Program Overview

BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year

Why study this course with LJMU?

• Excellent student support from academic tutors and student mentors, including a three-day field activity to get to know fellow and tutors
• Design-led engineering curriculum emphasizes developing understanding through application, with Level 4 and 5 students taking part in two week-long design projects supplied by industrial partners
• Teaching is supported by well-equipped laboratories and workshops with state-of-the-art software and excellent technical support
• To be Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the programme features regular contributions from professional engineers and industrial visits
• Our thriving Student Autosport Society competes successfully in the Formula Student competition and electrical engineering students play a key role in developing the control systems that are crucial to the teams success
• LJMU ranked 15th university in the UK for general engineering degrees (The Times UK University Rankings 2025)

About your course

The BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year at Liverpool John Moores University is the ideal course if you are interested in this subject but lack the necessary qualifications to study it at degree level.

Additional course costs:

• There are no additional costs for field trips, company visits or software. Only the normal costs such as calculators, notepads and similar are required.

Electrical and electronic engineers are also involved in the ongoing development and production of a diverse range of products, and so companies supplying anything from bread to jet engines, from mobile phones to banking services will need their skills.

Course modules

What you will study on this degree

• Foundation Year
  • Algorithms and Computing (10 credits)
  • Foundation Mathematics for Engineering and Technology 1 (20 credits)
  • Foundation Mathematics for Engineering and Technology 2 (20 credits)
  • Introductory Foundation Physics (20 credits)
  • Additional Foundation Physics (20 credits)
  • Programming for Engineers (10 credits)
  • Engineering and Technology Practice (20 credits)
• Year 1
  • Engineering Mathematics 1a (10 credits)
  • Engineering Mathematics 1b (10 credits)
  • Digital Electronics (20 credits)
  • Software Development for Embedded Systems (20 credits)
  • Engineering Circuit Analysis (20 credits)
  • Analogue Electronics (20 credits)
  • Professional Practice and the Environment (20 credits)
• Year 2
  • Embedded Systems Programming and Applications in the Environment (20 credits)
  • Electric machines, power systems and clean energy (20 credits)
  • Linear Electronics Design and the Environment (10 credits)
  • Instrumentation and Control Engineering (20 credits)
  • Professional Practice Integrative Project (20 credits)
  • Local Communications Systems and Applications (20 credits)
  • Advanced Mathematics (10 credits)
• Year 3
  • Signals and Systems with Real World Applications (10 credits)
  • Power Electronics and Energy Efficient Drives (20 credits)
  • Engineering Project (40 credits)
  • Engineering Management (10 credits)

Optional modules

• Sandwich Year - Electrical and Electronic Engineering (120 credits)
• Study Year Abroad - Electrical and Electronic Engineering (120 credits)
• Automation and IoT (20 credits)
• Further Electronic Design (20 credits)
• Process Control and Applications (20 credits)

Professional accreditation

Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

Your Learning Experience

• Teaching Support Assessment
• Excellent facilities and learning resources
• Work-related Learning

Career paths

Graduates from this BEng (Hons) Foundation Year programme have found employment as professional engineers across all sectors.

• Electrical and electronic engineers make up one of the largest branches of engineering professionals.
• They are employed in almost every sector of economic activity including: the utilities in power generation and distribution, telecommunications, and water; all areas of manufacturing including aerospace, automotive, electrical and electronic equipment; research and development; technical services, technical sales, consultancies and government agencies.

Tuition fees and funding

• Home: £9,535 (Foundation first year), £9,535 (Second and subsequent years), £1,905 (Placement year)
• International: £18,250 (Full-time per year), £3,910 (Placement year)

Entry requirements

• GCSEs and equivalents: Grade 4 or grade C or above in English Language and Mathematics/Numeracy.
• A levels: CCD
• BTECs: Extended Diploma: MMM (96)
• Access awards: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications
• International Baccalaureate: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications
• OCR Cambridge Technical: Extended Diploma: MMM (96)
• Irish awards: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications
• T levels: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications.

International requirements

• IELTS: 6.0 overall with no component below 5.5, taken within two years of the course start date.

How to apply

• UCAS is the official application route for our full-time undergraduate courses. Further information on the UCAS application process can be found here.