The MEng course in Electrical and Electronic Engineering merges BEng (Hons) material with Masters-level content, offering more advanced students enhanced professional and technical skills. This degree strikes a balance between theory and practice, preparing graduates for leadership roles in industry.

## DESIGNED FOR

Electrical engineers have an inquiring mind, wanting to understand how things work and how to apply knowledge to real-world problems. If you have an interest in how the world is wired up, this is the course for you.

### Industry Ready

* Designed to meet the learning outcome requirements of the UK Engineering Council Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes version 4.

### Career Paths

* Electronic Design Engineer

* Electronics and Communication Engineer

* Power systems Engineer

* Mobile and Communication Engineer

### Skills taught

* Electronic Design

* Optoelectronics and Systems

* Power systems design

* Wireless network systems

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## Course Highlights

### Career Focused

We have strong links with industry and place considerable emphasis on student projects and practical, problem-based learning.

### Work Placement Opportunities

We encourage industrial placements and work closely with employers to assist students with this opportunity.

### Expert Knowledge

Staff are experts in their fields, some through research activities and some through professional practice in industrial careers.

### Accredited by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

This course carries professional recognition that strengthens your credentials and equips you with the essential foundations to progress confidently to the next stage of your career.

## Module Overview

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Years one and two provide essential knowledge and skills to prepare you for the final years of the electrical engineering course. Areas of study include analogue and digital electronics, embedded systems, mathematics, power, machines and control, and signals and digital communications. In your final year, you will cover electronics design, control system design, power electronics and drives, telecommunications and embedded systems design. You'll also undertake a major practical project.

* Mathematics for Engineers - 20 credits

* Electrical Principles - 20 credits

* Engineering Applications - 20 credits

* Introduction to C programming and Embedded Systems - 20 credits

* Analogue and Digital Electronics 1 - 20 credits

* Health Safety and Professional Development - 20 credits

* Professional Development and Industrial Practice*

*Half of this module can be studied in Welsh.

* Analogue and Digital Communications - 20 credits

* Power, Machines and Control - 20 credits

* Electrical Principles and Analytical Methods - 20 credits

* Configuration and Programming of Embedded Systems - 20 credits

* Analogue and Digital Electronics 2 - 20 credits

* Group Project and Management for Engineers - 20 credits

* Communication Engineering and Application - 20 credits

* Control System Design - 20 credits (Optional)

* Power Electronics and Drives - 20 credits

* Advanced Embedded Systems - 20 credits (Optional)

* Electronics Design - 20 credits

* Singleton Project and Project Management (40)

* Supervised Work Experience (SWE) - 120 credits

* MEng Group Project - 40 credits

* Digital Communication Systems - 20 credits

* Applied Digital Signal Processing - 20 credits

* Digital Design using VHDL - 20 credits

* Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 20 credits

* Singleton MEng Project and Project Management - 60 credits

Students also have the option to exit after each year with the following qualifications: Year one: CertHE Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Year two: DipHE Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Year three: BSc (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Year four: MEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

### How you’ll learn

You will be taught through lectures, tutorials and workshops involving hands-on systems modelling and simulations using state-of-the-art hardware and software facilities. Students will also engage in supervised research supported by full access to world-class online and library facilities.

Wherever possible, your work will be based on live projects and case studies, with contributions from industry professionals.

### Teaching staff

Our lecturers are experts in their subject areas, having worked in, or with, industry, conducting research, presenting at conferences, publishing their work, and informing your studies with the latest insights.

### Placements

We encourage you to gain experience in the workplace as part of your engineering degree. Our students have completed year-long placements with a range of companies, including Tata Steel, 3M, Renesas, Airbus UK, Renishaw, GlaxoSmithKline, Panasonic, Bosch, and IBM.

### Facilities

Our state-of-the-art University library provides access to major global publications. Facilities include a Cisco Academy networking lab, a Wireless Communications lab with a 1-65 GHz anechoic chamber, a satellite communication station, and a Communication Systems simulation lab with the latest software like MATLAB.

The Calypto lab, sponsored by Calypto Design Systems Inc, focuses on rapid, cost-effective electronic product development with a £1.9m software grant, exclusive to select universities worldwide.

Our Embedded Systems lab, designed with top microcontroller vendors, has 32 advanced computers with the newest electronic design tools, ensuring students work with cutting-edge technologies.

## Student Stories

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Bringing ideas to life: Merging design, engineering and communication

Edwin Duthie

Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate

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I wouldn’t be in the position I am today without my degree

Shaun Burns

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## Careers and Employability

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### Graduate careers

Our graduates are highly employable and strongly positioned for rewarding opportunities, with well-developed skills in areas such as numeracy, team working, report writing and creativity, graduates from University of South Wales are in demand, and the university's high academic standards and excellent teaching attract many recruiters.

### Possible career paths

Exponential growth in mobile data consumption and advances in technology, such as 5G/6G wireless networks and high throughput satellite and optical communication systems, are creating exciting career opportunities for graduates with the right skills.

### Careers support

Our careers service offers a range of advice and guidance to students. We can link you up with industry, we can help you with interview skills and CVs and help you to focus on your own direction of travel.

### Build your own career

Your career doesn’t have to mean working for someone else. If you want to freelance, start a business or develop an idea, USW Enterprise can help with one-to-one mentoring, practical workshops and funding opportunities through the USW Enterprise Startup Fund.

You’ll also have access to Startup Stiwdio spaces in our Cardiff, Newport and Treforest campuses. After graduating, you can get free membership for up to three years, giving you workspace and a network of other founders.

Whether you choose employment, freelancing or starting a business, we’ll help you build the skills, confidence and connections to move forward.

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## ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

## UCAS points: 112 points (or above)

### Typical qualification requirements:

* A Level: BBC to include Mathematics and at least one other numerate Science such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Geography

* Welsh BACC: Grade C and BB at A Level to include Mathematics and at least one other numerate Science such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Geography

* BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma Distinction Merit Merit in a relevant subject which must include Maths and Engineering or Science modules

* Access to HE: Maths, Science or Engineering Diploma with 60 credits overall to include 45 level 3 credits equating to 18 Distinctions, 24 Merits and 3 Passes

### Additional Requirements:

GCSEs: The University normally requires a minimum 5 GCSEs including Mathematics and English at Grade C or above, or their equivalent but consideration is given to individual circumstances

### International applications welcomed:

We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence, please view our dedicated country pages .

### English language requirements

International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 4 overall and a minimum of 4 in each component or equivalent.

Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages .

If you have previously studied through the medium of English, IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.

If you do not meet the English entry criteria, please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages .

### Contextual offers

We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended, for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer, and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.

USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.

### We're here to help

Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch, and we'd love to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.

## Fees and Funding

UK Full-time Fee

per year*

International Full-time Fee

### Further Information

Studying at university is one of the most significant investments you'll ever make. Whilst you’re studying, you’ll have two main financial obligations – tuition fees and living costs. There’s lots of financial help available from the University of South Wales and external funding sources, that may provide loans (which have to be paid back) and grants, scholarships and bursaries (that don't).

*Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits. Once enrolled, the fee is anticipated to remain at the same rate throughout the duration of your study on this course except as described below.

Please be aware that we may increase the maximum fee for home students on full-time undergraduate courses only where the Welsh Government increases the permitted level of inflation of fees. Fees for all students (including part-time, postgraduate and international students) may be amended in accordance with our applicable Fees and Debt Management Policy.

We will ensure that students are given clear, intelligible, unambiguous and timely information about our courses and costs in good time, ahead of the next academic year.

Fees and Funding Scholarships and Bursaries Cost of Living Support

### Additional Costs

As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.

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There are no specific additional costs associated with the programme, although students should expect to incur occasional incidental expenses, for instance for printing, stationary or transport. Students may, optionally decide to support their studies by providing additional equipment such as a laptop. Although recommended this is not required.

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Students who successfully secure a placement in industry to complete their project would be expected to pay their own travel costs to and from the venue during the period of placement. The cost of this will of course vary and some students have also paid for accommodation close to their place of work for the duration of their placement.

Cost: Variable

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## University Quality Assurance

At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.

If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.

### How to apply

There are still places available for September 2026. Apply through Clearing and get support and benefits worth up to £3k. Call our admissions team to secure your place: 03455 76 06 06 or apply online now.

You can apply to us directly for all part-time undergraduate courses, if you’re seeking advanced entry or you’re an international student. To apply directly, please choose the application form below for your preferred start date and mode of study (full-time or part-time).

* September 2026 Full-time

* September 2027 Full-time

### Advanced entry

If you already have a relevant qualification or experience related to the course you're applying for, you may be eligible to start at a later stage of the course. For example, students from partner colleges can ‘top up’ their qualifications to a degree by joining us in Year Two or Year Three of a course. This process is known as ‘advanced entry’, you can apply directly to the University for 'advanced entry' using the application forms provided above.

Applicants accepted through advanced entry may study a different combination of modules to those advertised, as they will be joining a course already in progress. You will be contacted and advised about these modules once your application has been processed and an offer made.

### International admissions

International applicants can apply to us directly. If the University has an in-country team in your region, your application will be assigned to them for assistance.

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