BEng(Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year)

Get on track for our BEng(Hons) Electronic Engineering degree by completing a foundation year. If you're committed to an engineering future and have a less conventional background, this is the course for you.

Why study electrical and electronic engineering?

We're facing a global energy crisis, with an urgent need for sustainable electricity solutions, for both now and the future. Increased demand is leading to a shortage of fossil fuels, resulting in supply chain issues and soaring energy prices across the global economy.

Study electrical and electronic engineering and you'll be at the forefront of solving today's energy challenges. Play a vital role in developing technology to reduce our carbon footprint and you'll make a real difference to society.

Electrical and electronic engineering is a multidisciplinary area, bringing together several disciplines to deal with real-world challenges. These range from power, electronics, digital and analogue, computing, system design, mathematics and physics.

From power electronic solutions for electric vehicles and aircrafts to renewable energy resources, advances in these fields are transforming the way we travel and power our homes and businesses. As an electrical or electronic engineer, you'll become a champion of social impact, designing innovative energy solutions to reduce society's power consumption.

Why UWE Bristol?

Our new inclusive, problem-based curriculum will broaden our engineering audience, enabling students from a wider range of backgrounds to pursue a career in engineering.

You'll be taught in our new state-of-the-art School of Engineering designed to revolutionise the way engineering is taught. Featuring engine test cells, dedicated collaborative learning spaces and the latest high-tech equipment, it's purpose-built to support a wide range of engineering disciplines.

Take advantage of our Cadence (TM) classroom license to industry-standard analogue and digital integrated circuits (IC).*

Where can it take me?

As a student engineer, you'll start your professional journey towards becoming an incorporated or chartered engineer from day one. You'll learn by doing, applying and revisiting your early skills through embedded project weeks and developing digital and physical prototypes, as you would in practice.

Choose a career designing electrical and electronic systems, working on consumer technology or solving engineering problems for communications and power generation/distribution companies. You could also work in technology, manufacturing, transport and rail, aviation and a host of other industries.

*This licence is only available for the final year of the course.

Careers / Further study

Our BEng(Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering will enable you to explore the application of electronics in a broad range of environments. You'll examine signal processing, micro-controllers, communications, control systems and digital hardware design.

On this course, you'll tackle real world issues through live projects, and learn to take risks as you develop solutions in our state-of-the art labs. You'll gain technical skills in digital and analogue electronics, mathematics and computer programming.

You'll also develop core skills that you'll take with you through your career, such as innovation, teamwork, communication, creativity and project planning. You'll learn to apply these skills through practical projects in our well-equipped facilities, ensuring you're prepared for professional practice.

Demand for graduates with expertise in electrical and electronic engineering is high, so you'll graduate with strong employability prospects. Many of our graduates pursue careers in power generation, consumer technology, communications, manufacturing, transport, rail, aviation or electrical companies.

Gain an inside track on the industry through factory tours and professional briefings from leading organisations. With some of the biggest names in engineering on your doorstep, you'll benefit from our local industry links with professionals in practice.

You'll also have the chance to attend careers fairs and engineer 'speed dating' events. These opportunities will help you find employment at the end of your course and take the next step towards changing the world as a qualified engineer.

Get inspired

Our award-winning careers service will develop your employment potential through career coaching and find you graduate jobs, placements and global opportunities.

We can also help find local volunteering and community opportunities, provide support for entrepreneurial activity and get you access to employer events.

Visit our employability pages to learn more about careers, employers and what our students are doing six months after graduating.

See also:

• Prospects - careers in engineering
• The Guardian - what to do with a degree in electronic or electrical engineering