Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Placement Year

In this forever technologically advancing world, electrical engineers play an integral role in the development of our daily lives and the future. With this comes responsibility to minimise the environmental damage, that’s why sustainability and innovation is at the core of this course.

Whether you’re designing parts of a performance car, a space craft, or a new medical device, on this degree, you’ll learn the skills to become an engineer capable of imagining and creating ground-breaking products.

Why study BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering at BNU?
Industry input
This Electrical and Electronic Engineering course has been developed to mirror today’s Engineering Design industry and continues to work closely with its own Industry Advisory Board to ensure the curriculum and teaching is relevant.

You’ll also have the opportunity to engage with industry-professionals and practitioners, as well as our working alumni. You’ll benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses and workshop sessions, live briefs, site visits and where possible, a contribution to the assessment of your work.

Facilities
During your time with us you’ll have access to our state-of-the-art facilities, including:

Mechanical/Structural Lab to include different Structural Test kits that will measure Deflection of Beams & Cantilevers, Bending Stress and Bending Moments etc.
Materials and Manufacturing Lab to include 3D Metal Printer, Hardness Tester, Universal Tensile Testing, Impact Tester, Milling and Drill machines
Fluids and Hydraulics Lab to include Digital Hydraulic Bench, Axial Flow Pump, Recirculating Flume, Hydro-electric Turbine and Surface Tension Balance.
Process and Energy Lab to include HVAC unit, Air Conditioning Trainer, Process Trainer and Photovoltaic Cells
Concrete & Geotechnical Testing Lab to include Slump Test, Concrete Density, Porosity, Flexural and Compression Testing, Soil Shear, Grading and Moisture Tests.
Electrical and Electronics Lab to include Power and Energy Electronics, Modern Electrical Machine Systems, Three Phase Power Systems
Automation Lab to include Dobot Smart Industry 4.0 Workstation, pneumatic, electro-pneumatic, PLC systems
Immersive Virtual Reality
CAD Lab

Study Options
We also offer this course with an additional Foundation Year. The Foundation Year degree courses are crafted to provide you with the academic skills and confidence necessary to excel at university.

What will I study?
This practical and hands-on 'ee' course incorporates innovation and creativity at every stage of learning. During your time with us you’ll gain an extensive knowledge and critical understanding of professional ethics, social and cultural values in engineering.

You’ll study the principles, characteristics, control design requirements and applications of instrumentation and power systems used in industry. During your time with us you’ll create, simulate, build and test prototype circuits and systems using printed circuit boards, MATLAB Simulink, LTSpice and electronic laboratory equipment.

Modules are centred around industrial systems, analogue, digital and power electronics with basic engineering. With a focus on sustainability, you’ll learn skills to help you identify and solve electrical engineering problems, whilst meeting the needs of the industry and the forward-thinking sector.

You’ll get to grips with industry-standard equipment including Zero Energy Systems, Power electronics, Machines and Drives, Industry 4.0, Mechatronic, Robotics, PLC and electro-mechanical rigs to provide real-time hands-on experiences

At all levels of the course, employability skills have been built into the programme to prepare you to gain work experience and acquire skills to secure employment on graduating. Throughout the course you’ll also have the opportunity to work on live briefs set by engineering employers, all of which can later be added to your portfolio.

Year One
Core Modules
Mathematics for Engineers
Science and Materials for Engineers
Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computer Aided Design and Simulation
Modelling and Analysis of Electromechanical Systems
Individual Engineering Project and Management

Year Two
Core Modules
Circuit analysis and three-phase systems
Analogue and Digital Electronics
PLC, Microprocessor and Embedded Systems lab
Sensors, actuators, and instrumentation
Control Systems Engineering and Mechatronics
Power system analysis, Smart Grids and All-Electric Vehicles

Year Three: Placement route
Core Modules
Professional Practice

Year Three: Non-placement route
Core Modules
Leadership and Management
Advanced Power Electronics, Machines and Drives
Emerging and Sustainable technologies for Engineers
Research Project

Option Modules
Robotics, Automation and Industry 4.0
OR
Control and Automation of Sustainable Electrical Power Network

Year Four: Placement route
Core Modules
Leadership and Management
Advanced Power Electronics, Machines and Drives
Emerging and Sustainable technologies for Engineers
Research Project

Option Modules
Robotics, Automation and Industry 4.0
OR
Control and Automation of Sustainable Electrical Power Network

A range of active teaching methods and authentic assessment strategies will be used during the course, with an emphasis on both practical and traditional teaching approaches. Laboratory sessions and a range of practical activities will build upon previous learning from lectures and tutorials.

Traditional forms of assessment include;

Written assignments
Report
Portfolio and digital models
In-class assignments
Computer-based test
Set Presentations (for example, poster and oral)
Proposal
Dissertation

You’ll study in a close-knit tutor group where everyone’s input is recognised and valued. Not only will you make friends for life, you’ll also make important connections that will last through your career, and you’ll form a network, just like you’d find in the working-world.