H610 BEng Electronic Engineering

H612 MEng Electronic Engineering

Overview

Electronic engineers play a vital role in almost all aspects of our everyday life and are the power behind the 'information revolution' that is increasingly impacting on all our lives.

Our research-led Electronic Engineering degree draws in experience from across disciplines to provide skills that are aligned with best commercial practices and much sought after by employers. Teaching and project work reflects the School's key research areas including communications, embedded systems, power electronics, ASICs and silicon-based smart sensors.

You'll learn through lectures, tutorials, example classes, face-to-face contact with academics for resolving module queries, laboratories, coursework assignments and projects. Practical work in electronic engineering begins in the first year, with the third-year individual project forming a major part of the course. Recent individual project titles, supported by industry, include 'A Mobile Phone Based Electronic Nose' that analyses the breath of patients in local hospitals and 'Delivering Satellites to Space with Power Electronics.'

Newly refurbished, state-of-the-art laboratories are equipped with software and instruments to support the varied teaching activities in electronic engineering. .

 

What you'll study

We offer flexible degree programmes that enable you to experience a range of different engineering disciplines before you decide to specialise. All first year students study a general engineering programme, which is much favoured by industry. In the second year, students continue to study the same core modules as all other students until the end of term one, after which they can specialise, or continue on the general Engineering pathway. You can also switch between the three-year BEng and four-year MEng degrees if academic requirements are met.

 

Year 1

There are nine modules in the 1st year with the option to take a language module on top.

Core modules	Optional extra module
Dynamics and Thermodynamics	A Modern Foreign Language
Electrical and Electronic Circuits
Engineering Design
Engineering Mathematics
Systems Modelling, Simulation and Computing
Introduction to Engineering Business Management
Materials for Engineering
Introduction to Engineering: Professionalism and Practice
Statics and Structures

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Year 2

Core modules	Optional modules
Analogue Electronic Design	Biomedical and Clinical Engineering
Computer Architecture and Systems	Introduction to Secondary School Teaching (Physics)
Dynamics and Fluid Dynamics	Modern Foreign Language
Electromechanical System Design	Motor Vehicle Technology
Engineering Mathematics and Technical Computing	Multimedia Technology and Signal Propagation
Semiconductor Materials and Devices	Starting a Business
Technical Operations Management	Systems Engineering Principles
	Technology in International Development

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For Intercalated Year degree only

Between years two and three (for BEng/MEng) or between years three and four for MEng:

Optional Core

Year in Research

Study Year Abroad

Work Placement Year

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Year 3

The third year is made up of six core modules and an individual project.

Core modules

Communications Systems

Digital Systems Design

Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Design

Signal Processing

Microwave Engineering and RF Circuits

Power Electronics

Individual Project

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Year 4 (MEng)

Core modules	Optional modules
ASICs, MEMS and Smart Devices	Advanced Robotics
Advanced Power Electronic Converters and Devices	Advanced Wireless Systems and Networks
Radiowave Propagation and Wireless Communications Theory	Optical Communication Systems
High Performance Embedded Systems Design	Information Theory and Coding
Group Project

Intercalated Year Options

Our Placements and Internships Officer will work with you to identify opportunities for year-long and/or summer internships and research opportunities, which often lead to further study and employment for our students. Options to take an intercalated year in industry, research or study abroad are reflected in your degree title, and add a year to your degree duration. MEng students may choose to take their third year at a partner university abroad.

Teaching

We use a variety of teaching methods, ranging from lectures and group tutorials to small groups in laboratories. You are allocated a personal tutor, who normally stays with you throughout your time at Warwick. They will help you get the most from your studies. Computer laboratories loaded with specialist software, are open 24/7, helping you undertake work at a time to suit you.

Assessment

Students are assessed by a mixture of methods that include assignments, design-orientated projects, laboratory-based course work, oral presentations and written examinations.

IET Accreditation

BEng/BSc (Hons)

Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partly meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

MEng

Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

Career opportunities

Our graduates work in a variety of sectors in addition to electronic engineering, such as design and production, energy, transport, the built environment, information and communications. Our Placements and Internships Officer will work with you to identify opportunities for year-long and/or summer internships and research opportunities, which often lead to further study and employment for our students.

Why Warwick?

"I am currently working on a robot arm for my third-year project, and it is the most fascinating thing I have ever done. It’s really rewarding to make something on my own and then see it working. Robotics is an expanding industry and it’s great to be a part of it.”

Katie, 3rd year Electronic Engineering student

Entry requirements

BEng Electronic Engineering 2018
MEng Electronic Engineering 2018
 

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