MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The use of electricity is fundamental to modern life and without a secure supply, society in its current form would collapse.  Consequently, the importance of efficient and sustainable generation, secure distribution, and intelligent user devices cannot be overstated. This will be a lifetime challenge facing the next generation as traditional sources of energy will run out and new ways of generating, distributing and using electricity must be sought. Electrical and Electronic Engineers have a vital role in addressing this challenge.

Special features
NI Lab
National Instruments sponsored Laboratory which you will use in your first, second and third year of study.
The MEng fourth year includes a team project directly funded by industry or inspired by industrial needs.
You will have opportunity to learn from academics working on the cutting edge of research solving the world's biggest challenges.
Past projects have included developing an instrumented training wheelchair for para-athletes, creating a new core infrastructure for a robot orchestra and developing a cyber-secure electricity management system in smart cities.
Teaching and learning
In your first year of study there is approximately a 50:50 split between your contact time and independent study; about the same as expected when studying for A-levels. 
In subsequent years this split changes to a greater amount of independent learning with the split being approximately 33:67 in the third year and 22:78 in the fourth year.  This does not mean that less help is available; part of being an independent learner is knowing who to ask when you need to find something out, our staff are there to help.  This leads you to becoming an independent learner, as would be expected of an education process that is preparing you for graduate employment or study towards a higher degree.

Contact time could be in a lecture, example class, tutorial, laboratory class and sometimes may be on line (email/e-learning/web blog).  All of these activities enable you to interact with us to ensure that you have the best possible learning experience.