Why should I study Electrical and Electronic Engineering?
- You enjoy maths and science and want to make the most of your excellent grades.
- You want to learn more about quantum effects and their application in security and computing.
- You’re fascinated by electricity, energy and electronics.
- You want to reduce our carbon footprint by developing more efficient renewable energy solutions, rolling out smart energy grids, and designing hybrid and all-electric vehicles.
- You love the latest gadgets and want to design mobile phones, set-top boxes, music players and 3D TVs.
- You’re inquisitive and want to explore how things work, invent things, and design things that benefit society.
- You want to develop innovative real-time software solutions that run on embedded computers and processors.
- You’re passionate about medical electronics, and want to contribute to the development of life-saving instrumentation.
- The Internet amazes you and you want to learn more about terabit optical communications and gigabit wireless handsets.
- You’re creative and want to work in the digital media industry.
- You’re looking for generous sponsorship options, interesting summer placements, and exceptional employment prospects.
With an electrical and electronic engineering degree you’ll have no trouble earning money. The technology is all-pervasive and present in every aspect of modern life. Electrical and electronic engineering is embedded in all other engineering disciplines (particularly mechanical and aerospace).
The skills we teach are highly transferable and starting salaries for our graduates are currently around 30k a year.
