Program Overview

Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year Abroad BEng

Overview

Electrical and electronic engineers design, develop, test and oversee new technologies. This can be to generate and process power as well as to create anything from drones and electric cars to the technology in smartphones, sat navs and systems in hospitals.

Course Information

• Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering with Honours
• Duration: 3 years full-time
• UCAS Code: H606
• Fees: £9,535 (UK undergraduate students)

Entry Requirements

• A-level: ABB
• IB Score: 30 Points overall or 655 in 3 Higher Level Certifcates
• GCSE English: Grade 4 (C)
• Required Subjects: Maths and one of electronics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, further mathematics, design and technology: systems control or design technology: design engineering H404
• Excluded Subjects: General Studies, Critical Thinking, Citizenship Studies, Global Perspectives and Research, and Thinking Skills

Alternative Qualifications

• Access to HE Diploma: 24 Level 3 credits at Distinction (to include a minimum of 15 Level 3 credits at Distinction in Mathematics) and 21 Level 3 credits at Merit
• BTEC Nationals: RQF Level 3 BTEC National Extended Diploma in Engineering – DDD including Distinction in units: Engineering Principles, Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems and Further Engineering Maths

Language Study

• Language Options: You may be able to choose to study a language as part of this degree
• Language Centre: Offers many languages, and you may start as a beginner or at a more advanced level

Modules

• Year 1:
  • Applied Electrical and Electronic Engineering Construction Project
  • Contemporary Engineering Themes A
  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Information and Systems
  • Introduction to Software Engineering and Programming
  • Power and Energy
• Year 2:
  • Contemporary Engineering Themes B
  • Design and Implementation of Engineering Software
  • Electrical Energy Conditioning and Control
  • Electronic Processing and Communications
  • Electronic Systems Group Design Project
  • Energy Conditioning Group Design Project
  • Modelling: Methods and Tools
• Year 3:
  • Analogue Electronics
  • Professional Studies
  • Third Year Project
  • Optional modules:
    • Advanced Engineering Mathematics
    • Applications of AI in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Cybersecurity
    • Digital Communications
    • Electrical Machines, Drive Systems and Applications
    • Embedded Computing
    • Integrated Circuits and Systems
    • IT Infrastructure
    • Mobile Technologies
    • Optical Networks
    • Power Electronic Applications and Control
    • Power Networks
    • Renewable Generation Technologies
    • Robotics, Dynamics and Control
    • Scalable Cross-Platform Software Design
    • Sensing Systems and Signal Processing

Careers

• 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
• Careers Advice: The University of Nottingham's Careers and Employability Service can work with you to improve your employability skills

Campus

• University Park Campus: Covers 300 acres, with green spaces, wildlife, period buildings and modern facilities
• Sustainability: One of the UK's most beautiful and sustainable campuses, winning a national Green Flag award every year since 2003