Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering (with integrated year in industry)

UCAS code: 132B

Here's what Aberystwyth University says about its Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering (with integrated year in industry) course.

Kickstart and enhance your career prospects with our BEng Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering with integrated year industry. This degree at Aberystwyth University is concerned with building physical systems involving software, electronics, sensors and actuators.

You will focus on building and running physical systems involving computerised sensing and control. Upon successful completion of this degree, you will have had the industrial experience that employers are seeking. If you are interested in enhancing your employability prospects further, then you will be interested in our integrated Masters MEng Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering with integrated year industry (132D), our five-year course will allow you to complete a degree with a masters qualification and your industrial placement.

Why study Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering at Aberystwyth University?

• Access to dedicated Linux, Mac OS X laboratories and central servers;

• Access to robotic equipment including Arduinos, mobile robots and sailing robots;

• Understand software and the underlying mathematics describing it;

• Understanding of engineering mathematics and physics, such as instrumentation, forces, electricity and magnetism;

• Understand the engineering of professional high-quality software systems;

• Hands-on experience of the engineering of robotics and embedded systems;

• Gain a firm foundation in computing skills, with specialized skills in robotics, artificial intelligence and systems engineering.

Our degree prepares you for a variety of careers:

• Robotics;

• Embedded systems design;

• Software development;

• Communications and networking;

• Computer applications;

• IT consultancy and management;

• Systems analysis and development;

• Education.