Electronic and Electrical Engineering

UCAS code: H606

Here's what Anglia Ruskin University says about its Electronic and Electrical Engineering course.

Develop essential engineering knowledge and skills and prepare for a successful career in a fast-moving industry.

• Tackle real-life engineering challenges with our project-based curriculum.

• Our course content is specially designed to help you develop innovation and product development skills.

• Develop high-level knowledge and skills in Digital Signal Processing (DSP), robotics, AI, internet of things (IoT), power electronics, sustainable technologies and more.

• Study in our state-of-the-art electronics and microelectronics labs, using software including Xilinx ISE, Multisim, LabVIEW, Ansys, Matlab, SPICE and VHDL-AMS.

• Our diverse breadth of expert staff, who come from a wide range of industrial and academic backgrounds, make learning more real, hands-on and relevant.

Electronic and electrical engineers are at the forefront of the challenge to connect our world: to design and build more efficient and affordable technology; to provide a robust and green energy network; and to help us live better, healthier, smarter and more sustainably.

It’s a discipline which impacts on almost every area of our lives, including communications, commerce, entertainment, manufacturing, healthcare, transport, energy and the environment.

With an emphasis on Industry 4.0 concepts, you'll learn about the latest developments and techniques in a variety of cutting-edge areas of engineering, such as Digital Signal Processing (DSP), robotics, AI, internet of things (IoT), power electronics, and sustainable technologies, so you'll graduate well-prepared to enter the workplace.

From day one, you'll take a systematic, hands-on approach to real-life engineering challenges alongside your peers, developing your leadership, project management, problem-solving, critical and creative thinking, teamworking and presentation skills. These skills are in high demand among employers and you'll use them throughout your career.

As an engineering student at ARU, you’ll work in our specialist labs and carry out four phases of an engineering project: design, analyse, build and test. Through this hands-on, project-based approach, you’ll develop the technical skills and associated knowledge you need to work in the engineering sector, with an emphasis on embedded systems and remotely controlled wireless systems.

You’ll also learn about broader factors that all engineers have to consider, including the economic, social and environmental impact of your work.

We’ve placed employability at the heart of our MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering course, by integrating university learning with real-world projects. As a graduate, you’ll be confident about using your problem-solving skills to inspire change and innovation.

Due to our new project-based curriculum, we've arranged for the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) to visit our campus, with a view to re-accrediting this course. Accreditation means it's been approved by a professional body as meeting their level of requirements.

Year 1 Applied Engineering Mathematics (15 credits) Introduction to Engineering (15 credits) Manufacturing and Materials Project (30 credits) Mechatronic Design Project (30 credits) Embedded Systems (15 credits) Analogue and Digital Electronics (15 credits)

Year 2 Electronic Design Project (30 credits) Robotic Control Design Project (30 credits) Ruskin Module (15 credits) Electric Machines. Sensors and Actuators (15 credits) Advanced Engineering Mathematics (15 credits) Signals and Signal Processing (15 credits)

Year 3 Electronic and Electrical System Design Project (60 credits) Automation and Control (15 credits) Power Engineering (15 credits) Research Methods and Individual Project (30 credits)

Year 4 Engineering Major Group Project (30 credits) Industrial Process Control (15 credits) Advanced Digital System Processing (30 credits) Sustainable Environmental Design and Engineering Management Systems (15 credits) Digital Systems Design with VHDL and FPGAs (30 credits)

You’ll be assessed through a mixture of exams, practical reports, computer-based assessments, presentations, reviews of scientific papers, projects, oral presentations, poster presentations, technical reports, feasibility studies, design exercises, laboratory reports and coding exercises.