Department of Electronic Engineering
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We are one of the UK's leading departments in Electronic Engineering and best in the country for the percentage of our graduates in employment within one year of leaving us (87%) (Longitudinal Educational Outcomes dataset 2017).
See available PhD research projects and studentships or browse the Department's research portfolio and publications database.
Our researchers are creating immersive 3D sound fields and gaining important new insights into the development of Parkinson’s.
We offer a range of rewarding taught MSc programmes.
Find out more about our courses in Engineering, Medical Engineering, Micro-mechanical Engineering and Robotic Engineering.
Welcome
Welcome to the Department of Electronic Engineering, a department dedicated to world-leading research and teaching in Electronic Engineering. Our research groups play significant roles on the national and international stage, collaborating with major industries and securing funding from research councils. In the latest Research Excellent Framework assessment (2014), 87% of our work was assessed as world leading or internationally excellent.
With respect to our teaching, in the most recent NSS survey in 2018 we were ranked second in the Russell Group for overall satisfaction, and first for our teaching. We offer a wide range of degree programmes specifically designed to educate you to be a world class engineer and maximise your full potential.
Professor Andy Tyrrell
Head of Department
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We had the highest proportions of graduates in employment within one year of finishing their studies.
(UK engineering and technology graduates LEO data set, June 2017)
Year in Industry
All of our undergraduate courses are available with a year in industry option.
Graduate Destinations
Read about the careers of recent graduates from our undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Supporting Women in Engineering
The Department of Electronic Engineering holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award. Find out more about the Department's work in this area on our Women in Engineering pages.
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PhDs and Research
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News
Posted on Thursday 23 May 2019
Virtual reality (VR) is an immersive experience which owes as much to sound as it does vision. Our research is now used by some of the internet’s biggest names to provide the most realistic 3D audio.
Posted on Thursday 23 May 2019
Our researchers are gaining important new insights into the development of Parkinson’s by using the latest digital technology to study the way fish swim. It could take neurodegenerative research analysis to the next level.
Posted on Friday 17 May 2019
Professor Stephen Smith and his team have been recognised for their research into the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s.