UWE Bristol - BEng Hons Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year

UWE Bristol

BEng Hons Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year

Get on track for our BEng(Hons) Electronic Engineering degree by completing a foundation year. If you're committed to an engineering future and have a less conventional background, this is the course for you.

Why study electronic engineering?

Imagine a world without electricity or electronic devices. It's easy to see why engineering is vital to our survival and the development of future technologies.

Electronic engineers play a vital role in the design, development, distribution and recycling of numerous everyday products. Engineering is where change begins it's about asking questions, pushing boundaries and leading innovation. If that sounds like you, then you're already thinking like an engineer.

Why UWE Bristol?

Discover how engineering will challenge you, and change the way you learn. You'll tackle real world issues through live projects, and be encouraged to take risks as you develop solutions in our state-of-the art labs.

You'll be taught in our new state-of-the-art School of Engineering designed to revolutionise the way engineering is taught. Featuring engine test cells, dedicated collaborative learning spaces and all of the latest high-tech equipment, it's purpose-built to support a wide range of engineering disciplines.

Learn the skills and knowledge you need for a successful career in this sector. Study digital and analogue electronics, mathematics and computer programming.

Explore the application of electronics in a range of environments and examine signal processing, micro-controllers, communications, control systems and digital hardware design.

Develop professional skills in project planning, group work and communication.

Apply knowledge through practical projects in our well-equipped facilities. Gain an inside track on the industry through factory tours and professional briefings from leading organisations, with some of the biggest names in engineering on your doorstep.

Attend careers fairs and engineer 'speed dating' events to help you find work as soon as you graduate, and take the next step towards changing the world for the better.

Where can it take me?

Choose a career designing electrical and electronic systems, working on consumer technology or solving engineering problems for communications and power generation/distribution companies.

You could also work in technology, manufacturing, transport and rail, aviation and a host of other industries.

Entry Requirements

  • Tariff points: 80
  • GCSE: Grade C/4 in English Literature or Language and Mathematics, or equivalent. We do not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificate in Adult Numeracy and Literacy as alternatives to GCSEs.
  • English Language Requirement: International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component.
  • A-level subjects: No specific subjects required

Career Prospects

Demand for graduates with expertise in electrical and electronic engineering is high.

You could go into a career designing electrical and electronic systems, working on consumer technology or solving engineering problems for communications and power generation/distribution companies.

You could also work for companies in technology, manufacturing, transport and rail, aviation and a host of other industries.

Course Details

If you study on the four year sandwich course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work placement after year two.

You'll complete a placement learning module.

Year 0 Foundation Year

Engineering Experimentation
Foundation Group Project
Foundation Mechanics
Foundation Mathematics: Algebra and Calculus
Introduction to Mechatronics

Year 1

Engineering Practice 1
Principles of Electrical Engineering
Mathematical Modelling for Electronics and Robotics
Programming for Engineers
Applied Electronics.

Year 2

Engineering Practice 2
Engineering Research
Microcontroller Applications Group Lab
Signals and Systems
Analogue Electronic Systems
Digital System Design.

Placement year

Final year

Engineering Project
Group Design and Integration Project
Control Systems Design
Power Electronics and Energy Systems
Professionalism for Engineers

One module from
Digital Signal Processing
Advanced Analogue Electronics
Communications.

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