Program Overview

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Key Facts

UCAS Tariff

120 - 104

Course duration

4 years

Course Overview

Why study Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering at Aberystwyth University?

• Access to dedicated Linux, Mac OS X laboratories and central servers
• Access to robotic equipment including Arduinos, mobile robots and sailing robots
• Understand software and the underlying mathematics describing it
• Understanding of engineering mathematics and physics, such as instrumentation, forces, electricity and magnetism
• Understand the engineering of professional high quality software systems
• Hands-on experience of the engineering of robotics and embedded systems
• Gain a firm foundation in computing skills, with specialised skills in robotics, artificial intelligence and systems engineering

Modules September start - 2025

Year 1

• Algebra and Differential Equations *
• Calculus *
• Introduction to Programming *
• Problems and Solutions
• Programming Using an Object-Oriented Language *
• Study Skills for Computer Science *
• Information security *

Year 2

• Algorithm Design and Data Structures
• Artificial Intelligence
• Mathematical Physics *
• Robotics and Embedded Systems
• Sensors, Electronics & Instrumentation
• Software Engineering *

Year 3

• Sandwich Year

Year 4

• Engineering Control Theory
• Major Project
• Professional Issues in the Computing Industry *
• Space Robotics
• Systems Engineering

Options

• Computer Vision
• Fundamentals of Machine Learning
• Robotic Applications
• Semiconductor Technology

Careers

Our degree prepares you for a variety of careers:

• Robotics
• Embedded systems design
• Software development
• Communications and networking
• Computer applications
• IT consultancy and management
• Systems analysis and development
• Education

What skills do I acquire from this degree?

• Communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Time management
• Working independently and as part of a team
• Organisation skills
• Implementation skills
• Research skills
• Technical skills

Teaching & Learning

What will I learn?

• Programming
• Problems and solutions
• Calculus, algebra, differential equations
• Forces and dynamics
• Mathematical Physics
• Robotics and embedded systems
• Our software development life cycle module
• Data structures and algorithms
• Artificial Intelligence
• Systems engineering
• Space robotics
• Applied control engineering
• Individual project

How will I be taught?

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Practicals
• Individual/ group based project work

Typical Entry Requirements

• UCAS Tariff: 120 - 104
• A Levels: BBB-BCC to include B in Mathematics
• GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh and Mathematics
• BTEC National Diploma: DDM-DMM with B in A level Mathematics
• International Baccalaureate: 30-28 with 5 points in Mathematics at Higher Level
• European Baccalaureate: 75%-65% overall with 7 in Mathematics
• English Language Requirements: See our Undergraduate English Language Requirements for this course. Pre-sessional English Programmes are also available for students who do not meet our English Language Requirements.