Bath University
The department of electronic and electrical engineering at the University of Bath is rated as one of the best UK universities in power engineering, and has excellent excellent track record in teaching and research.
The Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at The University of Bath has an international reputation for its teaching and research. The Department is rated as the Best Electronic & Electrical Engineering Department in the UK Sunday Times University Guide Survey, 2007. Applications to the Department are handled by the UCAS Admissions Team.
The Department offers six degree programmes including:
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering [MEng/BEng]
- Electrical Power Engineering [MEng/BEng]
- Integrated Mechanical & Electrical Engineering [MEng]
The Department has 25 academic staff including five professors. There are more than 60 research staff and postgraduate research students. There are approximately 300 undergraduate students and 90 MSc students (including distance learning).
The University of Bath is amongst the top UK research universities. The Department was inspected by the Quality Assurance Agency in 2003 and achieved the highest possible score. All courses offered by the department are accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
The Department's teaching recognises the interdisciplinary nature of modern engineering and includes close connections to the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
University of Bath accredited courses
MEng and BEng degrees in electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical and electronic engineers are specialists able to understand, design, build and control electrical and electronic devices. These devices may range from embedded electronic systems which gather and process information to large items of heavy-current machinery such as industrial motors and generators.
Almost every aspect of modern life depends critically on the work of these engineers, including, for instance, aerospace and automotive engineering, computing, information technology, medical imaging/monitoring, communications and manufacturing industry.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering is the most wide-ranging of all the degrees offered by the department and is traditionally the most popular in terms of number of students. It is ideal for people who want the broadest possible education as engineers, and one that gives them the greatest flexibility in the careers open to them once they graduate. The degree thus covers a tremendous range of subjects, from basic circuit design to computing architectures, electrical power system control and digital radio and optical networks.
MEng and BEng degrees in electrical power engineering
Electrical Power Engineering is concerned with generation, transportation and distribution of electricity which fuels the energy needs for almost everything we do, from heating and lighting to transportation, manufacturing and communications, in a nutshell, it is the life blood of modern mankind.
We have enjoyed cheap electricity for many years and expect it to be there when we want it. The situation is now changing as the natural resources of fossil fuels are depleting and there is growing evidence in climate change. There is therefore increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy utilisation and energy efficiency.
Traditional electrical engineering courses, by and large, concentrate only on the fundamental concepts of the discipline. However, this degree programme will create engineers with skills to meet the technical, industrial and economic challenges of the rapidly changing and diverse modern electrical power systems which are the biggest integrated systems mankind has ever built. The Electrical Power Engineering course at Bath is designed to encompass the state-of-the–art technologies such as artificial intelligence, parallel computing, advanced signal processing, power electronics, novel control techniques and optimisation techniques for energy management systems, these being essential requisites for graduate engineers to influence the implementation of technological changes within the power industry in order to meet these new challenges.
MEng degrees in integrated mechanical & electrical engineering (IMEE)
The aim of this degree programme is to satisfy the needs of both the industrial and research communities for graduates who can integrate the principles and applications of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering and, uniquely, apply them in the design and development of products and systems across both engineering and non-engineering sectors.
Traditional engineering education is discipline specific but industrial workplaces and research laboratories today requires graduates to join multi-functional teams engaged in the development of complex projects. Graduates trained to work across the engineering disciplines are best suited to this environment. This degree programme has been designed to meet these needs in collaboration with industry.
The IMEED programme achieves this aim without sacrificing the intellectual rigour of a single-discipline programme. The course’s first two years combine the core engineering sciences of mechanics, materials, electrical and electronic systems and circuits – all integrated in coordinated project and laboratory work. In years three and four, further core subjects and chosen options are studied in depth, culminating in major group and individual projects.
The IMEED programme’s project and design work develops technical and managerial team-working skills. A unique feature of the programme is the study of applications beyond the boundaries of traditional mechanical and electrical engineering. Industrial sponsorships and bursaries are also available, indicating the exciting employment opportunities open to graduates of this degree programme.
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