Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry University of Liverpool

Overview

Electrical engineering is not simply about the production and transmission of electrical energy, but also about how it is used. In both its transmission and usage there are significant and increasing challenges facing electrical engineers, many related to sustainability and the environment.

Key Features

• The  Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry (Hons) programme from University of Liverpool  is designed for students with an interest in communications engineering and associated electronics, covering a wide range of topics in electronic and communications engineering.
• You will learn through the practical application of concepts and theory, always with awareness of their relevance to the real world.
• The MEng is an enhanced BEng programme, which means that you have an extra year to study advanced topics and undertake a group project based on the needs of industry.
• This programme includes a placement year, during which you will spend time working in an engineering company. This is an excellent opportunity to gain practical engineering experience.
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering students graduate with skills sought after by a wide range of employers who are actively seeking engineers.

Career opportunities:

Graduates of this degree programme go on to a wide range of careers: you may be responsible for planning the electricity distribution network, or you may be designing the electronics of the next ‘must have’ item.

Some of the graduates go on to work in the industrial sector, in government and in education, whilst others enter non-technical professions such as banking, accountancy, management and law.

Specific career paths are many and varied, and have previously included:

• Design Engineer
• Systems Engineer
• Medical Physicist
• Postdoctoral Research Scientist

• Radio Frequency Scientist.

Many graduates have moved on to have careers with employers in the following industries:

• Technology: ARM Holdings Ltd, Ericsson Ltd, Logica CMG, Marconi, Siemens UK
• Energy: British Nuclear Group, Energetix Group PLC, Scottish Power, United Utilities PL
• Healthcare: Royal Liverpool University Hospital
• (Clinical Engineering)Government/Research: Daresbury Laboratory, Ministry of Defence, Science and Technology Facilities Council, The Highways Agency
• Engineering/Manufacturing: Deva Electronic Controls, Heap and Partners Ltd