Electrical and Electronic Engineering Degree Apprenticeship BEng (Hons)

You'll learn about the software development life cycle and the tools used to build software programs, getting to grips with how to identify system requirements and convert a written specification to a procedural software design and quality metrics.

You'll also learn how to analyse a problem and formulate an algorithm for solving it.

In this module, you'll learn mathematical techniques that you can use for intricate engineering problems.

Over a full year, you'll work through topics including algebra, calculus, matrices and complex numbers, learning to recognise when an engineering problem calls for a given method.

You'll also learn efficient strategies for breaking down and solving multifaceted problems, applicable in both mathematical and engineering activity.

You'll start by grasping the essential theory behind combinational and sequential logic, Boolean algebra, and other core concepts.

Then you'll directly apply this knowledge as you analyse, design and implement digital circuits and systems using microcontrollers.

Through hands-on practical sessions and projects, you'll reinforce your learning, while developing crucial real-world engineering skills.

By the end, you'll be able to confidently identify key digital components, understand microcontroller architecture, and describe assembly language commands - ready for advanced study and career opportunities across electronics and computer engineering.

Ready to get hands-on with the building blocks of electronics? This module gives you the essential skills you need to understand and work with real-world analogue circuits.

You'll explore the core ideas that power the devices around you — from analogue circuit components to amplifiers — and develop the confidence to analyse and design circuits from the ground up.

Here's what you'll get from this module:

A solid grounding in key circuit components and how they behave
The skills to analyse and solve analogue circuit problems with confidence
Practical experience applying theory to real analogue circuits
A strong foundation for more advanced study in electronics and engineering

Through lectures and problem-solving sessions, you'll build both your technical knowledge and your ability to think like an engineer.

Many digital systems have a microcontroller, a programmable device closely related to a microprocessor inside a computer, at their heart.

In this module we will look at a particular class of microcontrollers, how the work and how to program them.

We will also look at how to interface them with the outside world.

Many digital systems need to work through a specific list of operations in a set order. These are known as finite state machines, and we will look at the process by which such systems are designed and implemented.

This module introduces you to the fundamental principles of semiconductor devices and their role in modern electronic systems. You’ll explore the physical behaviour of semiconductor materials and discover how their unique properties enable the technologies that power today's digital world.

You’ll learn how semiconductor physics is applied in the design and operation of key electronic devices, including diodes, transistors and integrated circuits. Through lectures, tutorials and laboratory activities, you’ll develop the skills to model, analyse and evaluate the performance of electronic components in practical engineering applications.

You’ll explore how electronic devices switch, amplify and process signals, building the foundations needed to understand modern electronic systems.

By the end of the module, you’ll have a strong grounding in semiconductor physics and device operation, preparing you for more advanced study in analogue and digital electronics, microelectronics, integrated circuit design and embedded systems engineering.

Ever wondered how engineers keep automatic control systems stable and accurate? This module gives you the mathematical tools and practical skills to analyse, design, and control real engineering systems.

You'll work with powerful techniques — including Fourier and Laplace Transforms — to model how physical systems behave and respond.

Here's what you'll learn:

How to build mathematical models of dynamic systems
How to analyse system stability and performance using proven classical methods
How to design and tune PID controllers for real-world applications
How instrumentation systems work — from sensors all the way through to digital output
How to use industry-relevant software to investigate and evaluate control systems

You'll develop skills that apply across electrical, electronic, mechanical, and control engineering. By the end, you'll be confident analysing and designing control and instrumentation systems and ready to take on more advanced engineering challenges.

This 15-credit module introduces you to the vital responsibilities and professional expectations of a career in engineering. You will explore how engineers exercise professional judgement when navigating complex contexts involving uncertainty, risk, ethics, and sustainability. By examining the distinction between structured professional judgement and subjective decision-making, you will learn to apply engineering estimates, safety margins, and risk-based reasoning to ensure responsible practice.

The curriculum also addresses critical modern issues such as research integrity, inclusion, and security. You will develop the skills to identify ethical and societal risks, providing direct support for your final year project. Through active learning and case study discussions, you will learn to propose mitigation measures that align with professional standards.

Your performance is assessed through a professional practice risk analysis project. This coursework challenges you to apply engineering judgement to real-world scenarios, ensuring you can manage professional dilemmas effectively. By the end of this module, you will have built the competencies required for professional practice and for making a positive impact on society.

Artificial intelligence is changing how organisations work, but employers need graduates who can do more than use AI tools. They need people who can interpret real workflow problems, assess where AI is appropriate, understand practical constraints, evaluate risks, and recommend responsible solutions that create value.

In this module, you will gain hands-on experience of applying AI in real engineering, technical and operational settings. Working with organisation-led briefs, you will explore how AI can support workflow improvement, automation, analysis, reporting, communication, decision-making and service delivery. You will learn how to assess when AI is useful, when it is inappropriate, and how it can be applied responsibly within legal, ethical, security and professional boundaries.

By completing this module, you will develop a portfolio-ready employer-facing output, such as a workflow review, AI opportunity assessment, prototype or configuration plan, evaluation evidence, and responsible-use guidance. This module is particularly suitable if you want to strengthen your employability by developing practical AI implementation skills for engineering, business and operational environments.

In this module, you will learn the principles of some of the fundamental processes that take place in modern telecommunication systems and their applications.

You will study various processes that take place in telecommunication systems such as modulation and demodulation.

You will study radio receivers and the impact of noise on their operation.

In addition, you will also learn the design of radio links.

You will get to use our Space Lab to carry out experimental work to enhance your understanding.

The BEng Individual Project is a major, student‑centred module that provides the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional attributes developed throughout the degree.

Students undertake a substantial and challenging project, chosen from a wide range of topics offered by academic staff or proposed by the students themselves, allowing them to pursue an area aligned with their interests and career ambitions.

Working largely independently, students plan, manage, and execute their project while addressing technical, analytical, and, where appropriate, business considerations.

Each student is supported by a dedicated academic supervisor who provides guidance, feedback, and direction through regular progress meetings.

The project culminates in a portfolio of assessed outputs, including interim and final technical reports, project deliverables, and a poster or demonstration at project day.

This module develops self‑management, problem‑solving, and professional engineering skills essential for graduate employment or further study.

Develop the skills to design and build the intelligent electronic systems that power modern technology. This module combines digital electronics, FPGA and VHDL design, embedded systems, and real-time computing, giving you practical experience in developing hardware and software solutions for applications such as robotics, automotive systems, industrial automation, telecommunications, and smart devices.

Through hands-on laboratory work and practical design activities, you'll learn how to design, simulate, implement, program, and test FPGA-based and embedded systems.

You'll develop highly valued industry skills in hardware-software co-design, real-time programming, digital system development, and system integration, preparing you for careers in embedded systems, digital electronics, FPGA engineering, robotics, and intelligent control.                                                    

This module explores some of the most fascinating aspects of contemporary electronics, which will end up being pervasive of your future life and career as an engineer.

Duality between frequency analysis and time analysis of amplifiers, filters, measurement systems and techniques, all these are taken care both with lectures and laboratory experiences.

And the module won't see you only designing and simulating analogue circuits and small systems, but implementing them on breadboard and collecting data from them.

What best way to develop key skills and knowledge in preparation to your final-year project?

The assessment strategy also reflects your learning journey through university, by combining a small individual project and report together with a short presentation.

During this moment you'll be both presenting and providing feedback to your peers and classmates, helping you strengthen bonds and team work at the same time.