Queen's University, Belfast
The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Queen's University, Belfast promotes education of the highest quality.
It also fosters excellence in teaching and is especially active in research to an international standard.
The School gained the highest grade possible in the last national Teaching Quality Assessment programme and a Grade 5 in the last three Research Assessment Exercises. As all teaching is research-led, graduates emerge with a unique combination of both hardware and software skills and are in considerable demand in areas such as power engineering and generation, computing, microelectronics, control, communications and broadcasting, avionics and space, and advanced manufacturing.
About 100 undergraduate students are enrolled each year and they are trained in well-equipped laboratories and lecture theatres. A university degree from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering offers exciting and challenging career prospects across a wide spectrum: research, design, development, production, marketing, and sales. Many graduates from the School are now among leaders of industry and commerce throughout the world.
The quality of students attracted to our degree programmes is excellent with the average intake standard of students consistently within the top five universities in the UK. The degree programmes enable graduates to win a wide range of prizes (such as top UK graduate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and go on to enjoy rewarding and challenging careers. Students with lower entry requirements also benefit from the quality environment. All degree programmes are accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and are designed to offer a fast track route for students who aim to be Chartered Engineers (CEng).
The School offers two degree programmes (MEng and BEng) in electrical and electronic engineering, each programme delivering a rich blend of subjects in power systems and engineering, control, computing, electronics, microelectronics, communications, high-frequency engineering, software, plus other options which may be taken in the latter years of study. Each programme equips students for a life in engineering, encouraging the management of challenges and rewards of success. Irrespective of the programme selected, students can choose to take a sandwich year working in industry, which enhances academic learning. The pathways on offer in the School include:
Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Master of Engineering (MEng)
This four-year course is well established and provides well-qualified engineers with the appropriate blend of engineering and business training to initiate and sustain long-term prosperity in the engineering sector. The course provides a thorough academic education in electrical, electronic and software engineering principles, and includes an extensive introduction to the disciplines of business practice and management.
Electronic and Electronic Engineering – Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
This three-year enhanced engineering honours course introduces and develops the fundamentals of engineering, with special emphasis on applications, design, and the integration of professional studies concerned with the organisation and management of the engineering sector. The content of the course has been designed to prepare students for a career in any branch of electrical or electronic engineering.
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