Electronic Engineering BEng (Hons)

UCAS course code: H610

Duration: Three years full-time, four years with placement or six years part-time studying one day per week.

Institution code: D26

• Normally 260 UCAS Points from at least two A Levels or equivalent, plus five GCSEs at grade C or above, including Maths and English
• Typical A Level offers: At least one B and one C with additional qualifications contributing towards the points score such as a third A level or AS Levels.
• International Baccalaureate: 28+ points.

If you are unsure about the amount of UCAS points your qualifications may attract you can use our UCAS Tariff Chart|.

We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.

Non-UK Entry and Admissions Criteria|

If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent when you start the course is essential. English language tuition| is available at DMU both before and during the course if required.

The course shares a common first year with our BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering (Broadcast Systems) and BEng Electronic Engineering (Telecommunications) streams, allowing you to start the course and specialise at the end of the first year once you have identified areas of interest.

The second year provides greater specialisation, while the third year expands upon the two main areas of analog and digital electronics. You will also undertake a project specialising in an area of your choice. Past students have chosen topics such as microprocessor and DSP engineering, mobile communications, control systems, radio frequency design and electronic devices.

A significant part of the course is lab work, experimenting or designing, building and testing project work. You will normally attend around 12–16 hours of timetabled taught sessions each week, and are expected to undertake at least 14–16 further hours of directed independent study and assignments as required.

Electronic Engineering is fully accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) which is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community, with more than 150,000 members in 127 countries. IET accreditation recognises the high standard our course and confirms the relevance of its content. In order to achieve IET accreditation, our course has had to reach a certain standard in the following areas: projects, staffing, resourcing, quality assurance, student support and course structure and technical depth.

Undertaking an IET accredited engineering course is the first step towards professional Chartered Engineer status. A period of suitable industrial experience after graduation will then allow you to apply for professional registration which is an important goal for most engineers.

Accredited courses are also looked on favourably by employers and can therefore improve your career prospects.

Increasingly, employers are looking for graduates with a range of transferable skills combined with the ability to work competently in electronics and use the tools of electronic engineering. There is a shortage of qualified engineers in the UK and you will be well qualified to take advantage of employment opportunities in this field.

Electronic engineering links into a multitude of industries, each with their own disciplines and requirements. Areas in which you can pursue a career include electronic product design, radio frequency design and mobile communications, signal processing, control and power electronics, electronic control systems, telecommunications, military and aeronautical electronics and education.

Technology graduates have an average salary of £21,852 just six months after graduating (DLHE 2008/09).

UK/EU
Full-time	£9,000
Placement year	£650
Part-time (Where available)
4 year course	£5,925 per year
6 year course	£3,950 per year
Per module	£988 per 15 credits
International
Full-time	£10,750
Placement year	£750

For more information please take a look at our Fees and Funding| section.

Electrical and Electronic experimental facilities are divided into five main areas: general electronics and assembly, digital electronics and microprocessor engineering, power electronics, control systems and communications engineering. Each facility is equipped with state of the art experimental equipment appropriate to the corresponding areas of study and research. An additional CAD design suite shared with the Mechanical and Design programmes provides access to computing facilities with specialist electronics CAD tools including Microsoft Office, OrCAD and PSpice.

A specialized area incorporating a spacious radio frequency reverberation chamber and Faraday cage allows for experimentation in radio frequency engineering and electromagnetics, while our digital design suite is equipped with the latest 8 and 32-bit embedded microprocessor platforms together with high speed programmable logic development environments. Power generation and conversion, industrial process control and embedded drives is provided for while our communications laboratory is additionally equipped for r.f. engineering.

Home/EU

Applications for undergraduate courses from UK/EU applicants must go through UCAS, you can fill out an application form through their website ucas.ac.uk|. If you do not have regular access to the internet or find it difficult to fill out applications online you can request an alternative format from UCAS either through their website ucas.ac.uk or via the contact details below.

Customer Service Unit
UCAS
PO Box 28
Cheltenham
GL52 3LZ, UK

T: 0871 468 0 468

International

International students can apply directly| to the university.