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Description
Electronics equipment and products are becoming a vital part of our daily lives, from simple MP3 players, mobile phones and computers to highly sophisticated diagnostic equipment used in hospitals and state-of the-art fibre optic communications systems. Computers, telecommunication systems and consumer electronics are advancing at a fast pace.
This is a traditional and broad-based course which aims to produce well-rounded engineers with a high level of analytical and engineering design skills.
From calculators to supercomputers, from telephones to global satellite communications, from dynamos to the national grid, you will gain key knowledge and understanding. As well as an invaluable overview of this field, you will also have the opportunity to specialise in Communications Systems in your final year.
About the Electronic and Computer Engineering Department at Brunel
At Brunel, our degree programmes will teach you about state-of-the-art technology, which means our graduates can work at the forefront of all the major areas of electronic engineering. We adopt a teaching style that is research-led, so the latest cutting-edge technologies will be taught as part of the course. Our courses combine theory with practical and project work an approach which can help you to turn ideas into real systems and our students are regularly awarded national and international prizes.
Our undergradute electornics degrees have a common first year during which you will study all of the main specialisms. Based on your own personal learning experiences of these subjects, you will be able to re-evaluate your original degree choice at this level and switch to a related course if you want.
Is this degree right for me?
You must have engineering potential and be someone who is analytical, creative, logical, a problem solver, a realist, versatile and forward thinking. You should be interested in understanding about the big picture as well as becoming a specialist in your chosen area. Intellectual challenge is important to you, as is hands-on experience, and you want to work alongside other high achievers.
Maybe you know what engineering area you want to specialise in already and realise that a broad degree can provide you with an invaluable springboard to any number of careers. You dont want to limit your options. Maybe you are seeking a broad-based engineering degree to explore your interests and strengths in variety of exciting fields, all of which are of crucial importance in todays world.
Aims
Developed in response to the needs of industry, this degree will give you advanced level knowledge and skills in the design of complex electronic and communication systems. We aim to produce graduates who are part of a high-tech elite - greatly sought after professionals with specialist understanding and skills in communication, but who also have a solid knowledge of electronic engineering as a whole.
The world of electronics is evolving so rapidly that the devices and techniques that are new today will be tools you are expected to understand and use by the time you graduate. Because of the relentless drive of technological evolution, you need to understand the fundamental principles underlying the technologies in order to be skilled in their application and to be able to adapt rapidly to technological changes throughout your career.
Detailed Course Facts
Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee- GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
- GBP 16000 Year (Non-EEA)
- English
Course Content
A common core at Level 1 will give you a broad understanding together with a high level of analytical and engineering design skills. At level 2 you begin to specialise and you then have the opportunity for further specialisation in the final year in communications systems, and will select your major individual project in your chosen area.
If you choose the MEng programme you can study for an additional fourth year (Level 5), which will take your degree to Masters standard.
Typical Modules
Level 1 Core
Digital Systems and Microprocessors
Devices and Circuits
Level 1 Electronic Engineering Workshop
Problem Solving and Programming
Electronic Engineering Mathematics
Engineering Science, Systems and Society
Level 2 Core
Communication
Computer Architecture and Interfacing
Digital Systems Design and Reliability Engineering
Electronic Systems
Signals and Systems
Engineering Group Design Project
Management
Level 3 Core
Individual Project and Project Management
Advanced Electronics
Digital Communications Systems
Level 3 Options
Design of Intelligent Systems
Control Systems
Multimedia Digital Signal Processing
Advanced Digital Systems
English Language Requirements
IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 60(Grade C)
To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to
take an IELTS test. More About IELTSRequirements
- GCE A-level ABB - BBB, including a Maths and a Science or Engineering subject (General Studies not accepted for this subject at all).
- Advanced Diploma Progression Diploma Grade B in Engineering, plus the Specialist Unit in Maths for Engineers at grade C Along with 1 AS-level at Grade B for Additional and Specialist Learning.
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma D*DD including Distinction in a Maths module and Distinction in either Electrical or Electronic Principles.
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma DD in a related subject with an A Level at grade A in a Maths, Science or Engineering subject.
- BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma D in a related subject with A Levels grade AB including a Maths, Science or Engineering subject.
- International Baccalaureate Diploma 32 points, including 5 in Higher Level Maths, Science or an Engineering subject.
- Access to Higher EducationDiploma Complete and pass Access to Engineering, Computing or Science course with 45 credits at Level 3 of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. All Maths and Science units must be Distinctions at level 3.
GCSE Mathematics grade C and GCSE English grade C are also required.
Work Experience
No work experience is required.
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Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.
- ✔️ Flexible study schedule
- ✔️ Experienced teachers
- ✔️ Certificate upon completion
📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.
Related Scholarships*
- Academic Excellence Scholarship
"The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."
- Access Bursary
Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.
- Alumni Bursary
Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students
* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Brunel University.
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