Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry

The digital revolution is changing our lives, and technological advancements are developing at an incredible pace. Electronic engineers are at the forefront of this revolution, helping to create the smart devices we use every day and tackle issues such as information security, healthcare and energy sustainability.

Study Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry at Royal Holloway and develop the skills you need to become a part of this exciting sector. You’ll gain real industry experience, making invaluable contacts you can take into your future career.

Build a robust transferable skillset based on research-led teaching, where you’ll learn from renowned academics in a variety of fields. You’ll enjoy a blend of practical and theoretical study, working in groups and individually with one-to-one support from your own Personal Advisor.

You’ll study in a brand new, purpose designed building, where £20 million worth of investment is providing state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, including collaboration and research spaces.

This four year programme will equip you with the knowledge and experience you need to build a career in an exciting, fast-moving sector, where real-world skills shortages present numerous opportunities for ambitious graduates. Pursue your interest in the dynamic field of Electronic Engineering at Royal Holloway.

A degree programme structured to develop ingenuity, invention and product development skills.

Enjoy a blend of practical and theoretical study, working in groups and individually with one-to-one support from your own Personal Tutor.

On your third year placement you will develop your skills and gain an insight into industry.

Develop your interests through a number of optional course units in your final year.

Gain commercial experience and increase your career prospects.

Course Modules

Core Modules

Year 1

• Embedded Systems Creative Team Project 1

• Programming in C++

• Electronic Circuits and Components

• Communications Engineering 1

• Internet Services

• Mathematics for Engineers 1

• Mathematics for Engineers 2

• Academic Integrity

Year 2

• Embedded Systems Creative Team Project 2

• Software Engineering for Electronics

• Signals, Systems and Communications

• Control Engineering

• Electronic Materials and Devices

• Analogue Electronic Systems

• Professional and Sustainable Engineering

Year 3

• Year in Industry

Year 4

• Individual Project

• Digital Signal Processing Design

• Principles of Engineering Management

• Digital Systems Design

• Advanced Communications Systems

Optional Modules

Below is a taster of some of the exciting optional modules that students on the course could choose from during this academic year. Please be aware these do change over time, and optional modules may be withdrawn or new ones added.

Year 1

• All modules are core

Year 2

• All modules are core

Year 3

• All modules are core

Year 4

• Power Systems

• Voice Technologies

• Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/undergraduate/electronic-engineering/electronic-engineering-with-a-year-in-industry/

All taught modules are worth 15 credit units and there are eight of these in all years except the final year (year 4), where there is an individual project worth 30 credit units.

In many modules you will carry out practical project work, involving problem-solving using theory developed within the module and electronic circuit building and/or software skills as appropriate. Teaching activities will include lectures, workshops and seminars, and practical project work will be carried out in groups and individually in purpose-built thinking and fabrication laboratories.

Various assessment methods will be used including examinations for theoretical subjects, formal presentations, reports and practical demonstrations for project work with an additional oral presentation examination for final year individual projects. You will be expected to review material after lectures to support your learning and to preview scripts before coming to laboratory sessions.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are highly valued and sought after in the industrial workplace and are essential for effective group working. You will develop these as part of project-based work and will be assessed formally on them.

All students will have an allocated Personal Advisor as someone with whom any issues can be discussed to enable appropriate advice and help to be given as appropriate.