Electronic Engineering

Summary
Electronic engineering is at the centre of the technologies that shape our world. From processors and artificial intelligence to advanced materials and communications, it drives innovation across industries.

On this integrated master’s course, you will develop the knowledge and practical skills needed to design and build electronic systems. You will explore how electronics work across different scales and applications, preparing you for a wide range of careers in the industry.

Your learning brings theory into practice. In your third year, you will complete an individual project where you design, simulate and build or test your own system, working alongside academics at the forefront of research. As you progress, you will deepen your expertise by choosing from a wide range of specialist modules. In your final years, you will work on a group project focused on solving a real industry problem, combining technical knowledge with teamwork and project management skills.

At Southampton, you will be part of a department consistently ranked in the UK top 5, with access to facilities shaped by major investment and designed for the way engineers work today.

By the time you graduate, you will be ready to step into a wide range of industries, with the practical mindset and problem-solving skills that employers value.

Key features of the course
Build strong foundations. Develop core knowledge in electronic engineering, preparing you for roles across the electronics industry.

Go further with an integrated master’s. This four-year MEng allows you to deepen your knowledge and take on more advanced engineering challenges.

Explore a wide range of topics. Study areas from computer processors and artificial intelligence to nanoscale materials and communication techniques.

Learn by doing. Your third-year project gives you the opportunity to design, simulate, build or test your own system, applying your skills to a real engineering challenge.

Work with leading researchers. Collaborate with academics working at the cutting edge of engineering, gaining insight into new ideas and approaches.

Specialise your learning. Choose from an extensive range of advanced modules in your third and fourth years to shape your degree.

Work as a team on real challenges. In your fourth-year Group Design Project, you will collaborate in a small team on a project inspired by an industrial partner, applying your skills to develop solutions to real-world problems.

Study in a leading environment. You will benefit from facilities shaped by significant recent investment, designed to support computer science and electrical & electronic engineering students.

Prepare for your future. Strong links with employers and a focus on practical skills mean you will graduate ready for a wide range of careers.

Student support
Your Personal Academic Tutor will support you throughout your time at Southampton, offering guidance on your studies, career ambitions and personal development.

You will also have access to a dedicated careers hub, including an annual careers fair and opportunities to connect with employers. You will have access to “Successful Futures”, the award-winning employability skills model, which embeds career planning and employability across all courses. Furthermore, our new “Career Advantage” employability programme builds your skills, experience, and confidence, including a customised programme for international students. If you are interested in starting your own venture, Future Worlds, our startup incubator, is there to support your ideas.

Further information
This course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), supporting your route to professional recognition.

We are also a Partner University of the UK Electronics Skills Foundation and the IET Power Academy, connecting your degree to industry and future opportunities.

Course Modules

This four-year MEng programme will enable you to pursue a career in any area of the electronic engineering industry. It has been designed to maximise student choice by allowing you to tailor the degree structure to suit your own interests.

During the first two years you will undertake a series of core modules, for example Circuits, Electronic Systems, Programming, Digital Systems and Devices, Fields, Forces and Materials, and Mathematics.

In your third and fourth years you can choose from a wide range of optional modules that reflect the specialist areas of electrical engineering that will take you to the leading edge of technology sought by industry. You will also work on an individual project with one of our research groups which will allow you to work at the frontier of knowledge. This programme can also be offered with a year in industry.

For further details of our optional modules:
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/electronic-engineering-degree-meng#modules

A range of assessment methods are used on this programme to enable students to demonstrate their achievement of the intended learning outcomes. These include written examinations and assessments, in-class tests, design exercises, programming exercises, oral presentations, assessed laboratories and group work exercises.

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

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