Engineering Systems
Engineering systems is the discipline concerned with designing, analysing and managing complex technical systems that integrate multiple engineering domains. Modern systems, from power grids and transport networks to smart manufacturing lines and connected devices, cannot be understood or engineered effectively from within a single engineering speciality. Systems engineering provides the integrating framework, and this programme at City St George's, University of London focuses particularly on electrical and electronic engineering as the core technical foundation from which that systems perspective is built.
This four-year full-time programme includes a sandwich year and a work placement, giving you direct professional experience in engineering roles before you graduate. You will study electrical circuits, electronics, signal processing, control systems, embedded computing and power systems, alongside the broader systems engineering principles, including modelling, simulation, reliability and the management of complex engineering projects. The programme develops your technical depth in electrical and electronic engineering while also building the interdisciplinary thinking that modern engineering requires.
The sandwich placement connects your academic learning to real engineering environments, where you will work on practical problems, develop professional skills and build the commercial awareness that employers in the engineering sector value. London's position as a hub for technology, finance and infrastructure provides a distinctive context for this kind of engineering education.
Graduates go on to careers in electrical and electronic engineering, systems integration, telecommunications, power systems, embedded systems, defence, aerospace, transport, healthcare technology and technology consulting. The broad technical foundation and systems perspective makes graduates versatile across industries. Chartered engineering status and postgraduate study in electrical engineering, systems engineering or related fields are common professional development routes.