Robotic Engineering (Including Placement Year)

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Placement Year

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This full year module covers the period of time when the student is on placment as part of one of our placement year degrees. A set of learning outcomes associated with the module focus on using the specialist technical skills acquired in the first two years of the course and developing further communications skills with customers. Students are provided with support to secure a placement. So far students have undertaken this year with ARM, Microsfoft, Intel, Nestle, British Aerospace, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, as well a range of SME software and hardware companies.

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BEng (Hons) Robotic Engineering

Undergraduate Course

(Including Placement Year)

Start date

October 2026

October 2027

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Full Time

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Robotic Engineering (Including Placement Year)

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What is the BEng (Hons) Robotic Engineering?

The BEng (Hons) Robotic Engineering is a three-year degree, extendable to four with an optional year in placement or abroad.

You’ll build a strong foundation in electrical engineering and computer science theory, as well as the skills and tools to develop and test your own robotic systems.

Why this course

The BEng (Hons) Robotic Engineering gives you the theory and practical knowledge to understand – and create – robotics that make a real impact on the world.

You’ll learn from active computer scientists and engineers whose work and teaching are driven by creativity and imagination as well as technical excellence. Discover which areas you’re interested in exploring further such as assistive technologies, computer games, artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, Big Data or robotics.

You’ll also be able to undertake a project or product development specified by one of our academics or partner companies.

Add a placement year or study abroad to put your learning into practice, expand your perspective and build confidence in professional or international settings.

You’ll graduate as a creative, experimental and focused robotics engineer ready to explore further how robots, animatronics and robotic equipment can impact the world around you.

Who should apply

Future robotic and electronic engineers

Students eager to develop their own robotics and electronics

Those considering a career that benefits from a broad understanding of how electronic and computing systems work

People who get to the heart of how things work

What you’ll learn

Robotics: Explore the fundamental knowledge and use of robotics and AI

Electronics: Master the scientific and engineering foundations of electronics and digital systems

Programming and mathematics: Learn to programme and apply mathematical skills to engineering

Specialise: Tailor your degree through your choice of optional modules

Your learning experience

Optional study abroad year: Spend a year at one of our partner universities and experience another culture with the Study Abroad programme

Optional placement year: Gain professional experience in a business or organisation with university support from Placements at Essex

Expert teaching: Learn from leading researchers revolutionising industries such as agriculture and healthcare

Specialist facilities: Access our robotics gaming laboratory and robot arena with one of the world’s largest powered lab floors

Specialist robotics: Make use of our wheeled and flying robots, robotic fish, intelligence wheelchairs, robotic arm and robotic hand

Employability support: Take work-based learning modules with live employer projects or a placement

Careers and outcomes

A BEng (Hons) Robotic Engineering degree prepares you for diverse careers in:

Engineering: Design, development, research, diagnostics, manufacture

IT: Software, hardware, systems integration, control systems, automation

Healthcare: Surgical instruments, diagnostic tools, assistive technologies

Research: Space exploration, deep ocean exploration

Business: Marketing, management, consultancy, patent law

Why we're great.

92% student positivity score for academic support in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (National Student Survey 2026)

8th for student positivity in engineering (National Student Survey 2026, English broad-discipline institutions)

Top 150 (joint 10th in the UK) for telecommunications engineering in Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025

Meet the researchers

Dr Vishwanathan Mohan

Expert in cognitive robotics

School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex

Vishwanathan co-founded AgriTech spinout company Versatile RobotX and recently led a £1-million project funded by the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs into the next generation of strawberry-picking robots. He is also a member of the Essex Robotics and Mechatronics Lab. He oversees students completing project challenges throughout their degrees.

Dr Ali Kafash Hoshiar

Expert in soft robotics

Ali is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in robotics and leads the Robotics for Under Millimeter Interventions (RUMI) lab at Essex. He has been awarded the EPSRC-funded ‘In-Target' project as the Principal Investigator (PI) and is the recipient of Essex’s 'Best Interdisciplinary Research Award'. His work focuses on applying advanced soft robotics to the fields of healthcare and agriculture.

Dr Anirban Chowdhury

Expert in neural engineering and robotics

Anirban has contributed to two UK-India thematic partnership projects funded by the British Council, UK, and Department of Science and Technology in India, he has led two clinical trials on post-stroke robot-assisted neuro-rehabilitation, and he has published several papers in journals of the IEEE and Elsevier.

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Course structure

Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field. The following modules are based on the current course structure and may change in response to new curriculum developments and innovation.

We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision for you. We'll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities as described on our website and in line with your contract with us. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to significant disruption, we'll let our applicants and students know as soon as possible.

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What this means

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Compulsory with Options

You can choose which module to study from the available options for this component. There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the qualification if you fail.

Optional

The modules that are available for you to choose for each component will depend on several factors, including which modules you have chosen for other components, which modules you have completed in previous years of your course, and which term the module is taught in.

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Final Year

COMPONENT 01: CORE

Team Project Challenge

(15 CREDITS)

Our Team Project Challenge gives you the opportunity to develop a range of professional skills by working as part of a small student team on a specific project. The projects are research-based and incorporate the concepts of specifications, design, and implementation. You’ll learn about sustainability, project and time management, design, legal issues, health and safety, data analysis and presentation, team reporting, and self-evaluation.

You’ll also develop skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, agility, leadership, collaboration across networks, and effective oral and written communication, as well as curiosity and imagination, all of which will enhance your knowledge, confidence and social skills necessary to innovate and succeed in a competitive global environment.

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COMPONENT 02: CORE

Mathematics for Engineers I

You’ll be introduced to some key elements of mathematics that are essential to engineering. You'll develop your understanding through working on examples in class, and through practical laboratory-based exercises using the programming tool, MATLAB.

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COMPONENT 03: CORE

Introduction to Programming with C

This module will provide you with an introduction to fundamental concepts of computer programming in the C language, which is particularly relevant to programming embedded systems and for electronic engineers.

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COMPONENT 04: CORE

Object-Oriented Programming

Want to become a Java programmer? Topics covered in this module include control structures, classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces, file I/O, event handling, graphical components, and more. You will develop your programming skills in supervised lab sessions where help will be at hand should you require it.

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COMPONENT 05: CORE

Foundations of Electronics I

This module is one of two concerned with scientific and engineering foundations on which electronics is based. All electronics components are based on physical principles that relate voltage, current flow and the storage or loss of energy. All the theory we need to learn about how circuits behave is based on the fact that electric charge cannot be created or destroyed, and that the energy of each electron just depends on where it is, and how fast it is moving. How charges move in materials depends on their crystal structures. From basic ideas, the main principles of electronics are built up so that they can be used in the wider study of electronics to solve problems.

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COMPONENT 06: CORE

Digital Electronic Systems

This module develops the fundamental concepts introduced in the Digital Systems Architecture. We examine how data are represented within digital systems, including floating point, 'text' and 'data' files, and how the conversions between internal and human-readable forms are performed. The design and applications of higher-level logic elements such as counters, registers and multiplexers are discussed, as well as the more general concept of the finite state machine and its design. Transmission of digital data between systems is introduced by examination of the RS232 protocol. Further, fundamental decisions on how such sources should be represented in digital format include sample rates and quantization accuracy are discussed. In the case of audio and video especially, the possibilities for signal processing and data compression are investigated

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COMPONENT 07: CORE

Foundations of Electronics II

This module comprises the second half of our 1st year series on fundamentals of electronics. The module focuses on reactive circuits (i.e., circuits with capacitors and/or inductors), basic semiconductors (i.e., diodes and bipolar junction transistors), electromotive devices, and operational amplifiers. The overview of these devices includes more theoretical concepts (such as Faraday's and Lenz’s laws) as well as more practical topics such as their transient and steady state responses to step and sinusoidal inputs, using phasors for circuit analysis, applications in analogue filters, amplification with feedback, power supply units, and DC motors and generators. The module includes weekly problem solving classes in which calculation exercises are discussed and four weekly lab sessions in which more theoretical concepts are applied to implementation and testing of a DC power supply unit.

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COMPONENT 08: CORE

Fundamentals of Digital Systems

Computers, embedded systems, and digital systems in general have become an essential part of most people's lives, whether directly or indirectly. The aim of this module is to introduce the software and hardware underpinnings of such systems at an introductory yet challenging level suitable for future computer scientists and engineers. Topics covered in the module include both top-view as well as bottom-view approaches to understanding digital computers. They range from the more theoretical (e.g., state machines, logic circuits, and von Neumann's architecture) to the more practical (e.g., how transistors produce binary signals, operating system functions, memory management, and common hardware devices). The module also includes problem solving classes in which a guided discussion of weekly exercises is aimed at giving the student an opportunity to consolidate his/her understanding of the topics involved. Upon completion of this module, students should have a good conceptual and practical understanding of the nature and architecture of digital computer systems and their components.

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Application Programming

This module extends the students' knowledge and skills in object-oriented application programming by a treatment of further Java language principles and of important Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The Java Collections API is explored in some more detail with emphasis on how to utilise these classes to best effect. A particular focus will be on the interaction with databases (e.g. via JDBC) and on writing secure applications.

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Data Structures and Algorithms II

Data structures and algorithms lie at the heart of Computer Science as they are the basis for the efficient solution of programming tasks. In this module, students will study core algorithms and data structures, as well as being given an introduction to algorithm analysis and basic computability.

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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence will be a great driver of change in the coming decades. This module provides an introduction to three fundamental areas of artificial intelligence: search, knowledge representation, and machine learning. These underpin all more advanced areas of artificial intelligence and are of central importance to related fields such as computer games and robotics. Within each area, a range of methodologies and techniques are presented, with emphasis being placed on understanding their strengths and weaknesses and hence on assessing which is most suited to a particular task.

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Robotics

The robots are fast becoming part of our daily lives, autonomous cars will drive themselves, drones will deliver packages, and underwater vehicles will explore the oceans. This module covers fundamental knowledge on sensing, navigation, localisation, motion control, and decision making involved in most robotic platforms. You will be able to program simulated or real robots to perform a range of tasks.

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Engineering Mathematics

Need to build on your mathematical knowledge? Want to apply mathematical skills to engineering? Study the fundamental mathematics for engineering, covering topics like integral transform theory, probability theory, and numerical integration. Gain experience of using Matlab software to understand and solve problems.

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This course covers the principles of project management, team working, communication, legal issues, finance, and company organisation. Working in small teams, students will go through the full project life-cycle of design, development and implementation, for a bespoke software requirement. In this course, students gain vital experience to enable them to enter the computer science/Electrical engineering workforce, with a degree backed by the British Computer Society, and by the Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Control theory and practice

This module introduces the fundamental knowledge of modern control theory in order to solve complex control problems. It covers dynamic system modelling, MATLAB simulation, stability analysis, controller design, and optimal state controllers and observers. The focus is on theories and techniques in both time and frequency of domains for linear control systems. The module will give you a solid foundation for understanding the principle and operation of control systems, and their potential real-world applications.

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COMPONENT 08: CORE WITH OPTIONS

Option from list

COMPONENT 01: COMPULSORY

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Individual Capstone Project Challenge

(45 CREDITS)

The highlight of our undergraduate degree courses is the individual capstone project. This project module provides students with the opportunity to bring together all the skills they have gained during their degree and demonstrate that they can develop a product from the starting point of a single 1/2 page description, provided either by an academic member of staff or an external company. In all the student spends 450 hours throughout the academic year, reporting to their academic tutor, and in the case of company projects, to a company mentor. All projects are demonstrated to external companies on our Project Open Day.

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Mobile Robotics

Interested in designing, programming and evaluating AI robots? To understand the potential applications for AI in the real world? Study different approaches to the use of AI robotics, along with associated design methodologies. Gain practical experience of building your own autonomous mobile robots and intelligent machines, from sensing to action.

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Computer Vision

Computer vision is the discipline that tries to understand the content of images and videos. It has an extraordinarily wide range of applications; well-known ones include inspection on production lines, reading number plates, mixing live and computer-generated action in movies, and recognising faces. However, researchers are working on applications such as driverless cars, building 3D models from photographs, robot navigation, gaming interfaces, and automated medical diagnosis -- in fact, whenever you as a human looks at the world and try to understand what you see is fair game for computer vision. This module introduces you to the principles of computer vision through a series of lectures and demonstrations. You have an opportunity to learn how to use these principles and algorithms on real-world vision problems in the associated laboratories using the industry-standard toolkit, OpenCV.

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COMPONENT 04: CORE WITH OPTIONS

Option(s) from list

Placement

On a placement year you gain relevant work experience within an external business or organisation, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.

Year abroad

On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.

Teaching

Courses are taught by a combination of lectures, laboratory work, assignments, and individual and group project activities.

Undergraduate students in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering typically attend a two-hour lecture and a two-hour lab for each 15-credit module.

A significant amount of practical lab work will need to be undertaken for written assignments and as part of your learning.

Assessment

In your first year, you will have exams before the start of term in January.

You are assessed through a combination of written examinations and coursework.

All our modules include a significant coursework element.

You receive regular feedback on your progress through in-term tests.

UK entry requirements

GCSE: Science C/4.

Plus one of the level 3 qualifications below:

112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 2 full A-levels, including B in Mathematics or Further Mathematics. We are unable to accept A-level Use of Mathematics in place of A-level Mathematics. To meet the A-level Maths requirement, BTEC qualifications should include Distinction in Further Mathematics for Technicians or Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems.

IB:29 points in the IB Diploma or 112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of 2 Higher Level subjects including 5 Higher Level Mathematics. Our GCSE Science requirement can be met with either: 2 in Standard level Science; 2 in Higher level Science; or 4 in IB Middle Years Science.

We accept A-levels, AAQs, BTECs, Access to HE Diploma, T-levels and most other qualifications that hold UCAS tariff points. For this course we also require A-level Mathematics or another level 3 Mathematics qualification we can accept.

You can calculate your UCAS tariff points on the UCAS website.

Whilst International A-levels and BTECs aren't on the UCAS tariff calculator, we assign them the same tariff points as their UK counterparts.

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Contextual Offers:

Contextual offer for this course:

GCSE Science C/4 plus

96 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 2 full A-levels including B in Mathematics.

We are committed to ensuring that all students with the merit and potential to benefit from an Essex education are supported to do so. We make Contextual Offers to applicants from underrepresented groups residing in the UK. Our Contextual Offers policy outlines the full eligibility criteria.

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English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English

IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component, or specified score in an equivalent test that we accept.

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If you’re an international student, but do not meet the academic requirements for direct admission to this degree, you could prepare and gain entry through a pathway course. Find out more about opportunities available to you at the University of Essex International College

Home/UK fee

£10,050 per year

International fee

£26,325 per year

Fees will increase for each academic year of study.

If your course has the option to include a placement year or study abroad, and you choose to do so, you will pay the following:

Placement year

20% of your standard tuition fee for that year

Full year abroad

15% of your standard tuition fee for that year

Single term abroad

Standard tuition fee

Scholarships and financial support

There may be scholarships, bursaries or discounts available to help with the cost of this course.

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