Electrical and Electronic Engineering With Foundation Year - BEng (Hons)

Buckinghamshire New University

In this forever technologically advancing world, electrical engineers play an integral role in the development of our daily lives and the future. With this comes responsibility to minimise the environmental damage, that’s why sustainability and innovation is at the core of this course.Whether you’re designing parts of a performance car, a space craft, or a new medical device, on this degree, you’ll learn the skills to become an engineer capable of imagining and creating ground-breaking products.

This Electrical and Electronic Engineering course has been developed to mirror today’s Engineering Design industry and continues to work closely with its own Industry Advisory Board to ensure the curriculum and teaching is relevant. You’ll also have the opportunity to engage with industry-professionals and practitioners, as well as our working alumni. You’ll benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses and workshop sessions, live briefs, site visits and where possible, a contribution to the assessment of your work.

During your time with us you’ll have access to our state-of-the-art facilities, including:

to include different Structural Test kits that will measure Deflection of Beams & Cantilevers, Bending Stress and Bending Moments etc.

to include 3D Metal Printer, Hardness Tester, Universal Tensile Testing, Impact Tester, Milling and Drill machines

to include Digital Hydraulic Bench, Axial Flow Pump, Recirculating Flume, Hydro-electric Turbine and Surface Tension Balance.

to include HVAC unit, Air Conditioning Trainer, Process Trainer and Photovoltaic Cells

to include Slump Test, Concrete Density, Porosity, Flexural and Compression Testing, Soil Shear, Grading and Moisture Tests.

to include Power and Energy Electronics, Modern Electrical Machine Systems, Three Phase Power Systems

to include Dobot Smart Industry 4.0 Workstation, pneumatic, electro-pneumatic, PLC systems

This degree runs as a full-time course, with a foundation year. This is structured across four years. We also offer the course with an additional placement year in your fourth year. This five-year option allows you to get hands-on within the industry, before you complete your studies.