Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng (Hons)
University of Sheffield
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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) - BEng (Hon)

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SEP-25

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**Your study will cover theoretical and practical aspects across the range of electrical and electronic engineering. The core topics in this course include power systems, power electronics, digital electronics, circuits and devices, electrical machines and drives.****Learn about the design, fabrication and use of the devices and systems that make modern life possible, with a degree in electrical and electronic engineering.**Electrical machines like those in wind turbines powering systems such ...Read more


Your study will cover theoretical and practical aspects across the range of electrical and electronic engineering. The core topics in this course include power systems, power electronics, digital electronics, circuits and devices, electrical machines and drives.


Learn about the design, fabrication and use of the devices and systems that make modern life possible, with a degree in electrical and electronic engineering.

Electrical machines like those in wind turbines powering systems such as the National Grid; devices from LEDs and lasers to microprocessors and computers; communication systems like 5G mobile networks, all make the world go round.Practical experience is key to our teaching. As a first-year you’ll take part in the faculty's Global Engineering Challenge to solve a real-world problem. In your second year, you’ll work on a week-long project, Engineering You’re Hired, devised by one of our industry partners – and get the chance to work with an engineering company through the semester-long Sheffield Industrial Project Scheme.At the end of your second year you can choose to specialise or continue with the more general electrical and electronic engineering, which is our most popular course.The degree streams that you can choose from are:- electrical engineering- electronic engineering- electronic and communications engineering- electrical and electronic engineeringThis wide ranging and exciting degree leads you to a final year individual design project, where you’re encouraged to investigate a subject that interests you, supervised by an academic. Because we focus on developing employability right from the start, 97.3% of our students go onto graduate-level work or further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2020/21).


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UK top 5 for electrical and electronic engineering

- as rated by The Guardian University Guide, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.-


Specialist teaching facilities

- 'Learning by doing' is the reason The Diamond was built. Dedicated to engineering, this industrial-scale pilot plant is where you’ll apply the theory you learn in lectures – consolidating your understanding alongside students from other disciplines, and beyond the bounds of the curriculum.-


Total flexibility

- as an undergraduate, you can change from this course to electronics and computer engineering at the end of year one. You can also choose a stream within the EEE programme by the end of year two, change course between MEng and BEng by the end of year three – along with the option to complete an industrial placement year.-


World-leading researchers

- our academics tackle major scientific and technological challenges that have a positive impact on the world, ranging from improving the flow of data via wireless communications, renewable energy production and storage, improved efficiency and accuracy of manufacturing and the electrification of transport. Their research, which has been rated as internationally excellent, is what informs the content of your course.-


Industrial placement year

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WUSCA ranking:
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1/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
8th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
18th
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 90 = 10% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
10%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
90%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate salary at this uni
£27,000
UK Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate salary
£26,000
What students say
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24 Nov 23

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

AAB Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

AB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:36,M:9,P:0 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

34 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H2,H2,H2,H2,H2,H3 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DD Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDD Grades / Points required

T Level:

D Grades / Points required

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):

B Grades / Points required

including Maths and a science (science subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Electronics, Physics or Further Mathematics)

in Maths and a science + AABBB in Scottish Highers (science subjects include Biology, Chemistry, or Physics)

Award of Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject, with 45 credits at Level 3, including 36 at Distinction (to include Maths and Physics units), and 9 at Merit + Grade B in A Level Maths (or equivalent)

with 6,5 in Higher Level Maths and a science (science subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, or Physics)

including Maths and a science (science subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Electronics, Physics or Further Mathematics)

in Engineering + A in A Level Maths

in Engineering + B in A Level Maths

"Distinction in the relevant T Level, including grade A in the core component + B in A Level Maths(relevant T Level subjects include: Maintenance, Installation & Repair for Engineering & Manufacturing; Building Services Engineering for Construction; or Design & Development for Engineering & Manufacturing)"

+ AA in Maths and a science at A Level (science subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Electronics, Physics or Further Mathematics)

Popular A-level subjects

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Mathematics
97%
Physics
92%
Chemistry
45%
Further Mathematics
24%
Computing
10%
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