We will provide you with a broad-based education to give you competence in a wide range of electronic and electrical engineering disciplines. You will begin with the fundamental principles such as digital, analogue electronics, computing, mathematics and project management. Theory is married to practice with extensive laboratory-based practical work fully integrated with the lecture material throughout the course. You will be able to specialise in areas of particular interest or relevance to your future career by selecting from our range of options from digital system design to telecommunications systems, optoelectronics to signal processing before embarking on a final year six-month design project of your own choosing.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3 - Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
Specialist electives including:
You will benefit from a range of teaching methods and learning styles, including formal lectures; laboratory and design classes, and seminars; small groups tutorials with a personal tutor; computer-aided learning and virtual learning environments. You can expect an exciting learning experience with practical work and taught material integrated throughout the degree course.
During the year you will find a sequence of formative assessments to re-enforce and enhance the taught material. The overall assessment is a collation of marks from examination, classroom and laboratory exercises, internet-based practical assessments and oral presentations.
You can choose between a 3 year full-time or 4 year sandwich course which incorporates an integrated year of paid industrial or commercial placement. You can delay this choice until the start of your second year. We will help you find a suitable placement and visit you regularly to ensure it is a success.
The placement is a perfect opportunity to gain invaluable professional experience. It will help you make a more informed judgement about your future career and will form an invaluable part of your CV when you seek graduate employment.
Find out more about placement years at Aston.
Our courses have been developed in collaboration with the electronics
and telecommunications professions. All courses in the Electronic
Engineering Academic Group are accredited by the Institution of
Engineering and Technology (IET, formerly the IEE).
Well-trained graduates with skills in electronics design, software, telecommunications and engineering are in high demand. Some of our recent graduates are currently commanding high salaries working in government, the public sector and private industry, for employers such as: Olympus, Corus, HSBC, Oxford University, Hewlett Packard, Cogent Defence, BAE Systems, Npower, Siemens, Orange, Vodafone, QinetiQ, National Grid, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Cars and Microsoft.
Other graduates have chosen to study for PhD degrees at Aston or at other universities across the UK and beyond or have started their own businesses.
Areas where our graduates enter include:
- Research & development
- Design & manufacture
- Management and marketing
- Consultancy
- Education
- Innovation
You will have access to an extensive network of computer facilities including high performance PCs for industrial standard CAD, suites of PCs, Unix workstations and Multimedia capable Macs for day-to-day work and a large number of embedded processors for lab work. These resources are complemented by specialist electronics, telecommunications and networked laboratories and research facilities.
EAS Undergraduate Admissions Office
+44 (0)121 204 3400
engineering@aston.ac.uk
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