Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng

Course Summary

• Type: BEng
• Location: Hertfordshire
• Duration: 3 Years
• Deadline: Ongoing

Course Description

Many modern products, from washing machines to motor vehicles, operate on electrical or electronic subsystems. These often contain digital and microprocessor-based circuits, sensors and control systems that sense and control environmental aspects, and may control large amounts of electrical power - for example, traction control in electric locomotives. These and other areas, such as electrical power transmission and conversion, constitute the subject of electrical and electronic engineering.

In your first year you focus on the basic principles and practices needed in electronic engineering, and on developing relevant analytical, design and organisational abilities. You will learn about digital fundamentals, computing concepts and the problem-solving tools that you will need as the course progresses.

In your second year you will explore in more depth the theories and techniques involved in product design and development, with particular emphasis on 'embedded' real-time microprocessor systems, programmable logic devices and power control. You will learn to apply practical skills to design, implement and test solutions relevant to electrical and electronic engineering.

In your final year the focus is on understanding more about the specialist technologies that are at the heart of today's advanced communication systems. Mobile communication concepts and computer networks, the design of high-speed analogue and digital electronics using integrated circuits, and radio frequency circuits and systems are all examined, along with key microprocessor topics, fuzzy logic and neural networks and digital signal processing. You will also carry out an individual double-module project on a topic relevant to electrical and/or electronic engineering.