Electronic and Communications Engineering

The communications field includes mobile phone handsets and cellular networks, long-haul optical and satellite communications, data transmission and security, the internet and digital broadcasting. if you’re looking for a career in the communications industries, this course is for you. you’ll gain a broad foundation in modern electronic engineering and the mathematical and scientific principles that underpin it. you’ll study a range of specialist topics, including high-frequency and microwave engineering used in mobile communications links.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

An industrial placement year is a great way to help you decide what kind of career you might like when you graduate. as well as giving you the opportunity to develop your skills, you’ll gain a real insight into working life in a particular company or sector. with the help and support of our dedicated employability team, you can choose to undertake a salaried industrial placement year at one of the 100+ companies that we work with. if you decide to undertake a placement year this will extend your period of study by 12 months and, on successful completion, you will be awarded the ‘industrial’ variant in your degree title to demonstrate your added experience to future employers. below are examples of placement destinations our students have recently completed: bmw coca cola codethinks financialforce ibm ineos infinity works jaguar land rover keysight technologies mondelez international network rail red bull racing rolls royce plc saint gobain insulation uk science group smurfit kappa sse transport for wales unity technologies during your industrial placement you will have an industrial supervisor from within the company, plus an academic supervisor who will keep in touch throughout your placement.

• Type: Optional

• Duration: 12 Months

• Fees: Contact us for up-to-date information

A degree from leeds and the experience you'll gain here will give you the edge to find the career you want. your course will give you the experience and knowledge that employers are looking for to help you secure a graduate job. university of leeds students are among the top 5 most targeted by top employers according to the graduate market 2021, high fliers research. all of our degrees will equip you with the skills you need to succeed in industry, including design, problem solving, numeracy and analysis skills, together with ‘transferable skills’, such as communication and working as a team. because of the nature of the electronics industry, the demand for high calibre electronic engineering graduates is high and wide-ranging employment opportunities exist both in large multinational corporations and small start-up companies working on next-generation products and technologies. our graduates have gone on to launch careers as network, design and renewable energy engineers and a variety of other roles at organisations such as bombardier transportation, bt, instrumentel ltd, kawar energy, motorola solutions and power electronic measurements. examples of recent graduate destinations include: technology analyst, nomura senior supervising engineer, parsons brinckerhoff digital technology analyst, hsbc internet of things engineer, airsensa software engineer, amrc account manager, bae systems applied intelligence test engineer, bombardier transportation instrument engineer, bp senior project engineer, instrumentel ltd high volume engineering product engineer, intel technology malaysia renewable energy engineer, kawar energy graduate electrical engineer, mott macdonald application engineer, omron electronics control system engineer, siemens

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Leeds has partnerships with the following companies: