Electronic and Electrical Engineering with Placement Year

Electronic and electrical engineering is the discipline concerned with the design and development of systems that generate, transmit, process and use electrical energy and electronic signals. From the power grids that supply homes and industry to the microelectronics in smartphones, from the sensors in autonomous vehicles to the communications infrastructure of the internet, this is a field whose impact on everyday life is pervasive and whose practitioners are in consistent demand across a wide range of industries.

At Brunel University London this programme, which includes a foundation year and a placement year, is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to design electronic and electrical systems for the next generation. The foundation year builds the mathematical and scientific base needed before the main engineering degree begins, providing a supported route for students who benefit from additional preparation. Across the BEng years you will study circuit analysis, digital and analogue electronics, electromagnetism, control systems, signal processing, power systems and embedded computing, developing both theoretical understanding and practical skills through laboratory and project work.

The placement year gives you substantial professional experience in an engineering organisation before you complete your degree, which employers consistently identify as a differentiating factor in graduate recruitment.

Graduates work across telecommunications, consumer electronics, automotive and transport systems, aerospace, defence, power and energy, medical devices and the broader technology sector. Graduate engineering roles develop with experience into senior design, systems and technical management positions, and chartered engineer status through the Institution of Engineering and Technology is a common professional aspiration. Some graduates go on to postgraduate study in areas such as communications engineering, power electronics, embedded systems or robotics, deepening their technical expertise or broadening into adjacent engineering disciplines.