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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Course details
  • 2 Study options
  • Undergraduate
Course location
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Course summary

From designing and coding to prototyping and manufacturing, gain hands-on experience in our cutting-edge labs from day one. You’ll build the skills, confidence and experience to stand out as an engineer ready to make an impact and thrive in industry.

Hands-on learning
From the very start of your studies, you'll gain practical experience using cutting-edge labs, workshops and tools, ensuring you're well-prepared for industry challenges.

Strong industry connections
Build valuable professional relationships through live consultancy projects, networking events and collaborations with local businesses and social enterprises.

Tackle the challenges of tomorrow
Experience a forward-thinking curriculum that integrates the latest advancements in electrical and electronic engineering, readying you for emerging trends and technologies in the field.

This course is for you if...

  • you're curious and keen to try new ideas

  • you can't wait to put ideas into practice

  • your inventive nature drives your ambition

  • you get a buzz from solving problems for others.

Modules

Course Modules

Year 1
From day one of your studies, you will find there is an emphasis on learning by doing. The first year will equip you with the tools to build tomorrow’s technology. Analogue to sense or affect our physical environment, digital to add logic and intelligence to act upon information, and embedded systems to tie these together with computing power. All learned through experience in labs and projects.

Year 2
In Year 2 you will develop a greater understanding of underlying engineering principles and circuit design methods. You’ll take the tools and skills you learnt in your first year and start using them to design technology for communications, power systems and robotics through practical experience in the labs. At the core of these are embedded systems providing the intelligence and interactive features and the heart of the second-year project.

Optional placement year
Gain relevant experience and an excellent opportunity to seek final year sponsorship. Many of our graduates are offered permanent jobs with their placement company. We can help you find industrial placement opportunities in the UK, France, Germany and Japan. Your optional work placement experience gives you opportunities to put theory into practice. This means you are well prepared for your final year of academic study and your specialist, individual project.

Final year
Your final year has modules based around industrial skills and topics, and gives you an exciting opportunity to develop an individual project, consolidate your knowledge, explore, and evaluate new technologies. It can be based on one of our research areas or a personal interest. Machine vision for rock climbing analysis, A data logger and emergency system for a motorbike, a Mars rover, and an autonomous navigation system for drones.

Your achievements will be showcased during the project open day, with visitors from thirty to forty tech companies and sponsored prizes awarded.

For up to date details, please refer to our website or contact the institution directly.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Engineering and Technology, Institution of

How to apply

Application codes

Institution code:
P60

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

Course options

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

112 UCAS points including grade C at A Level Maths and E at a second relevant subject: Chemistry / Computing / Design Technology / Electronics / Engineering / Physics / Further Maths / Pure Maths / Use of Maths / Statistics.

T Level
Not accepted

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 112

112 UCAS points including grade C at A Level Maths and E at a second relevant subject: Chemistry / Computing / Design Technology / Electronics / Engineering / Physics / Further Maths / Pure Maths / Use of Maths / Statistics.

Scottish Higher

Considered in combination with Advanced Highers.

Access to HE Diploma

Pass Access to HE Diploma with 33 credits at Merit or Distinction, to include 12 credits at Distinction in Maths and a further 12 credits at Merit in a second relevant science subject. Will require GCSE English and Maths grade C/4 or above or equivalent.

Scottish Advanced Higher

112 UCAS points including grade C in Advanced Highers Maths and grade E in a second relevant Advanced Highers science subject.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Considered in combination

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Considered in combination

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 28

28 points overall to include 5 in Higher Level Maths and 3 in a second relevant Higher Level subject. English and Maths accepted within.

WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales
C

This would be accepted in combination of other level 3 qualifications

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

In a Science / Engineering/ Technology subject. To include a Merit in relevant Maths units.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

112 UCAS points including grade H4 in Maths and H5 in a second relevant science subject.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Considered in combination

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Considered in combination

AQA Certificate in Mathematical Studies (Core Maths)

Considered alongside A Level Maths and a second relevant science subject

OCR Certificate in Quantitative Reasoning (MEI) (Core Maths)

Considered alongside A Level Maths and a second relevant science subject

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
C

This would be accepted in combination of other level 3 qualifications

OCR Certificate in Quantitative Problem Solving (MEI) (Core Maths)

Considered alongside A Level Maths and a second relevant science subject

Pearson Edexcel Certificate in Mathematics in Context (Core Maths)

Considered alongside A Level Maths and a second relevant science subject

WJEC Eduqas Certificate in Mathematics for Work and Life (Core Maths)

Considered alongside A Level Maths and a second relevant science subject

City & Guilds Certificate in Using and Applying Mathematics (Core Maths)

Considered alongside A Level Maths and a second relevant science subject

Must have GCSE Maths and English at grade C/4 or above

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At the University of Plymouth, we believe in building a welcoming and inclusive community that supports every student to achieve their full potential.

With our contextual offer scheme, we may extend offers below our standard entry criteria to those applicants whose circumstances and experiences could have impacted their education and academic performance. You can check your eligibility for a contextual offer using our online postcode checker.

Learn more on the University of Plymouth website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

For all information about tuition fees, please visit our fees and funding pages at www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/fees

  • Fees are correct at the time of publication and may be subject to change.
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