Program Overview

Electrical Engineering with A Year Abroad BEng

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.

Course Details

• Qualification: BEng Hons
• Entry Requirements: ABB
• Start Date: September 2025
• UCAS code: H62W
• Duration: 3 years full-time
• Fees: £9,535

Course Information

Institution of Engineering and Technology

This course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

This degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

An accredited degree will provide you with some or all of the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for eventual registration as an Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Entry Requirements

• A level: ABB
• 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.
• GCSE English grade: 4 (C)
• Excluded subjects: Excluding General Studies, Critical Thinking, Citizenship Studies, Global Perspectives and Research, and Thinking Skills.

Alternative Qualifications

We recognise that applicants have a wealth of different experiences and follow a variety of pathways into higher education.

Consequently, we treat all applicants with alternative qualifications (besides A-levels and the International Baccalaureate) on an individual basis and we gladly accept students with a whole range of less conventional qualifications including:

• Access to HE Diploma
• Advanced Diploma
• BTEC Nationals

International Students

International students must have valid UK immigration permissions for any courses or study period where teaching takes place in the UK. Student route visas can be issued for eligible students studying full-time courses. The University of Nottingham does not sponsor a student visa for students studying part-time courses. The Standard Visitor visa route is not appropriate in all cases. Please contact the university’s Visa and Immigration team if you need advice about your visa options.

Year Abroad

On this course, subject to you meeting the relevant requirements, your second academic year will be spent studying at University of Nottingham China or University of Nottingham Malaysia. The curriculum is exactly the same as that of the UK and all teaching is in English. Your year will be spent studying core modules, and depending on the subject specialisms you have selected, appropriate optional modules.

Modules

Year One

• 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 Two

• 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 Three

• Electrical Machines, Drive Systems and Applications
• Power Electronic Applications and Control
• Professional Studies
• Third Year Project
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics
• Analogue Electronics
• Applications of AI in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Cybersecurity
• Digital Communications
• Embedded Computing
• Integrated Circuits and Systems
• IT Infrastructure
• Mobile Technologies
• Optical Networks
• Power Networks
• Renewable Generation Technologies
• Robotics, Dynamics and Control
• Scalable Cross-Platform Software Design
• Sensing Systems and Signal Processing

Assessment

• Coursework
• Dissertation
• Examinations
• Group coursework
• Presentation
• Research project
• Practical assessment

Careers

With the broad range of skills acquired from this degree, you will have excellent career prospects in areas including power distribution, future transport technologies (aerospace, rail, automotive) and industrial process control and automation.

Contact

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