Electrical and Electronic Engineering - BEng (Hons)
Program Overview
Kent's Electrical and Electronic Engineering program equips students with specialist knowledge and broad skills in both disciplines, preparing them for a career in the future direction of engineering. The program covers exciting subjects like renewable energy technology, robotics, and systems programming. Through a combination of lectures, practical work, and hands-on experience, students gain the skills needed for employment in various sectors, including electronic engineering, computing, telecommunications, medical electronics, and industrial process control.
Program Outline
From renewable energy generation to smart power distribution and the development of low powered embedded devices, Kent will provide you with the specialist knowledge and broad skills in both disciplines; making you career ready for the future direction of engineering.
Outline:
- Course Structure: You'll gain specialist knowledge and broad skills, making you career-ready for the future direction of engineering.
- Modules: The program covers exciting subjects like power electronics, renewable energy technology, robotics and systems programming.
- How You'll Study: You’ll gain the in-depth knowledge of sustainable power, green energy and associated technologies and applications, which will make you highly employable.
- Teaching and Assessment: Most modules consist of a mixture of lectures, seminars, practicals, workshops and computer sessions. Project work throughout all three years gives students experience of a wide range of practical design, manufacturing and testing skills; laboratory experiments and computer-based assignments. The hands-on experience of hardware and software design you receive replicates industrial practice to maximise your employability when you graduate.
- Contact Hours: For a student studying full time, each academic year of the programme will comprise 1200 learning hours which include both direct contact hours and private study hours. The precise breakdown of hours will be subject dependent and will vary according to modules. Methods of assessment will vary according to subject specialism and individual modules.
- Programme Aims: For programme aims and learning outcomes please see the programme specification.
Assessment:
- Methods: Most modules consist of a mixture of lectures, seminars, practicals, workshops and computer sessions. Project work throughout all three years gives students experience of a wide range of practical design, manufacturing and testing skills; laboratory experiments and computer-based assignments. The hands-on experience of hardware and software design you receive replicates industrial practice to maximise your employability when you graduate.
- Criteria: Methods of assessment will vary according to subject specialism and individual modules.
Teaching:
- Methods: Most modules consist of a mixture of lectures, seminars, practicals, workshops and computer sessions. Project work throughout all three years gives students experience of a wide range of practical design, manufacturing and testing skills; laboratory experiments and computer-based assignments. The hands-on experience of hardware and software design you receive replicates industrial practice to maximise your employability when you graduate.
- Faculty: You’ll benefit from research led teaching by leading academics and industry professionals.
- Unique Approaches: We have invested in cutting-edge equipment and facilities that will support you during your degree programme or research.
Careers:
- Potential Career Paths: Engineering graduates find employment in a huge range of sectors such as: electronic engineering and computing, telecommunications industries including radio, television and satellite communications; medical electronics, instrumentation and industrial process control.
- Opportunities: We have excellent industrial links, providing you with many placement opportunities.
The 2024/25 annual tuition fees for this course are: Full-time UK £9,250 EU £22,700 International £22,700
