Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) course at University of Central Lancashire.
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64 UCAS points at A2
Location | Fees |
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England | £9,535 per year |
Scotland | £9,535 per year |
Wales | £9,535 per year |
Northern Ireland | £9,535 per year |
Channel Islands | £9,535 per year |
UCAS code: LE11
Here's what University of Central Lancashire says about its Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) course.
Course Overview Our Foundation Year programme balances the many areas of electronic and electrical engineering. It will enable you to develop essential skills for this exciting fast-paced industry.
Why study with us
You’ll be taught by research active staff with many years of experience in industry.
Full-time students can take an optional 48-week sandwich placement in industry to consolidate their learning and radically enhance employability.
Benefit from the latest high-quality equipment and facilities available through our new £35m Engineering Innovation Centre.
What you'll do
Electrical and electronic engineering roles are part of a rapidly evolving industry, so your career options will be diverse.
Our Engineering Innovation Centre enables you to work on real-world projects with commercial partners in state-of-the-art facilities.
You’ll learn and thrive in our specialist engineering workshop and electronic and control system laboratory.
Accreditations This BEng is 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.
Future Careers Electrical and Electronic Engineering will enable you to thrive in a rapidly evolving industry – you’ll come away with a set of transferable skills to find employment in different industrial and commercial sectors.
There are a few options in how you might study Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) at University of Central Lancashire.
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2 course options available.
Qualification
Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)
Department
School of Engineering and Computing
Location
Preston Campus | Preston
Duration
4 Years
Study mode
Full-time including foundation year
Subjects
• Electrical and electronic engineering
Start date
September 22, 2025
Application deadline
January 29, 2025
Please visit The University of Central Lancashire’s website for the latest information about our modules.
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The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from University of Central Lancashire students who took the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) course - or another course in the same subject area.
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Teaching on my course
70%
low
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
58%
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How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
88%
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How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
71%
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How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
62%
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Learning opportunities
76%
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To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
83%
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How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
75%
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How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
79%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
67%
low
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
75%
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Assessment and feedback
62%
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How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
83%
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How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
54%
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How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
79%
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How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
42%
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How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
54%
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Academic support
77%
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How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
67%
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How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
87%
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Organisation and management
73%
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How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
74%
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How well organised is your course?
71%
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Learning resources
76%
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How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
74%
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How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
68%
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How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
88%
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Student voice
61%
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How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
54%
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To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
67%
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To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
62%
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How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
63%
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Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
78%
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How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
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See who's studying at University of Central Lancashire. These students are taking Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) or another course from the same subject area.
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Subject | Grade | |||||
Mathematics | D | |||||
Physics | C | |||||
Chemistry | D | |||||
Computer Science | C | |||||
Electronics | B |
We have no information about graduates who took Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) at University of Central Lancashire.
Earnings from University of Central Lancashire graduates who took Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year) - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£27k
First year after graduation
£31.2k
Third year after graduation
£35k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with Foundation Year).
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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