Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry (Hons) University of East Anglia

Overview

At University of East Anglia you’ll follow an integrated Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry (Hons) programme for the first year, giving you the knowledge, skills, and industrial connections to support your aspirations. From the second year, you’ll specialise in electrical and electronic engineering, refining your theoretical knowledge and practical skills. You’ll spend your third year in industry, applying your learning in a practical context, before returning to UEA to complete your studies. 

From day one, you’ll have access to industry-standard facilities in Productivity East, including computer aided design (CAD) stations, 3D printers, subtractive manufacturing technology, and several collaborative robots (or cobots). In the electronics lab, you’ll conduct practical experiments on our electrical machine test rigs and learn how to model and analyse different engineering systems using industry-standard software. 

Year in Industry

On this Electrical and Engineering course, you’ll graduate with the added advantage of a year’s work experience. You’ll study the same topics as our BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering students, except you’ll spend your third year working for a company related to your chosen discipline, before returning to complete your degree in your fourth year.  

A year in industry is a great way to test out career options, hone your skills, gain real-world experience and make contacts.   

During this year, you’ll be supported by an industrial supervisor and a mentor from the University. You and your industrial supervisor will keep in touch during the placement to ensure that it’s progressing well, and your UEA mentor will visit you during the year.

Career Pathways

Examples of careers that you could enter include:  

• Public or private sector engineering  
• Electronic engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Automotive engineering
• Energy and manufacturing  
• Accountancy