Newcastle University

Electronic Communications BEng Honours UCAS Code: H640 (3 years)School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

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The development of the Internet, mobile telephones and dedicated high-speed data networks has fuelled a growth in international commerce and home-based shopping, as well as making information and entertainment resources readily available from the other side of the globe.

This exciting degree has been designed to focus on this growth in electronic communications and the demand for people with appropriate skills to work in this field.

We offer this degree at Bachelor's level and Master's (MEng) level. Our Bachelor's level (BEng) degree is professionally accredited and highly rated but you will have to undertake some further study in your career to become a Chartered Engineer.

The Engineering Council (UK) recommends that UK and EU students apply for the MEng degree as this is seen as the most direct route to becoming professionally qualified.

You follow the same programme of study for the first two years as our MEng students. This means you may transfer to the MEng at the end of Stage 2, depending on your academic performance.

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• EEE1001  Fields, Materials and Devices I
• EEE1002  Electronics I
• EEE1003  Circuit Theory
• EEE1004  Project
• EEE1005  Signals and Communications I
• ENG1001  Engineering Mathematics I

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• EEE2004  Information Theory and Coding
• EEE2005  Fields, Materials and Devices II
• EEE2006  Electronics II
• EEE2007  Computer Systems and Microprocessors
• EEE2008  Project and Professional Issues
• EEE2009  Signals and Communications II
• EEE2011  Discrete Mathematics for Computing Science

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• ENG2001  Introduction to Business Management
• EEE3004  Digital Signal Processing
• EEE3005  Analogue Systems
• EEE3006  RF Engineering
• EEE3015  Telecommunication Networks

Optional modules

You take one of the following modules:

• EEE3095  Individual Project and Dissertation (BEng)
• EEE3096  Individual Project and Dissertation (BEng)
• EEE3097  Individual Project and Dissertation (BEng)

You choose three modules from the following list:

• EEE3001  State Space Analysis and Controller Design
• EEE3007  Design and Test of Digital Systems
• EEE3008  Industrial Automation and Robotics
• EEE3009  Real Time and Embedded Systems
• EEE3013  Image Processing and Machine Vision
• EEE3016  Optoelectronics
• EEE3018  Advanced Control Systems

Please note

The modules listed here are those currently being taught in this academic year and may vary for your year of entry.