Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Electrical and electronic engineering is the discipline that designs, builds, and maintains the systems through which electrical power flows and through which information is processed, transmitted, and stored. Power grids, electric motors, semiconductor devices, wireless communication networks, signal processing systems, and the microelectronic circuits at the heart of every digital device are all products of electrical and electronic engineering knowledge. It is a discipline that is simultaneously deeply theoretical, grounded in physics and mathematics, and intensely practical, concerned with making things that work reliably in the real world.

At the University of Bath, this three-year full-time programme is taught within one of the UK's strongest engineering schools, with a well-established reputation for both research and graduate employability. You will study the fundamental physics and mathematics underpinning electrical and electronic systems, including circuit theory, electromagnetism, semiconductor physics, and signal theory, before progressing to advanced topics including power electronics, digital communications, control systems, microprocessors, and VLSI design. Laboratory work is central throughout, developing your practical engineering skills alongside the theoretical understanding you build in lectures and problem classes.

Bath's engineering education places strong emphasis on design and problem-solving, and you will work on substantial project work as well as academic modules. The ability to specify, design, test, and evaluate engineering systems is developed progressively across the programme, as is the capacity to communicate technical ideas clearly to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Graduates in electrical and electronic engineering from Bath enter a wide range of industries and roles. Power systems and smart grid engineering, consumer electronics, telecommunications, defence and aerospace, semiconductor design, automotive electrification, and research and development are all sectors that actively recruit. The combination of analytical depth and practical skill makes Bath graduates highly employable in competitive graduate recruitment.

Chartered engineer status through the Institution of Engineering and Technology is the typical professional development pathway, and postgraduate study at masters or doctoral level is pursued by those who want to specialise in research or advanced technical roles.