Program Overview

Electrical Engineering with a Year in Industry (Year 4) 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: H62C
• Duration: 5 years full-time
• Start Date: September 2026
• 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.
• Optional Modules:
  • Applications of AI in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Cybersecurity
  • Embedded Computing
  • IT Infrastructure
  • Power Networks
  • Renewable Generation Technologies
  • Robotics, Dynamics and Control
  • Sensing Systems and Signal Processing

Year Four

• Year in Industry: Subject to you meeting the relevant requirements, your fourth year will be spent in industry.

Year Five

• Industrial/Research Orientated Project: Students indicate their project preferences from a wide range of industrially-relevant topics covering all facets of the degree program.
• Optional Modules:
  • Advanced AC Drives
  • Advanced Control
  • Advanced Electrical Machines
  • Advanced Power Electronics
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Distributed Generation and Alternative Energy
  • HDL for Programmable Devices
  • Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Power Systems for Aerospace, Marine and Automotive

How You Will Learn

• Teaching Methods:
  • Group study
  • Independent Study
  • Lab sessions
  • Lectures
  • Practical classes
  • Supervision
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops
• Assessment Methods:
  • Coursework
  • Dissertation
  • Examinations
  • Group coursework
  • Practical exams
  • Presentation
  • Research project
  • Practical assessment

Careers Overview

With the broad range of skills acquired from this degree, you will have excellent career prospects in areas such as; software development, fibre optic and mobile communications, aerospace technology, automotive systems and renewable energy technologies.

Job Prospects

• Average Starting Salary and Career Progression: 90.3% of undergraduates from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual starting salary for these graduates was £29,384.*