Overview
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Our Electronic and Electrical Engineering MEng degree is a modern course that has been developed to equip you with the advanced knowledge and skills needed to design electronic and electrical systems for the next generation.
You will be introduced to electronic engineering and gain deep knowledge of electronics and electrical systems. You’ll learn about electronic systems, and electrical engineering and sustainability, and then progress to advanced devices and electronic systems design, and analogue integrated circuit design. In your final year, you can choose specialist subjects like embedded systems engineering, intelligent systems and power electronics.
Access is available to modern technical facilities including computer, electronics, and power and control laboratories where you’ll work on your experiments. The latest industry standard engineering software packages are available for you to use in dedicated computer clusters.
Brunel's MEng electronic and electrical engineering course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). This professional engineering institution ensures that your engineering degree meets the academic requirement to qualify as a professional engineer. This accredited MEng degree in electronic and electrical engineering can be studied full-time over four years, or five years with a placement year. The MEng degree fully meets the educational requirement to fast track you to Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
We encourage the placement year option. This time in industry helps you to further prepare for the world of work and you’ll have a year’s worth of invaluable professional experience when you graduate. If you decide to go on an engineering placement year, you will have the opportunity to work in an engineering or technology company.
Brunel Engineers is an annual exhibition that showcases our engineering talent at its finest. It’s a great way for you to network with key engineering and technology enterprises and experts, and show them the innovative, creative and enterprising work you have produced during your time at Brunel.
Dean’s International Scholarship: This course is eligible for a £2,000 fee waiver, per academic year, subject to availability. This Scholarship is for full-time international students only. Find out more.
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"There is a strong collaboration culture [at Brunel]; everyone wants to help and support you, from students to staff alike. It’s a very inclusive and diverse culture, you just fit in." - Humam Jumaa
"My placement year has really helped me progress in terms of technical skills and areas of expertise" - Lorenzo Cucurachi
Course content
Course delivery is a combination of theory, practical sessions and project work. In your first two years, you will gain solid knowledge and understanding of electronic engineering. You’ll also learn to work as part of a team through the engineering design group project. In later years, you move on to more advanced subjects such as advanced devices and electronic systems design. You will work on your individual project in your third year and your major group project in your MEng final year.
Compulsory
- Engineering Mathematics and Programming I
Aims: To develop students’ ability to understand and apply fundamental methods of engineering mathematics; to introduce the use of programming in engineering, and develop students’ ability to represent and solve problems algorithmically.
- Engineering Mathematics and Programming II
Aims: To develop students’ ability to understand and apply fundamental methods of engineering tmathematics;o introduce the use of programming in engineering, and develop students’ ability to represent and solve problems algorithmically.
- Engineering Practice
Aims: To develop the skills required by students studying in all engineering disciplines, thereby supporting their journey through Higher Education and into their professional life with the intention of maximising their employability. Skills development in the following areas will be addressed: problem solving; personal development; professional development; career planning; basic engineering design; introductory project management; communication; working in inclusive teams; health and safety; security.
- Engineering Systems and Energy 1
Aims: To provide a grounding in concepts of measurement and uncertainty; to provide knowledge about applied physics relations that govern engineering systems within their boundaries and via their variables of interaction; to establish ability to define system boundaries and apply relevant simple models.
- Engineering Systems and Energy 2
Aims: To provide a grounding in concepts of measurement and uncertainty; to provide knowledge about applied physics relations that govern engineering systems within their boundaries and via their variables of interaction; to establish ability to define system boundaries and apply relevant simple models.
- Engineering Mechanics - Statics
Aims: To provide a grounding in the fundamental principles of engineering mechanics; to provide knowledge and understanding of Newton’s laws and their application for the solution of static problems; to provide experience and confidence in problem-solving.
- Digital Devices and Systems
Aim: To develop students’ understanding of the contemporary electronic and computer engineering professions, and their understanding of what being a Chartered Engineer involves. This includes developing student’s expertise in understanding and designing basic digital electronic systems.
- Electronic Devices and Systems
Aim: To develop students’ understanding of the contemporary electronic and computer engineering professions, and their understanding of what being a Chartered Engineer involves. This includes developing student’s expertise in both understanding and designing basic analogue and digital electronic systems.
Compulsory
- Communication SystemsThis module aims to introduce the principles of electronic analogue and digital communication systems. Students will develop ability to analyse basic communication systems and the ability to design basic hardware.
- Electrical Engineering and SustainabilityThis module will study the basic principles and the sustainability of renewable energy systems, and to learn about integrating them into conventional energy systems.
- Electronic SystemsThis module aims to provide an appreciation and understanding of the theory and operation of electronic circuit design with consideration to single and multi-device sub-circuits, frequency response characteristics, feedback, stability, and efficiency, and to develop a design and evaluate practical skills in electronics on a design project.
- Microcontroller Group Design ProjectThis module aims to reinforce and develop microcontroller based engineering design, personal and transferable skills appropriate to students' scheme of studies.
- Professional Practices and Business for EngineersThis module aims to develop understanding of the business aspects of engineering enterprise and the provision of value through enterprise operations, and to enhance student preparedness for work placement and employment.
- Signals and SystemsThis module aims to teach the mathematical tools for the understanding of continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems in both the time and frequency domains.
- Microcontroller Principles
Aims: To develop an understanding of computer architecture from an engineering perspective; to develop the underlying knowledge and skills appropriate to today’s systems and interfacing, including the study of microcontroller system design, circuits and transducers to which the microcontroller must interface, and the embedded system programming in assembly.
- Digital Systems Design
Aim: To develop an understanding of digital systems from a hardware implementation perspective; to develop students’ appreciation of fundamental algorithms, roles, limitations of CAD tools used in digital systems design and their limitations; to give a practical insight into the design, implementation and testing of digital systems.
Compulsory
- Advanced Devices and Electronic Systems DesignThis module aims to present more advanced concepts, methods and techniques to analyse and design electronic systems for various aspects of applications appropriate to MEng students.
- MEng Individual Project and Project ManagementThis module aims to design, execute, report and demonstrate a substantial individual project in a professional manner; study in depth an engineering problem in-depth and critical review the current state of the art solutions; and further develop their communication, planning, time management, professional, research and development skills and creativity.
- Engineering Management and Quality Engineering
The module aims to develop understanding of managing key processes and projects in engineering with a specific focus on principles/ techniques for managing the quality of Engineering systems.
Optional
- Artificial Intelligence SystemsThis module aims to introduce the key concepts of intelligent processing systems and skills required to develop intelligent software applications. Students will gain hands-on experiences through learning, applying and implementing intelligent systems.
- Digital Communication SystemsThis module aims to develop the underlying knowledge and skills appropriate to today’s digital communication systems including introduction to standardised systems.
- Embedded SystemsThis module aims to illustrate and develop an understanding of the various engineering, scientific and economic tradeoffs necessary in the design and implementation of embedded systems, and to provide familiarity and experience with a range of architectural techniques, design methodologies and their applications and suitability for some embedded systems such as FPGAs.
- Robotics and Control SystemsThis module aims to provide a systematic understanding of analysis and design of linear time-invariant systems using frequency domain and time domain methods for both continuous-time and discrete-time systems.
- Sustainable Electrical Energy SystemsThis module aims to provide a systematic understanding of different sustainable energy technologies and power system operations.
- Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Aim: To develop knowledge and skills in developing and applying artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, techniques, and methodologies.
Compulsory
- Advanced Analogue Electronics and PhotonicsThis module aims to enable students to focus on photonic systems and electronic systems for sensors in general the use of real-world examples and hence to acquire knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of sensors and associated systems for, and the skills to evaluate, design and implement them.
- Engineering Ethics and SustainabilityThis module aims to enable students to deal with legal, social, ethical and environmental issues and apply professional codes of conduct.
- Major Group ProjectThe project aims to give experience of design practice and engineering systems design through undertaking a large multidisciplinary project. The module aims to develop the necessary skills in design project management and planning. It also aims to enable students to apply these skills in diverse situations.
Optional
- Artificial Intelligence Systems TechniquesThis module aims to develop the skills required to develop artificial intelligence applications and raise critical awareness of the issues affecting the performance of artificial intelligence systems. Students will gain hands-on experiences through learning, applying and implementing artificial intelligence systems to a given simulated system.
- Advanced Embedded Systems DesignThis module aims to develop an understanding of the various engineering, scientific and economic tradeoffs necessary in the design of embedded systems. Students will learn the principles and the role of embedded systems in real world applications.
- Communication Network TechnologiesThis module aims to provide students with up-to-date knowledge on state-of-the-art communication technologies and introduce advanced concepts in communication networks.
- Power System Stability and ControlThe main aims of this module are to develop the students ability to critically assess different theories and techniques associated with power stability and control, and to recognise and resolve power system stability and control issues.
- Radio and Optical Communication SystemsThis module aims to consider the operation of radio and optical frequency systems and their integration into global systems for effective communications.
- Power Electronics and Drives
The aims of this module are to develop students ability to critically analyse and design advanced power electronic circuits and incorporate state-of-the-art power electronic circuits in electric vehicle machines and drives.
- Advanced Vehicular Systems Technology
Aims: To provide students with up-to-date knowledge in advanced vehicular technology; to develop knowledge and understanding of vehicular technologies with which enables inter- and intra- vehicle communications, and battery management; to be aware of relevant technical standards related to electric vehicle systems development.
This course can be studied 4 years full-time or 5 years full-time with placement, starting in September.
This course has a placement option. Find out more about work placements available.
Careers and your future
Graduates from Brunel University London earn £2,900 more than the median salary across the university sector.*
An electronic and electrical engineering degree from Brunel will give you the design, analytical and creative skills to play a leading role in the dynamic and rapidly expanding technological industries.
Opting for the year in industry during your electronic and electrical engineering degree often leads to an offer of an electronic engineering job from your placement company.
Brunel’s closeness to the highest concentration of the UK’s information engineering and telecommunications industry – in London and along the M4 corridor – means our placement and careers network is second to none.
Our graduates have gone on to work for high-profile companies including IBM, Intel, Mercedes, Microsoft, National Grid and Siemens.
Electronic and electrical engineering offers varied careers paths in a fast-growing professional field. A degree in electronic and electrical engineering will set you up with the knowledge and skills to work at the forefront of all the major areas of electronic engineering.
*Longitudinal Employment Outcomes 2023
UK entry requirements
2024/25 entry
- GCE A-level AAB-ABB including grade A in Maths and grade B in one of the following subjects; Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Environment Studies Computer Science, Electronics, or Design and Technology (Use of Maths, Critical Thinking, and General Studies not accepted).
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF) DDD in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, with Distinctions in Further Mathematics for Technicians and Further Mechanical or Further Electronic/Electrical Principles modules and grade A in A Level Maths (Use of Maths not accepted).
- BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (RQF) DDD in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, with Distinctions Engineering Principles and Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems, AND Grade A in A Level Maths (Use of Maths not accepted).
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma (QCF)/BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (RQF) DD in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, with Distinction in Further Mechanical or Further Electrical Principles (QCF); Engineering Principles & Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems (RQF), AND A Level Maths at grade A (Use of Maths not accepted).
- BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma (QCF)/BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (RQF) D in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, with A Levels grades AB to include grade A in Maths and grade B in one of the following subjects; Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Environment Studies, Computer Science, Electronics, or Design and Technology (Use of Maths, Critical Thinking, and General Studies not accepted).
- International Baccalaureate Diploma 31 points, including 5 in Higher Level Maths and Higher Level 5 in one of the following subjects; Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Geography, or Design Technology. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4 and Mathematics SL 4 or HL 4.
- Access to Higher Education Diploma Applicants should apply for the BEng and those who achieve the progression requirement can then transfer to the MEng at the end of Level two.
- T levels : Not accepted.
For Engineering with Integrated Foundation Year progression requirements, see the course page.
Five GCSEs to include grade C or grade 4 in English Language and Maths.
Brunel University London is committed to raising the aspirations of our applicants and students. We will fully review your UCAS application and, where we’re able to offer a place, this will be personalised to you based on your application and education journey.
Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants as well as our full GCSE requirements and accepted equivalencies in place of GCSEs.
EU and International entry requirements
English language requirements
- IELTS: 6 (min 5.5 in all areas)
- Pearson: 59 (59 in all sub scores)
- BrunELT: 58% (min 55% in all areas)
- TOEFL: 77 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)
Fees and funding
2024/25 entry
UK
£9,250 full-time
£1,385 placement year
£3,000 fee reduction in final year
International
£23,615 full-time
£1,385 placement year
£3,000 fee reduction in final year
Scholarships and bursaries
Teaching and learning
For new students - Level 4
The Engineering Year 1 is common to all disciplines during term 1 (Chemical; Civil; Electronic and Electrical; Mechanical; Automotive and Aerospace Engineering), providing a broad educational base and opportunities for cross-disciplinary study. While much of the teaching will remain common to all disciplines during term 2, there will also be some opportunity for discipline-specific teaching activities. The BEng Computer Systems Engineering programme shares most modules with Engineering Year 1.
Lectures will be delivered using a variety of different methods. Some will be delivered live online or on-campus, while others will be pre-recorded and made available online for students to access prior to engaging in interactive in-person tutorials on campus. Some on-campus live lectures will be simultaneously livestreamed; all live lectures, whether delivered online or on-campus, will be recorded and made available for students to review after each lecture has taken place.
All lecture-based modules will be supported by regular (in most cases, weekly) tutorials or seminars that will all be held on campus, allowing students to work with both staff and other students on the practical application of what has been discussed during lectures.
Laboratory classes will be held on campus. You will have the opportunity to perform experiments and other hands-on practical activities in the College’s labs and workshop spaces. Small group project work will also be carried out in person on campus, supported by regular on-campus interactive discussion sessions (workshops).
You will need to come onto campus on most days to participate in all the teaching activities that make up the Engineering Year 1.
The online digital assessment platform will be used for submitting written course work. All exams will be run in-person on campus. Other forms of assessment, such as presentations, are also expected to be run on campus.
For returning and new students at Levels 5, 6 and 7:
All lecture-based modules will be held on campus, allowing you to work with both staff and other students on practical applications.
All laboratory classes will be held on campus. You will have the opportunity to perform experiments and other hands-on practical activities in the College’s labs and workshop spaces. Small group project work will also be carried out in person on campus, supported by regular on-campus interactive discussion sessions (workshops).
You will need to come onto campus on most days to participate in all the teaching activities.
The online digital assessment platform will be used for submitting written course work. All exams will be run in-person on campus. Other forms of assessment, such as presentations, are also expected to be run on campus.
Access to a laptop or desktop PC is required for joining online activities, completing coursework and digital exams, and a minimum specification can be found here.
We have computers available across campus for your use and laptop loan schemes to support you through your studies. You can find out more here.
Our electronic and electrical engineering degrees are delivered by an expert team of multidisciplinary academic staff. Their teaching is research-led, so the newest technologies are fed into the course.
Study will combine lectures, seminars, small group tutorials, laboratory and workshop sessions, computer programming, self-study and project work.
Should you need any non-academic support during your time at Brunel, the Student Support and Welfare Team are here to help.
Assessment and feedback
Your progress will be assessed via coursework assignments, presentations, technical and laboratory reports, exams and the major individual and group projects.