University of Manchester
The University of Manchester’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is one of the largest in the UK with over 50 academic staff (14 of whom specialise in Power Engineering) and approximately 430 undergraduate students.
The school offers IET accredited BEng and MEng honours degrees in Electrical Engineering.
Industrial experience can also be included in these programmes. Extensive laboratory and computational facilities include the largest high voltage laboratory of any UK university. The School incorporates the ‘Manchester Centre for Electrical Energy’ (MCEE) which satisfies the needs of industry in electrical engineering research, development, education and training. The Centre runs a highly successful MSc course in Power Engineering and has a wide research portfolio.
University of Manchester accredited courses
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
One of the challenges for the 21st century is to reduce the level of the harmful emissions that are thought to be responsible for climate change. To achieve this, whilst at the same time maintaining our present standard of living, requires more efficient generation, distribution and use of energy. Electrical energy is "clean" at the point of use but care still needs to be taken in its generation and use if harmful emissions are to be reduced.
The efficiency of many industrial processes can be improved by more than 50% by using modern electrical machine drive systems. These drive systems utilise high efficiency electrical machines, power electronics, digital signal processing, sensors and communications to achieve this improved efficiency. Electrical power generation from renewable sources places new demands on the power system that is used to distribute it to customers. It is in areas such as these that graduates from our Electrical and Electronic Engineering programme will contribute.
Mechatronic Engineering
The modern car is a very good example of the impact of electronics on traditionally mechanical systems. In the 1970s the electrical components in a car were limited to the lights, ignition system and the windscreen wipers. Contrast this with a modern production car with an engine management computer, ABS breaking system, satellite navigation system, anti-collision radar, a Controller Area Network (CAN) data network and over twenty electric drives.
The Mechatronic Engineering programme will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyse and design complex electro-mechanical systems involving electronic sensors, actuators and control components. Typical areas in which graduates from this programme could contribute expertise include: flexible manufacturing systems, robotics, avionics, automotive engineering and electric vehicles.
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