Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)

BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Light up your potential at one of the UK's largest departments of electrical and electronic engineering.

  • Duration: 3 years
  • Year of entry: 2025
  • UCAS course code: H600 / Institution code: M20
  • Key features:
  • Scholarships available
  • Accredited course

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Career opportunities

The MEng project, in particular, helped to enhance my team-working skills.

Since my current job requires a lot of collaboration with people from other continents, effective communication is very important.

Huda binti Ihsanuddin / MEng. Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate, IT Engineer at ExxonMobil

Your Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree from the University of Manchester will open a world of opportunities, and the skills you develop will be sought-after across a wide range of industries.

There is a shortage of electrical and electronic engineers, and our graduates are in demand in this highly employable profession. Therefore, career opportunities are truly global that include:

  • Designing large-scale electrical power systems;
  • Developing microcontroller-based embedded systems;
  • Designing mobile and wireless communications systems;
  • Developing robotic systems;
  • Integrating renewable energy sources;
  • Designing automation and control systems for a wide range of industries, including oil & gas as well as specialty/fine chemicals;
  • Developing real-time speech and image processing algorithms;
  • Developing guidance and control systems for unmanned intelligent underwater, or ground and aerial vehicles.

Our graduates have secured roles at organisations including:

  • BP;
  • Siemens;
  • Intel;
  • National Grid;
  • Scottish Power;
  • Rolls-Royce;
  • Jaguar Land Rover;
  • ABB;
  • BAE Systems;
  • Google;
  • ARM;
  • CERN.

What's more,graduate with a degree from us and you'll be in demand among the top graduate employers by attending one of the most targeted universities according to The Graduate Market in 2023 - High Fliers Research.

Did you know, this course has an industrial experience option: Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Industrial Experience.

Careers Service

We are committed to helping you get the best start after graduation. That's why The University of Manchester's award-winning Careers Service will continue to support you two years after graduation.

Additionally, each year our Career Service hosts a careers fair where you can meet with company representatives and discuss work experience options. These companies include Rolls-Royce, Alstom, National Grid, BP, Centrica, Jaguar Land Rover, National Instruments, Network Rail, Shell, and Siemens.

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Blog

Explore more about our students' experiences, our alumni and where they are now, and our department in our blog .