BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering

3 years full-time / 4 years full-time with integrated placement year

UCAS Code: H600

Typical offer level
A Level: BBB-ABB
BTEC National Diploma: DDD in relevant National Diploma
IB: 32 points (including Maths and Physics at Higher Level)

Specific subject requirements
A Level: Maths and physical science or technology A level (e.g. Physics, Electronics, Computer Science)
GCSE: English Grade C
A suitable combination of two A Level and two AS Level subjects may be accepted
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Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to provide evidence of an English language qualification.

Tuition fees
£9,250 (£1,250 during placement year) for UK/EU students (2017/18)
£17,200 for Outside EU students (2017/18)
Placement Year : £2,500 for International Students

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Contact
EAS Undergraduate Admissions Office
+44 (0)121 204 3400

The information contained on this website details the typical entry requirements for this course for the most commonly offered qualifications. Applicants with alternative qualifications may wish to enquire with the relevant admissions teams prior to application whether or not their qualifications are deemed acceptable. For less commonly encountered qualifications this will be judged on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the academic admissions tutor.

• The BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering programme will provide you with the analytical skills, design expertise and flexibility required to adapt to and master rapidly evolving technologies.
  
  You will begin by covering the fundamental principles of the field such as digital and analogue electronics, computing, mathematics and project management.
  
  Extensive laboratory based practical work is fully integrated with the lecture material throughout the course to help reinforce theory with experience.
  
  You will be able to specialise in your areas of interest by selecting from a range of options including digital system design, telecommunications systems, optoelectronics and signal processing before embarking in the final year on an extensive design project of your own choosing.
  
  We have taken a very close look at the progression paths taken by our students and have recognised that the majority prefer to take a BEng degree and then gain employment experience. Many then anticipate returning to the University to study at MSc level, usually with company backing, after a year or two of gaining experience. As a result we have redesigned the BEng programmes to meet the demands of industry and to provide a vertically integrated programme of study leading from BEng to MSc.

  We will provide you with a broad-based education to give you competence in a wide range of electronic and electrical engineering disciplines. You will begin with the fundamental principles such as digital, analogue electronics, computing, mathematics and project management. Theory is married to practice with extensive laboratory-based practical work fully integrated with the lecture material throughout the course. You will be able to specialise in areas of particular interest or relevance to your future career by selecting from our range of options from digital system design to telecommunications systems, optoelectronics to signal processing before embarking on a final year six-month design project of your own choosing.
  

  Year 1
  
  • Mechanics (AP1MEC)
    
  • Digital and Anlogue Electronics (EE1DAE)
    
  • Electrical Circuit Theory (EE1ECT)
    
  • Engineering Projects and Entrepreneurship 1 (EE1EPE)
  • Electrical Systems Engineering (EE1ESE)
  • Introduction to Computing Concepts (EE1ICC)
  • Introduction to Optics and Waves (EE1IOW)
  • Theory of Electricity (EE1TEL)
  • Transition Mathematics for Engineers (SE11EM)
  • Mathematics for First Year Engineers (SE12EM)
    
  Year 2
  
  • Analogue Electronics (EE2AEL)
  • Communication Systems (EE2CSY)
  • Digital Programmable Systems (EE2DPS)
  • Electronics Group Design Project (EE3EDP)
  • Electronic Systems Analysis (EE2ESA)
  • Electrical Systems Engineering (EE2ESE)
  • Electrical Networks (EE2NMD)
  • Sequential State Machines (EE2SSM)
  • Data Acquisition and Control (EE2DAC)
  Year 3 - Optional placement year

  
  See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.

  • EAS Study Placement Year (SEP001)
  • EAS Industrial Placement Year (SEP002)
  Final Year Core modules:
  
  • Digital Systems Design (EE3DSD)
  • Individual Final Year Project (EE3PRJ)
  • Digital Signal Processing (EE3SPR)
    
  Optional modules:
  
  • Digital Systems Architecture (EE3DSA)
    
  • Digital Transmission (EE3DTR)
  • Network Product Development (EE3NPD)
    
  • Optical Communications Systems (EE3OCS)
  • Optoelectronics (EE3OEL)
  • Power Electronics 6 (EE3PEL)
  • Power Systems 6 (EE3PSY)
  • Radio Systems and Personal Communications Networks (EE3RSY)
  • Innovation Management (ME2033)
  • Energy Efficiency (ME3023)