BEng Electronic Engineering & Computer Science

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

UCAS Code: GH46

Typical offer level
A Level: BBB-ABB
BTEC National Diploma: DDD in relevant National Diploma
IB: 32 points (ideally 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.

• Computer systems have a dramatic impact on the way we work and live with new technology developing every week.
  
  Modern digital electronics and computing systems and desirable gadgets are all pervasive in commerce, industry and the home. They form one of the most rapidly changing and influential technologies in modern society.
  
  To gain the competitive edge over its global rivals British industry and commerce needs trained computer systems engineers with skills in both hardware and software who can assess, contribute to, harness and influence the growth of information technology.

  The EECS course at Aston aims to meet this challenge by expanding the breadth and depth of our students’ knowledge in electronics, internet technology, computing, digital systems and software design and by encouraging the development of essential professional skills.

  You will gain a solid grounding in software engineering and computing systems which will be complemented by engineering expertise in digital electronics and telecommunications. The emphasis is on gaining a specialist and extremely valuable set of skills that form a bridge between the hardware and software specialist; to achieve this you will study computing and electronics with single honours students from the electronic engineering and computer science subject groups.
  

  Year 1
  
  • Java Programming Foundations (CS) (CS1310)
  • Java Program Development (CS1410)
  • Digital and Anlogue Electronics (EE1DAE)
  • Electrical Circuit Theory (EE1ECT)
  • Engineering Projects and Entrepreneurship 1 (EE1EPE)
  • Electrical Systems Engineering (EE1ESE)
  • Transition Mathematics for Engineers (SE11EM)
  • Mathematics for First Year Engineers (SE12EM)
    
  Year 2
  • Software Engineering (CS2020)
  • Operating Systems (CS2230)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (CS2260)
  • Data Structures and Algorithms with Java (CS2310)
  • Analogue Electronics (EE2AEL)
  • Communication Systems (EE2CSY)
  • Digital Programmable Systems (EE2DPS)
  • Electronics Group Design Project (EE2EDP)
  • System Modelling and Computer Control (EE2MCC)
  • Sequential State Machines (EE2SSM)
    
  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)
    
  Optional Modules:
  • Testing and Reliable Software Engineering (CS3270)
  • Information Security (CS3190)
  • Software Project Management (CS3360)
  • Data Mining (CS3440)
  • Digital Systems Architecture (EE3DSA)
  • Network Product Development (EE3NPD)
    
  • Optoelectronics (EE3OEL)
  • Radio Systems and Personal Communications Networks (EE3RSY)
    
  • Innovation Management (ME2033)