Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Honours)

Overview

Why study with us?

• Real-world insights: connect with industry through projects, guest lecturers, and mentoring.
• Hands-on practical experience: build vital professional networks and hands-on industry experience with 12 weeks of professional practice throughout your degree.
• Travel the world with international recognition through Engineers Australia. You can even start while you’re studying with international exchanges and scholarships available.
• Internationally-experienced engineering graduates: the University of Newcastle is one of only three Australian member institutions of the Global Engineering Education Exchange Program (Global e3).
• Fast-Track Masters - advance your career and gain a Master of Professional Engineering in just 1 year on top of your combined engineering degree.

Career opportunities

Electrical engineers are employed in utilities, industry, manufacturing, consulting services and electronic design and development. Graduates of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Honours) program from University of Newcastle might focus on electronics engineering. They could specialise in automation and control engineering, or they may work in robotic engineering or power generation and distribution. Average starting salaries for engineers are great – more than $80,000 per annum.

Electrical engineering is flexible and diverse. You may prefer hands-on fieldwork, design and development, or a leadership role managing people and projects. Typical positions include:

• telecommunications equipment designer
• electrical design engineer
• automatic systems designer
• robotics engineer
• biomedical instrumentation designer
• renewable energy systems engineer