course will give you the specialist electrical knowledge and skills that will help you be part of a more sustainable future. Through lab-based projects, working individually and in small teams, you'll learn essential problem solving and design skills.

Qualification and Entry Requirements

• Qualification: MEng Hons
• Entry Requirements: AAA
• UCAS code: H62V
• Duration: 4 years full-time
• Start Date: September 2025
• Fees: £9,535

Course Information

Year One

• Applied Electrical and Electronic Engineering Construction Project: Learn to develop an autonomous vehicle building on knowledge learned in other parts of the course.
• Contemporary Engineering Themes A: Introduces you to various themes that are at the forefront of today's electrical and electronic engineering systems.
• Engineering Mathematics: Introduces you to the algebra of complex numbers and provides a key mathematical tool for analysis of linear mathematical and engineering problems.
• Information and Systems: Provides an introduction to electronic and information systems and covers a wide range of topics including digital electronics, amplifiers, filters, semiconductor devices, diodes, transistors, communications and noise in electronic systems.
• Introduction to Software Engineering and Programming: Explores the technical skills required to analyse, design and implement solutions to practical engineering problems.
• Power and Energy: Introduces you to the concepts and challenges faced in generating traditional and renewable electrical energy.

Year Two

• Contemporary Engineering Themes B: Continues to introduce to a variety of themes that are at the forefront of contemporary electrical and electronic engineering systems.
• Design and Implementation of Engineering Software: Covers a range of good practice topics and also introduces Object Oriented Programming (OOP) as an elegant and reliable means of constructing inherently good quality software.
• Electrical Energy Conditioning and Control: Introduces you to the underpinning technologies for the conditioning, control and conversion of electrical energy.
• Electronic Processing and Communications: Studies intermediate level electronic analogue circuits and their use within more complex systems.
• Electronic Systems Group Design Project: Introduces a range of activities from the design and development cycle undertaken to provide practical solutions to electronic engineering problems.
• Energy Conditioning Group Design Project: Introduces a range of activities from the design and development cycle undertaken to provide practical solutions to electronic engineering problems.
• Modelling: Methods and Tools: Teaches you the required mathematical skills and suitable software tools needed for you to start modelling these problems yourself.

Year Three

• Advanced Engineering Mathematics: Covers advanced analytic mathematical techniques used to provide exact or approximate solutions to common classes of ordinary differential equations (ODES) typical in Engineering.
• Electrical Machines, Drive Systems and Applications: Introduces students to the concepts and operating principles of fixed and variable speed electric machine and drive systems.
• Group Project: Involves students working in groups of between four and six on a real-world engineering problem.
• Power Electronic Applications and Control: Provides an understanding of the operational principles of power electronic converters and their associated systems.
• Professional Studies: Assesses your ability to develop a business plan based on an idea for a new product.

Year Four

• Industrial/Research Orientated Project: Students indicate their project preferences from a wide range of industrially-relevant topics covering all facets of the degree program, then work under the supervision of an expert member of staff.
• Advanced AC Drives: Covers the control of AC drives, covering drives for a variety of machine types and control strategies.
• Advanced Computational Engineering: Covers the development of advanced engineering software projects, spanning a range of application areas.
• Advanced Control: Covers a range of advanced control techniques used in a wide range of engineering applications.
• Advanced Electrical Machines: Introduces advanced electrical machine concepts and applications in the area of more electric transport, renewable generation and industrial automation.
• Advanced Power Electronics: Covers a range of advanced power electronic techniques and implementations for a variety of applications.
• Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems: Selected topics from the field of artificial intelligence with particular focus on the interface with electronic systems.
• Digital Signal Processing: Introduces the principles, major algorithms and implementation possibilities of digital signal processing at an advanced level.
• Distributed Generation and Alternative Energy: Covers the operation of modern power systems including deregulated power systems, distributed generation, microgrids, the energy storage, technologies for producing clean energy, efficient HVDC power transmission.
• HDL for Programmable Devices: Introduces both the syntax and application of HDL for the design of modern electronics.
• Instrumentation and Measurement: Introduces the principles and practice of instrumentation and measurement systems in an engineering context.
• Optical and Photonics Technology: Starts with the basics of light and how we can manipulate it with optical components, building up to a practical understanding of optical systems.
• Power Systems for Aerospace, Marine and Automotive: Develops an understanding of the design and operation of power systems in aerospace, marine and automotive applications.
• RF Devices and Systems: Introduces typical analytical, computational and experimental tools used in the study of Radio Frequency (RF) and high frequency devices and systems.

Additional Information

• Accreditation: This course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
• Language Study: You may be able to choose to study a language as part of this degree.
• Scholarships and Bursaries: The University offers a wide range of bursaries and scholarships.
• Tuition Fees: £9,535
• Duration: 4 years full-time
• Start Date: September 2025
• UCAS Code: H62V

Careers Overview

• Job Prospects: 90.3% of undergraduates from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation.
• Average Starting Salary: £29,384
• Career Paths: Software development, fibre optic and mobile communications, aerospace technology, automotive systems and renewable energy technologies.