Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2023

We employ 'hands-on' project work wherever possible to develop practical and problem-solving skills. Year two will develop your group-working skills as you address a challenging engineering design project. The year-three BEng individual project will enable you to enhance your skills and understanding in your chosen specialist area.

If you take an MEng course, the third-year group project will give you an opportunity to consider in-depth technical issues associated with modern and future industrial demands; your fourth-year individual project will have significant industrial input.

Assessment

Assessment methods include coursework, a dissertation, oral presentations, formal tests and exams.

Electrical and electronic engineering continue to be buoyant industries. We are targeted by a large number of major international companies for recruitment and we also organise our own careers fair each year. Most of our graduates move into the engineering sector, but others use the skills developed during the course to move into IT, consultancy, finance, commerce and education.

• The University of Nottingham is consistently named as one of the most targeted universities by Britain’s leading graduate employers
  (The Graduate Market in 2013-2020, High Fliers Research)
• We were also ranked as the number one university for job prospects
  (Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2015).

Professional accreditation

MEng courses are the main route to the professional engineering qualification of Chartered Engineer and our MEng and BEng courses are all accredited by the IET.

Industrial experience

We encourage you to take advantage of our strong links with industry and consider an industrial placement during your degree course. This is your chance to:

• develop your skills in an industry setting
• improve your employment prospects
• make contacts and meet professionals
• earn money
• get a real insight into the industry you are interested in

Industrial placements usually take place at the end of year two or year three (MEng). We also offer integrated year in industry options with our BEng and MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering courses.

Between September and December, the larger industry-based organisations come to the department to recruit students for industrial placements and department staff use their extensive industrial links to provide placement opportunities for students.

86.7% of undergraduates from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual salary for these graduates was £30,810.*

* HESA Graduate Outcomes 2020. The Graduate Outcomes % is derived using The Guardian University Guide methodology. The average annual salary is based on graduates working full-time within the UK.

Many students have the opportunity to take up to a year out to study abroad at a top international university (including our Malaysia Campus) and in universities in the Universitas 21 group. Further information can be found on our study abroad web pages.

Nottingham has the highest number of any UK university on outward mobility under Erasmus.*

* Erasmus student and staff numbers by institution, Erasmus+ 2014.

Applications are considered on an individual basis; applicants may be invited to interview.

For details of University-wide open days, please see our open day pages.