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    KEY FACTS

    • Title
      BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Course type
      Full-time
    • Duration
      3 years (optional placement)
    • Award
      Bachelor of Engineering - BEng (Hons)
    • Faculty
      Faculty of Science and Technology
    • School
      School of Computing and Mathematics
    • UCAS codes
      Institution P60
      Course H604
    • Location
      Plymouth
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Electronic laboratory suite in the Smeaton BuildingBEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The electrical and electronic engineering course has the highest possible standard, with accreditation by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Electrical and electronic engineers are possibly best placed to lead society towards a more energy-efficient future. With an outstanding record of student achievement and employment, this exciting course provides a solid foundation of knowledge and practical skills.  

​Professional accreditation and partnership

The Institution of Engineering and Technology logoAccredited by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) to meet the educational requirements for Chartered Engineer status after some additional learning, either work-based or further advanced study. 

Academic Partnership creates a formal platform for engagement, ensuring students get maximum benefit from IET products and services.  These include scholarships available from the IET.

​IET Scholarships

All of our electronics and robotics programmes are accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET); any student embarking on our courses are eligible to apply for a number of IET engineering scholarships. Amounts can vary between £1,000 and £3,000 per annum, and closing dates for applications are usually at the end of June. For more information on the different scholarships available, details on how to apply and confirmed closing dates for applications, please visit the IET Awards and Scholarships web pages.

​Course highlights

  • Electronic laboratory suite in the Smeaton BuildingYour pathway choice is made at the end of the second year, when you will have gained the necessary knowledge and understanding to make an informed choice.
  • We have links with many sectors of Industry and benefit from their participation in course development, delivery and project sponsorship.
  • Being an Academic Partner with the IET provides industrial links and supports for students, and also provides students with free memebership to the IET.
  • Our final year student project open day showcases the excellence of the engineering skills development and the high levels of achievement of our undergraduates, with many industrially sponsored prizes awarded.
  • This course includes a sustainability dimension. 
Electronic laboratory suite in the Smeaton Building
 
The continued worldwide growth in all aspects of electrical and electronic technology means that our graduates are able to pursue an extensive and exciting range of engineering and other professional careers. You will be well placed to contribute to the growing requirement to reduce energy consumption and produce less environmental pollution. Using your knowledge you will be able to think creatively and laterally and help secure the future of the next generation. 

​Facilities

General laboratoryThe Clean RoomRF laboratory

PCB manufacturing - we have a specialist PCB manufacturing facility which can build up to six layers.

Clean Room - We have a class 100 and a class 10 Clean Room. These form the Wolfson Nanomagnetics Laboratory - a cleanroom based lab for research and student projects in nanospintronics, multifunctional material/devices and biosensors.

Laboratory space - The general laboratory facilities provide power supplies, soldering facilities and compiler facilities for a hands-on student experience.

RF laboratory - Our RF laboratory has a full range of industry standard test equipment operating up to 4 GHz, including signal generators, vector network analysers, spectrum analysers and high speed oscilloscopes. Students are able to build and test RF systems from discrete component level through to interfacing multi-band communication chip-sets commonly used in consumer electronics. A range of directed projects throughout the course develop the necessary design, test and measurement skills required by this competitive industry.

Computing facilities - General PC facilities with specialist software are availble in a number of rooms.

Mechanical workshop facilities - These provide general mechancial engienering facilities including 3D printing.

 RF laboratoryPCB ManufacturePCB manufacture

​Watch our podcasts

Watch our students talking about their final year project. 

   

Photo of Tsu-May TanWhat our students say

"I chose the electrical and electronic engineering degree because of my personal interests and the career prospects such a degree offers; I chose Plymouth on personal recommendation from my brother and wasn’t disappointed. One of the best things about the course was the practical part. For my final year project I developed an autonomous hovercraft. A type of underactuated vehicle was built to function as a rapid prototyping platform for controller design and testing."

Tsu-May Tan
Sales Account Executive, Amazon UK​

Photo of Itaz VrkWhat our students say​

"In my final year I found the University’s career service to be a very useful resource for graduate job searching. It was with their help that I managed to secure a job with BP, months before graduating. As part of my job I support oil exploration and production activities on offshore platforms in the North Sea."
 
Instrument Control and Electrical Engineer, BP
 

Photo of MD Rafiqul IslamWhat our students say​

"I have always been fascinated by electronics and I wanted to study in a top class institution. So, after doing some online research, speaking to friends and attending a Plymouth University open day, I was convinced that Plymouth was the place for me. Besides, being a foreign national, I was glad to know that so many overseas students study at Plymouth."
 
MD Rafiqul Islam
Graduate Electronics Engineer, The Dezac Group  

​Electronics and Robotics Project Open Day. Adam Wilkins Railway Sleeper insulation testerWhat our students say

“I really enjoyed the course and the lecturers were all very friendly and helpful.  For my final year project I developed a system for monitoring and giving advance warning of potential railway sleeper degradation.  Now I’m working as a RF Engineer with Motorola designing RF transmitter and receiver systems.  I find myself using a lot of the material I learnt at Plymouth in my work.”
 
Adam Wilkins
RF Engineer, Motorola