Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Electronic and electrical engineering is the discipline concerned with the design, analysis, and application of systems that generate, transmit, and process electrical signals and energy. It encompasses everything from power systems and electrical machines to microelectronics, signal processing, telecommunications, control systems, and the embedded computing that underpins modern technology. Electronic and electrical engineers design the systems inside smartphones, cars, medical devices, renewable energy infrastructure, and virtually every other piece of modern technology, making it one of the most pervasively important of all engineering disciplines.
At Robert Gordon University, this four-year programme develops a thorough grounding in the core principles and practical applications of electronic and electrical engineering. You will study circuit theory, electronics, electromagnetic theory, digital systems, signal processing, control engineering, and power systems, developing both the mathematical understanding and the practical skills to design and analyse real engineering systems. The programme places a strong emphasis on applied, hands-on learning, with laboratory work integrated throughout to give you direct experience of working with electronic and electrical systems.
RGU has strong connections to the energy, oil and gas, and technology sectors in Scotland, and the programme reflects the practical demands of those industries.
Graduates in electronic and electrical engineering are among the most broadly employable of all engineering graduates. The skills you develop are applicable across energy, telecommunications, defence, healthcare technology, automotive, aerospace, consumer electronics, and many other sectors. Many graduates work in design, project management, systems integration, and technical consulting roles.
Further professional development towards chartered engineer status is a natural pathway, as is postgraduate study in specialisms such as power systems, signal processing, robotics, or wireless communications.