Electrical and Electronic Engineering - BEng (Hons) - 2026/27 Entry

Overview

In today's fast paced world, technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate. From cutting edge developments in artificial intelligence to sustainable energy solutions, engineering at BCU is the forefront of these innovations. Our campus is situated in the heart of the city, providing you with the perfect environment to immerse yourself in the dynamic field of engineering.

The course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to tackle real world challenges. As a BCU engineering student, you'll be positioned to make an impact in various sectors, from civil and automotive to renewable energy and beyond. The demand for skilled engineers has never been higher, and the opportunities are boundless.

Companies are actively seeking graduates with practical skills and critical thinking that is taught on this course. We also have strong ties with industry partners, providing you with invaluable networking opportunities. You'll get to access BCU's cutting edge facilities and also benefit from using the specialist equipment over at the GBS IoT.

This is where your engineering journey begins. Embrace the possibilities and engineer a future that makes a difference.

Do you want to design and develop cutting-edge electrical and electronic systems that drive innovation and transform the way we live, work, and connect? Turn your passion into a future-proof engineering career with our reimagined and industry-focused BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree.

Our approach to Engineering is unique. You will not have traditional lectures or be assessed by exams, instead you will learn through practical-based tasks that respond to real-life engineering problems across industries including telecommunications, renewable energy, electrical power, robotics and advanced manufacturing.

This course has been carefully designed in collaboration with industry to ensure that you graduate ready for employment, with core technical skills and knowledge as well as employability skills such as communication, collaboration, problem-solving and leadership. You could have a career working with electric vehicles, robotics, smartphones and medical devices – the opportunities are endless!

Two Electronic Engineering students building electronic project

What's covered in this course?

On this course you will:

Learn through block delivery. This means you will study one module at a time across a 6-week period, allowing you to fully immerse yourself and get a deeper understanding of each subject. This style reflects how engineers work and shifts away from traditional models of teaching where you are expected to study multiple modules at one time.
Gain skills that industry needs. You will tackle real-world challenges that are co-designed with industry partners, developing skills that the workforce needs. You will also receive feedback and mentorship from industry professionals on your work throughout the course.
Get experience in the workplace. Work experience modules are factored into the course, as well as the opportunity to study abroad so that everyone leaves with practical work experience to take forward into a career. In addition to this, you will have the opportunity to do a professional placement year after year two, to spend a year in industry before returning to complete your final year.
Immerse yourself in practical learning. Each module includes hands-on, project-based tasks that enable you to conceive, design, implement and operate solutions based on the CDIO (Conceive Design Implement Operate) framework. This framework will transform you to think and act like an engineer and integrates professional skills into every aspect of work to ensure you graduate for industry.
Be assessed through competency and not traditional exams or lectures. You will be assessed through your practical outputs that reflect real-world engineering and industry expectations to ensure that your learning transitions seamlessly into a future career.
Develop sustainability and digital knowledge. You will create solutions aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and use cutting-edge technology in modules looking at Smart Grids, Sustainable Energy, IoT, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to stay ahead of engineering innovation.

Professional Placement year

This course offers an optional professional placement year. This allows you to spend a whole year with an employer, following successful completion of your second year, and is a great way to find out more about your chosen career. Some students even return to the same employers after completing their studies.

If you choose to pursue a placement year, you will need to find a suitable placement to complement your chosen area of study. You will be able to draw on the University’s extensive network of local, regional, and national employers, and the support of our Careers teams. If you are able to secure a placement, you can request to be transferred to the placement version of the course.

Please note that fees are payable during your placement year, equivalent to 20% of the total full-time course fee for that year.

Why Choose Us?

You’ll be based at our expanding £400 million City Centre Campus across Millennium Point, which has undergone a £6.5 million investment in facilities and STEAMhouse – a £70 million development
Tackle real-world challenges that are co-designed with industry partners, such as Aurrigo and LK Metrology, to develop skills that the workforce needs
We are a member of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT), which provides students with access to facilities at the GBSIoT hub, just a short walk from campus – as well as placement and career opportunities
Learn through block delivery, focusing on one module at a time across a 6-week period
This course has a built-in semester to get placement experience, in addition to the option of a professional placement year – plus the opportunity to study abroad
All the teaching on this course is hands-on and practical learning through collaboration with peers. You won’t have any traditional lectures or be assessed by exams and instead be assessed by evaluating your competency skills and abilities

Subject to approval

This course is in the final stages of approval to ensure it meets the very highest standards of quality, creativity and applied learning.

Greater Birmingham & Solihull Institute of Technology

Students across our Engineering and Computing courses automatically become Institute of Technology Learners and can take advantage of the facilities and opportunities provided by the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT).

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Next Open Day: 28 June 2025

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Entry Requirements

Essential requirements

112 UCAS Tariff points. Learn more about UCAS Tariff points.

Qualification	Entry requirements
A Level	A Level: 112 UCAS Tariff points / BBC (or equivalent) Must include A Level Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths (STEM) subject at grade C or above, unless you have GCSE Maths at Grade 4 or above AS Level: Must be in a different subject to A Levels A maximum of four subjects will be considered
Pearson BTEC (Diploma / Extended Diploma/ Extended Certificate)	112 UCAS Tariff points Diploma accepted with one A Level or equivalent level 3 qualifications Extended Certificate accepted with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications Accepted subjects for the Extended Diploma: Engineering National Diploma: You must obtain EITHER a minimum of Distinction in Mathematics for Technicians unit or Merit in Further Mathematics for Technicians or Calculus unit from a suitable level 3 qualification OR A Level Mathematics must be achieved at grade C or above
T Level	Distinction overall. Accepted subjects: Design, Surveying and Planning for Construction
Access to HE Diploma	Pass with 60 credits, 45 credits at level 3 Accepted subjects: Engineering
OCR Cambridge Technical qualifications	112 UCAS Tariff points Accepted subjects: Engineering
NCFE CACHE Level 3 qualifications	112 UCAS Tariff points Considered alongside A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications, one of which must be Maths.
WJEC Level 3 qualifications	112 UCAS Tariff points Considered alongside A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications, one of which must be Maths.
Irish Leaving Certificate (Highers)	Minimum of 112 UCAS Tariff points, achieved in five Higher level subjects Required subjects: Mathematics at Higher Level.
Scottish Higher / Advanced Higher	112 UCAS Tariff points from three Advanced Highers (CCD) or two Advanced Highers (CD) plus two Highers (CC) Required subjects: Maths at Advanced level
Welsh Baccalaureate	112 UCAS Tariff points. Considered with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications Considered alongside A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications, one of which must be Maths.

If you're applying with an International Baccalaureate Diploma or international qualifications, please see further information below.

If you have a qualification that is not listed, please contact us.

Fees & How to Apply

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UK students

Annual and modular tuition fees shown are applicable to the first year of study. The University reserves the right to increase fees for subsequent years of study in line with increases in inflation (capped at 5%) or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament. View fees for continuing students.

Award: BEng (Hons)

Starting: Sep 2026

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3 years
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Access to computer equipment

You will require use of a laptop, and most students do prefer to have their own. However, you can borrow a laptop from the university or use one of our shared computer rooms.

Printing

You will receive £5 print credit in each year of your course, available after enrolment.

Field trips

All essential field trips and associated travel costs will be included in your course fees.

Access to Microsoft Office 365

Every student at the University can download a free copy of Microsoft Office 365 to use whilst at university and for 18 months after graduation.

Key software

You will be able to download SPSS and Nvivo to your home computer to support with your studies and research.

Key subscriptions

Subscriptions to key journals and websites are available through our library.

Specialist software

You will be able to access free licences for specialist software such as MATLab & Simulink, Catia, Autodesk, Kicad, Altium and Solidworks.

Project materials (mandatory)

Students will be provided with the necessary materials for their coursework projects. For final year projects, they can purchase required materials up to £50; any costs exceeding this amount will need to be covered by the student.

Clothing and safety equipment (mandatory)

This course requires the purchase of safety equipment in order to use the workshop facilities. These items cost approximately £50 together, and we can advise where to purchase items.

Excess printing (optional)

Once you have spent your £5 credit, additional printing on campus costs from 5p per sheet.

Personal stationery and study materials (optional)

Based on the past experience of our students, you might find it helpful to set aside about £30 for each year of your studies for your personal stationery and study materials.

Personal equipment (optional)

Whilst not essential, it is advised you own a computer or laptop with internet access, capable of performing basic tasks such as access to online materials and simulations, word processing, calculations, drawings (e.g., Word, Excel, Powerpoint).

Memberships (optional)

You may wish to join a union or professional body related to this course. Free IET Membership subscriptions during the student study is offered for 50 students every year. The subscription fee is covered by BCU.

Accommodation and living costs (optional)

The cost of accommodation and other living costs are not included within your course fees. More information on the cost of accommodation can be found in our accommodation pages.

Guidance for UK students

UK students applying for most undergraduate degree courses in the UK will need to apply through UCAS.

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) is a UK organisation responsible for managing applications to university and college.

Applying through UCAS

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Guidance for International students

There are three ways to apply:

1) Direct to the University

You will need to complete our International Application Form and Equal Opportunities Form, and submit them together with scan copies of your original academic transcripts and certificates.

2) Through a country representative

Our in-country representatives can help you make your application and apply for a visa. They can also offer advice on travel, living in the UK and studying abroad.

3) Through UCAS

If you are applying for an undergraduate degree or a Higher National Diploma (HND), you can apply through the UK’s Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

You can request a printed form from your school or nearest British Council office. You will be charged for applying through UCAS. Birmingham City University’s UCAS code is B25 BCITY.

Personal statement

The personal statement gives you a crucial opportunity to say why you’re applying and why the institution should accept you.

Here are the three areas you’ll need to address:

Why do you want to study this course or subject?

Here’s where you explain what makes this course exciting to you. Think about your motivations for studying the course and your future plans. If you’re planning to take a year out, don't forget to give your reasons.

How have your qualifications and studies helped you to prepare for this course or subject?

This is your chance to show what you’ve learned at school or college. You should include the skills and knowledge you’ve gained from education or training and how this will help you succeed in your chosen course.

What else have you done to prepare outside of education, and why are these experiences useful?

Not everything you’ve learned comes from the classroom. Life experience counts too! You might want to talk about work experience, employment, or volunteering and how they’ve helped you develop the skills needed for your chosen course or future career.

Worried about Personal Statements?

If you've got no idea where to start or just want to check you're on the right track, we’ve got expert advice and real examples from our students to help you nail your personal statement. You can even download our ultimate personal statement guide for free.

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Course in Depth

First Year

In order to complete this programme you must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):

Second Year

In order to complete this programme you must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 120 credits):

Professional Placement (Optional)

In order to qualify for the award of BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Professional Placement Year, you must successfully complete the following module.

Final Year

In order to complete this programme you must successfully complete all the following CORE modules (totalling 90 credits):

In order to complete this course you must successfully complete at least 30 credits from the following indicative list of OPTIONAL modules:

How you learn

Developed in partnership with industry, the BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering course is designed to prepare graduates to thrive in a rapidly evolving global industry. Emphasising project-based learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, sustainability, and emerging technologies, the course equips you with the technical expertise, innovative problem-solving skills, and professional competencies needed to excel and drive advancements in electrical and electronic engineering.

Further study

This course aims to prepare everyone for a career in Engineering after successful completion. However, students will also have the option to continue to postgraduate study if preferred.

Employability

Enhancing employability skills

This course has been designed to provide you with the competency skills, industry knowledge and problem-solving skills to have a successful career in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

As the engineering workforce ages, the demand for industry-ready graduates is greater than ever. That’s why this course is completely hands-on, practical and co-designed with industry partners to ensure that you graduate ready for an exciting career.

Students take part in employability events throughout the year, including Minivation Fest at the start of semester two and Innovation Fest at the end of each academic year. During these events, students showcase their projects and work to industry professionals who are invited to campus to network with students. These events also provide an opportunity for students to secure work experience, placements – and even graduate jobs.

Our students also operate a Repair Lab for the wider staff and student community to bring faulty items to be repaired by our students. Not only do students advise of the issue, they also aim to improve the item – returning electrical goods to their owner with a new lease of life. This programme provides real-life experience to students while studying on the course. Find out more about the Repair Lab.

Placements

This course has the option of a professional placement year, where you can choose to spend one year working in industry to build real-world experience during your degree.

In addition to this, we have a built-in semester for students to get industry experience and study abroad. You’ll be supported by our dedicated careers team, who have links with lots of employers and can provide expert support on writing CVs, cover letters and applying for both placement and career opportunities to provide you with support to secure a career.

More about our placement opportunities

Links to industry

You will benefit from our excellent links with industry while studying this course. Companies including Jaguar Land Rover, Siemens, Aurrigo, Brandauer, LK Metrology, Rolls Royce and Watt work in partnership with us to provide live briefs for you to work on, as well as provide continuous feedback and expert insights to ensure your learning remains current with what the industry needs.

Graduate jobs

As an Electrical and Electronic Engineer, you could go into jobs that involve designing, developing, testing and maintaining electronic systems across a range of sectors – such as Design Engineer, Test Engineer, or Project Manager.

Facilities & Staff

[00:00:01] Speaker 1: Hello, my name is Olga.

[00:00:02] Speaker 2: And I'm Carlos.

[00:00:03] Speaker 1: And we are both Engineering students here at BCU. And today we're going to take you on a tour in Millennium Point to all the engineering facilities.

[00:00:11] Speaker 2: Follow us.

[00:00:20] Speaker 1: Now we're on ground floor in the electronics lab, and this is where you can build circuits such as this one using these machines, you can control them and power them. So in your first year, you might end up doing a circuit like this, which is just the power on LED. And then you can go on using an oscilloscope to test sequences.

[00:00:39] Speaker 2: So now we're going to take you to the soldering lab. Anytime we need to do some soldiering on any type of projects, here is where we do them. Like Olga is doing right now, she is working on the micro mouse and with all the soldering for all the components. [00:00:57]

[00:01:00] Speaker 1: So this is where all the programming happens, such as coding and schematics and diagrams. All of this you'll be doing in this room.

[00:01:12] Speaker 2: Welcome to our mechanical lab. This is where we test different materials on different bays for different applications, for things like their strength, versatility, and depending on which application, we have different machinery for it.

[00:01:26] Speaker 1: So we use microscopes to see the internal structures of materials, as you can see here. We do this to find how different structures behave under different conditions. So this is the workshop where we actually have real industrial machines here that are used from some of the parts for the projects we build.

[00:01:45] Speaker 2: We do have industrial type machines capable of building engine parts like this one here. We are building a cylinder.

[00:01:52] Speaker 1: Like this one here as well. This is a crank used in engines as well. It's really cool that we can use all of this machines just right here in our workshop.

[00:02:01] So this is another project that we built, and it's to test your knowledge on everything you've learned. And this is for the ball to stay on track at all times, even in this loop, as you can see here.

[00:02:09] This is the common area where you can come to either relax or catch up on your work as there's loads of seats and comfortable sofas.

[00:02:26] Speaker 1: So this is a hydraulics lab where you can do very interesting things like 3D printing, earthquake simulator and wind turbines. So these smaller 3D printers I used for reverse engineering and rapid prototyping. We can also use them to repair small things where we would ask students to design whatever parts broke and then we can 3D print it here so they can replace it on their project. In this room we actually have industrial level machines such as a metal 3D printer which can do something like this.

[00:02:56] Speaker 2: We also do various simulations here from a hydro station and also as you can see right next to me here, we do have a earthquake simulation running at the minute.

[00:03:09] So coming from our hydraulics lab, we are now in our civil lab. We test different types of soil, play around with it and try them out and develop new concrete as for example, here.

[00:03:23] Speaker 1: So this is a biomedical lab where we test soils from different areas for pollution and soil health so we know if it's good for farming.

[00:03:31] Speaker 2: So we are actually working with big names, big companies like Rivers Trust, and we are trying to develop new solutions for soil health.

[00:03:40] Speaker 1: So this is the Formula student lab where we actually built a car that's going to go to Silverstone.

[00:03:58] This is our engine test lab where we have an Audi, R8, E-TRON engine.

[00:04:03] Speaker 2: We also have a battery simulator in this room. We can actually do real life simulations of our engine, for example, in Silverstone, and see if we can actually complete the track and the times.

[00:04:15] Thank you for watching our engineering facilities - I hope you enjoyed.

[00:04:18] Speaker 1: To find out more, you can come to one of our Open Days or you can visit the link below.

Our Facilities

Our state-of-the-art Engineering labs and workshops provide the perfect setting for practical work with modern-day teaching and learning facilities. We pride ourselves on equipping our students with the skill set that they need not only working on industry standard equipment, but having industrial links, which set them up perfectly for a career in engineering.

We have invested in industry-standard facilities to support the practice-based elements of our Engineering courses and give students as much practical learning as possible, to prepare for industry placements and job opportunities after graduation. Students have access to our facilities during classes, and can book out of class sessions with our specialist technicians.

We are a partner of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) and have secured £1.1 million of government funding for investment in brand-new equipment and facilities. Funding of £808,000 from the Department for Education has supported our development of an Electric Vehicle (EV) Test Rig, an Additive Manufacturing Machine (3D printer) and a material testing-split zone furnace.

The IoT has enabled procurement of new technologies for material testing, electronics prototyping and production and 3D scanning to compliment computer aided design for manufacture.

Engineering facilities

In Millennium Point, you’ll have access to a range of labs, workshops and facilities including CAD and Programming labs, Electronics Lab, Mechanical and Hydraulics Labs, 3D printing lab, Electronic Vehicle (EV) Test Lab and Formula Student Lab – as well as workshop spaces containing CNC machinery.

As part of the GBSIoT, you will have access to the Cyber Physical Manufacturing Rig which enables the production of 7 different assemblies, the size of a mobile phone, each with a different colour of base and top covers as well as different inserts of PCB with different fuses or different granules in different compartments. The enriched mix of processes and different mix of assemblies makes the system ideal for a variety of industries such as: Automotive Food and Beverages Pharmaceutical Logistics Electronics Assembly Manufacturing, etc.

Our staff

Dr. Md Mostafizur Rahman

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Rahman is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. He got his Ph.D. from Queensland University Technology(QUT), Australia in 2015. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at QUT and the University of Cambridge respectively in collaborative research projects with leading industry partners Bosch GmbH, Horiba Scientific, TSi Inc, and...

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Laura Leyland

Head of the College of Engineering (interim)

Laura Leyland is Interim Head of the College of Engineering and has been innovating in engineering education for over 10 years, teaching materials based modules and practical project focussed delivery with a specific interest in developing humanitarian engineering. This module delivery incorporates the Engineering for People Challenge from...

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