Undergraduate Prospectus 2009

Why study Electronic & Electrical Engineering at Bath?

The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering provides its graduates with a solid foundation of engineering skills which will allow them to enter the fast moving electronics industry. With electronic devices appearing in almost every product we buy, our graduates can expect to be at the forefront of advances in all aspects of life including healthcare, entertainment, telecommunication and defence.

The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering has a long tradition of high quality teaching. The industry’s standards body, The Institution of Engineering & Technology or IET (formerly known as the Institution of Electrical Engineers), has accredited all our undergraduate degree schemes and we received full marks in every category of assessment.

The Department is located at the centre of the campus and has laboratories with a full range of modern equipment at every seat. Students have open access to these facilities to allow them to broaden their knowledge in areas of interest to them. All our degree courses are designed to encourage practical design skills that are essential for the modern engineer and aligned with the requirements of industry.

The Department offers five different electronic and electrical engineering degree schemes. A key feature of all our courses is that the whole of the second semester in the third year (and fourth year for MEng degrees) is spent doing group and individual project work. This experience encourages the growth of commercial awareness and team working skills that are essential for the modern engineer.

All courses offered by the Department are unitised and operate within a two semester system. The units allow a considerable degree of flexibility, and our graduates often choose to study optional units such as foreign languages to prepare themselves for the international engineering arena. Most of our degree schemes have common core units in Year 1, making it easier for students to transfer between schemes.

The Department’s research portfolio includes a wide range of opportunities for graduates wishing to stay on and study for higher level research degrees. Our research ranges from radar systems located in Antarctica, to silicon chips that can replace damaged nerves in the human body, to systems that can detect problems in power sub-station components before they fail. The Department’s active research role allows us to provide a learning environment that is in tune with the very latest developments in the field of electronic and electrical engineering.

Placements

www.bath.ac.uk/elec-eng/prospective/placements.html

Placements in industry are available for all of our degree programmes. A placement provides students with the opportunity to put into a practical context the theory and skills they have learnt on their course. The excellent employment rate of our students is due in no small measure to the hands-on experience and skills they acquire from their placement.

The Department has built up contacts with a large number of companies that can provide the high standard of training we expect during a placement year. Examples include: Motorola, BAE Systems, Airbus, National Grid, Hewlett Packard and Orange. We have a dedicated Placements Officer available to help students find placements that fit their requirements.

Career opportunities

www.bath.ac.uk/careers/destinations/intro.html

The career prospects for our graduates are excellent. Our graduates have found employment in a wide range of industry sectors including:

• Telecommunications
• Electrical power engineering
• Information technology
• Broadcasting
• Finance and banking