BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Hatfield, United Kingdom
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire provides a technical foundation in electrical and electronic engineering, covering digital signal processing, microelectronics, VLSI design, robotics, neural networks, and power systems. You'll work with modern engineering tools in a hi-tech laboratory, and you can take a work placement or study abroad year. Campus life centers on College Lane with 24/7 learning resources.
Career Outcomes: The course prepares you for career opportunities in medical electronics and power generation and distribution; graduates move into management or postgraduate study, or work in design, systems, embedded, power, or R&D roles.
"Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, examinations may be replaced by an alternative form of assessment during the academic year 2021/2022. Please refer to the Programme Specification on these pages for further details."
Why choose this course?
- This B.Eng. Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering will give you a sound technological background in the field of electrical and electronic engineering.
- You will have access to modern engineering tools which will give you the advantage of experiencing a hi-tech laboratory environment.
- Students from the School of Engineering and Technology have previously completed work placement years at companies including Airbus Space and Defence, Bosch Thermotechnology, and Microsoft
- Recent Electrical Engineering graduates have gone on to work at organisations including Vodafone, Mitsubishi Electric, and Stansted Airport
What's the course about?
This course gives you a sound technical understanding of the field of electrical and electronic engineering. With access to modern engineering tools and a hi-tech laboratory environment, you’ll learn the latest skills and knowledge in digital signal processing, microelectronic, and V.L.S.I. (very-large-scale integration) design practice, robotics, and neural networks, power systems applications, and advanced power conversion and control application trends. You’ll also have the exciting opportunity to study abroad or work in the industry for a year, boosting your CV and employment prospects.
Your main campus is College Lane
This is where the creative arts, science, and health-related subjects are based. This means you’ll share the campus with future nurses, scientists, artists, and more. You can use the common rooms to relax with friends, work out in the 24-hour gym or have a drink in our on-campus pub or cafes. We also have restaurants for you to eat in or grab something on the go. Our Learning Resources Centres are open 24/7, which means you can study whenever suits you best. Want to pop over to the other campus? You can take the free shuttle bus or walk there in just 15 minutes.
This course includes the options of:
- Work placement
- Study abroad
What will I study?
Our enthusiastic staff is always looking for new ways to enhance your learning experience and over recent years, we have won national awards for our innovative teaching ideas. All of our courses include a significant practical element, which, together with tutorial sessions reinforce the theory delivered during lectures, and you have many opportunities to enhance your presentation skills ready for the workplace.
More about the Course
This course is designed to enable you to study a range of topics similar to those of the more specific courses but in a more flexible way, allowing you to choose a more diverse individual course. Many of our students have an interest in one or more of the specialist areas and wish to combine them. This study route allows you to do that.
Final Year students benefit from the opportunity to study modules such as applications of electronics in subjects such as electrical and electronic power control, digital signal processing, microelectronics, robotics, and the option of telecommunication systems or micro-engineering and micro-technology. The aim is to allow you to keep your expertise broad if you wish, allowing you to specialise later.
This course starts with common study areas to give you a sound understanding of basic electrical and electronic engineering principles. Unlike the other courses, it maintains this breadth in your study of electrical and electronic engineering in the Final Year.
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 radiofrequency 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.
Level 4
- Computer Programming for Electronics Engineers II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Digital Electronics & Computer Organisation II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Electrical and Electronic Theory II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Career Skills Development II 0 Credits II Compulsory
- Sustainable Business of Electronics II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Electronic Engineering Practice II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Introduction to Practical Safety for Engineers II 0 Credits II Compulsory
- Introduction to Electronic Systems II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Engineering Mathematics II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Engineering Application of Mathematics II 15 Credits II Compulsory
Level 5
- Electrical Engineering and Power Control II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Digital Design & Embedded Systems II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Real-time Systems & Programming II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Mechatronic Systems Modelling and Control II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Mini Projects (Electrical) II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Project Management & Product Development II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Career Planning II 0 Credits II Compulsory
- Foundations of Safety II 0 Credits II Compulsory
- Electronic Communication Systems II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Further Engineering Mathematics II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Exchange Year II 120 Credits II Optional
- Exchange Semester II 60 Credits II Optional
Level 6
- Advanced Power Conversion and Control II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Digital Signal Processing II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Intelligent Systems and Robotics II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Microelectronics and VLSI II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Semester Abroad II 0 Credits II Compulsory
- BEng Individual Project (Electrical) II 30 Credits II Compulsory
- Power Systems II 15 Credits II Compulsory
- Industrial Placement II 0 Credits II Optional
- Telecommunication Systems II 15 Credits II Optional
- Year Abroad II 0 Credits II Optional
- Careers Portfolio II 0 Credits II Optional
- Micro-Engineering & Micro-Technology II 15 Credits II Optional
Study abroad
An opportunity for an amazing experience, which will help make you stand out from the crowd. With more and more companies working internationally, the experience of living in another country can make a great impression on future employers.
This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a sandwich year abroad. The University has partnerships with over 150 universities around the world, including the USA, Canada, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and closer to home in Europe.
If you study abroad between your second and third year of study, you’ll pay no tuition fee to the partner university and no tuition fee to us either. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.
Work placement
Graduate with invaluable work experience alongside your degree and stand out from the crowd.
This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a work placement sandwich year. It’s a chance to explore career possibilities, make valuable contacts and gain sought-after professional skills.
Our dedicated Careers and Employment team are here to help guide you through the process. This degree is supported by the following industry organisations:
- Anritsu
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Global Invacom
- Imagination Technologies
- Raytheon
- Rolls Royce
- Speakerbus Ltd
If you take up a work placement between your second and third year of study, at the University of Hertfordshire you’ll pay no tuition fee for this year. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.
Undergraduate Scholarships for UK and EU students
We offer a range of non-repayable scholarships recognising academic achievements and individual talents to support our students during their studies.
- Business
- Computer Science
- Education
- Engineering and Technology
- Health and Social Work
- Law
- Life and Medical Sciences
Scholarships for international students
We have invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in scholarships for high-achieving and enterprising students from around the world. We look for enterprising and aspirational students who want to excel in an international university.
Please be aware that you do not need to apply for the Chancellor's International Scholarship as we automatically assess your course application form alongside your supporting documents. If you are successful we will email you to confirm the amount you have been awarded.
You do not need to email us to apply or be considered.
September 2021 scholarship opportunities
Global scholarships
- Chancellor's International Scholarship
- Chevening Scholarship
- 20% Alumni Discount
- 20% Study Abroad Discount
- Sports Scholarships
Africa and the Middle East
- Gordon Memorial College Trust Fund
- Aga Khan Foundation
- Middle East Government Scholarships
- Qalaa Foundation
South Asia
- South Asian Government Scholarships
- Goa Education Trust scholarships
- Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation loan scholarships
- Aga Khan Foundation
East Asia and Southeast Asia
- East & SE Asian Government Scholarships
- PETRONAS Education Scholarships
- LPDP (Indonesia Endowment for Education)
- Brunei Shell Petroleum scholarships
Europe and the Americas
- European/Americas Government Scholarships
- TUK-TAM Foundation
- Entente Cordiale scholarships
- SOCAR scholarships
- Bec.ar Scholarships
- Becas Chile (CONICYT)
- Colfuturo scholarships and loans
- CONACYT scholarships
- Santander Latin America Scholarships
- Fulbright Awards
What's next for my career?
The broad-based skills acquired during this course will equip you to enter a wide range of electrical and electronics sectors. Our previous graduates have found employment in medical electronics, power generation, and distribution industries, communications, avionics, and automotive electronics, with many successfully moving into management positions within a few years. Many others decide to stay at the University and extend their engineering education to a postgraduate level.
