Electronic and Electrical Engineering, BEng (Hons) at Swansea University

From the world wide web and global mobile phone networks, to digital music players and renewable energy sources, this subject shapes the everyday world around us. 

Highly skilled Electronic and Electrical Engineering graduates are in high demand and have opportunities to work all over the world.

This degree will train you for a career in electrical, electronic and nanoengineering positions across a wide range of sectors.

As you progress, your developing analytical abilities will combine with hands-on experience of advanced specialist equipment, establishing skills which are vital to securing employment in the wider industry.

WHY ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT SWANSEA?

Engineering at Swansea University has a strong reputation and attracts students from across the world.

Did you know?

• Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Swansea was ranked 13th in the UK by the Times Good University Guide 2019.
• Within six months of graduating, 93% of Electronic and Electrical Engineering graduates are employed or in further study (16/17 Graduate DLHE).

This course offers you the opportunity to spend a YEAR IN INDUSTRY (UCAS H604), in the UK or overseas, giving valuable workplace experience as well as a salary that is currently over £15,000 on average. Support and guidance is provided to help secure your placement.

We also offer you the option to spend a YEAR ABROAD (UCAS H603) at a partner university which enriches the degree, giving a valuable cultural experience which can broaden your horizons when seeking employment.

Our state-of-the-art facilities inform much teaching and research. You can gain practical experience working with digital oscilloscopes, soldering stations and signal generators.

You will become familiar with a number of laboratories, from our own electronics laboratory and the pcb fabrication facility, to Wolfson Power Electronics and Power Systems laboratory (peps), and the Smart City and Antenna lab.

At Swansea you work in and around a thriving research environment. Internationally renowned research is undertaken in power electronics, telecommunications, nanotechnology and biometrics.

OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates of Electronic and Electrical Engineering are set on course for a range of stimulating opportunities. Your future could lie in any of the following roles: 

• Broadcast Engineer
• Control and Instrumentation Engineer
• Electrical Engineer
• IT Consultant
• Network Engineer
• Systems Analyst
• Multimedia Programmer
• Technical Sales Engineer

Swansea graduates in Electronic and Electrical Engineering have become senior executives of multinational companies, progressing to organisations such as the Ministry of Defence, Jaguar Land Rover and Babcock International.