We build on the highly respected and well-established ‘design’ modules in the Product Design suite of courses by providing a specialist thread of electronics and computing subjects. Each year features design exercises and projects to exploit your developing electronics and computing skills.
You will gain expertise in digital and programmable electronics and be able to use your knowledge of materials, production processes and technology to create products in which electronics and computing are an essential integral part. We aim to encourage your creative thinking, to develop your design visualisation skills, to expand your knowledge, confidence and professional values so that you can move into a successful career in innovative product design where electronics is the key.
Year 1
- Computing for Electronic Engineering
- Digital and Analogue Electronics
- Electrical Systems Engineering
- Basic Mathematics
- Materials & Processes
- Introduction to CAD
- Industrial Design
- Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering
- Design Project
Year 2
- Digital and Programmable Systems
- Computing Systems Engineering
- Themed Design Project
- Value-based Strategy
- Professional Studies
- CAD 2
- Industrial Design 2
- Product Modelling
- Design for Manufacture
Year 3 - Optional placement year
See placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
- Individual Final Year Project
- Digital Systems Design
- Computing Systems Engineering
- Industrial Design 3
Specialist electives including:
- Digital Systems Architecture
- Project Management
- Quality Engineering
- Engineering Materials
- Innovation Management
- Design Failure Analysis
The emphasis is on gaining a specialist and extremely valuable set of skills that form a bridge between the electronics, software, mechanical, materials and product design specialisms; to achieve this you will study single students from the electronic engineering and computer science and engineering systems and management subject groups.
Currently about half the students in electronic and computing subjects elect to take a sandwich year. Students and graduates trained in the design of electronic hardware, computer software and mechanical, materials, information and communication technologies prove to be highly attractive to employers and can expect to find positions as technical professionals in companies both large and small, local and nationwide.
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).
Graduates from this new course can expect find employment in a wide range of industrial sectors where electronic design and communications form the basis of their products and frequently progress rapidly to positions of responsibility with high levels of remuneration.
You will have access to state-of-the-art computing facilities, including CAD (Computer Aided Design) labs for the production of electronic products incorporating advanced processors and application specific electronics, model-making and design studios, and computer laboratories dedicated to solving engineering and manufacturing problems.
EAS Undergraduate Admissions Office
+44 (0)121 204 3400
engineering@aston.ac.uk
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