Module options
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
MECHATRONIC ENGINEERING
AEROSPACE ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
BIOMEDICAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
GROUP PROJECTS
Our students get the chance to develop their design skills through
a variety of group projects.
For a major part of Year 2, teams of students take part Year 4 MEng students work with companies to solve
in a range of system design exercises that challenges real industrial problems in the Group Design Project.
them to apply their skills, knowledge and Working in small teams they apply their graduate-
understanding to develop solutions to challenging level engineering knowledge and skills to the technical
problems. challenge.
The quality of our teaching, combined with industry
links and experience, makes Southampton students
extremely employable, with a number of graduates
working for the company that sponsored their group
project.
The laboratory facilities ECS students get
to use are amazing. It’s really cool that we
get to use such a wide range of state-of-
the-art equipment every day, both for lab
work and personal projects.”
Jemma Watson Find out more:
MEng Electronic Engineering, 2019
Hardware Engineer at Sky www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs
FLEXIBILITY
In Electronics and Computer Science we are committed to making our courses as flexible as possible
so that you have every opportunity to align your degree with your aspirations and interests as they
develop. We do not offer general engineering degrees, so we specialise right from the start. However,
we appreciate that many students won’t have had previous experience of these subjects, so our
programmes are designed to ensure that you are on the course best suited to you.
Optional modules Transferring between BEng (three-year) Find out more:
We offer a wide variety of optional modules and you and MEng (four-year) programmes www.southampton.ac.uk/ecs
can change your option choices up until two weeks You can transfer from the BEng degree to the MEng
after the start of each semester. degree (provided your average mark is at least 58 per
cent) at the end of Year 2 and possibly during Year 3.
Transferring between programmes MEng students can choose to leave with a BEng
You can transfer onto Electronic Engineering, degree at the end of Year 3.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) or
Electrical Engineering at the end of Year 1 (provided Transferring between specialist
your average mark is at least 58 per cent). It is possible programmes
EXPLORE THE MODULE OPTIONS
to transfer at other times, between other You can transfer between any of our specialist ‘MEng
programmes, and in other circumstances with the Electronic Engineering with X’ programmes until the YEAR 1
consent of the programme leader. end of Year 2.
YEAR 2
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The University of Southampton provides some of the best Electrical and
YEAR 4
Electronic Engineering degrees in the UK. The most interesting parts for
me are the projects integrated with my course - you learn a lot and it is EMPLOYABILITY
lots of fun as well.”
Monika Surynt
MEng Electronic Engineering, Final Year
YEAR 1 CORE FOUNDATIONS AND SKILLS
You must study eight modules each year
Maths for Electronic and
Electrical Eng. I KEY
Programming / Required/Optional
Digital Systems and
/ Electronic Engineering
Microprocessors
/ Electrical and Electronic
Electronic Circuits
Engineering
Solid-State Devices
Electrical Materials and Fields / Electrical Engineering
Electronic Systems
/ Mechatronic Engineering
Mechanics / Aerospace Electronic
Advanced Programming Engineering
Flight Mechanics and Aerospace / Biomedical Electronic
Engineering
Systems Operation
Electronic Systems for
Biomedicine
Molecular Basis of Life
Notes:
− Programmes may place restrictions on the combinations of modules that can be studied, e.g. you
are required to take certain options with specialist ‘MEng Electronic Engineering with X’ degrees. YEAR 1
For full details visit www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ug
− Optional modules will only run if enough students choose them.
YEAR 2
− Some optional modules require you to have already taken certain modules.
− All modules, subjects and policies contained in this leaflet are believed to be correct at the time of
going to print (June 2020). YEAR 3
− Our programmes are regularly reviewed and updated, so changes are likely to occur. This affects
new and continuing students. YEAR 4
− All transfers may be subject to visa restrictions.
− EEE students must choose at least one optional module considered to be ‘electrical’ and one
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considered to be ‘electronic’ in year 3 (and year 4 for MEng students).
YEAR 2 SPECIALISING INTO DEGREE STREAM
You must study eight modules each year
Maths for Electronic and
Electrical Eng. II KEY
Control and Communications / Required/Optional
Digital Systems and Signal
/ Electronic Engineering
Processing
/ Electrical and Electronic
Electrical Machines †
Engineering
Power Electronics and Drives
Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering
† †
Advanced Electronic Systems † † / Mechatronic Engineering
Materials † / Aerospace Electronic
Devices † † Engineering
Electromechanical Energy / Biomedical Electronic
Engineering
Conversion
Electronic Design † This option may also be taken
Electromagnetism for in the following year
Communications
EEE Design
Electromagnetism for EEE
Power Circuits and Transmission
Applied Electromagnetics
Engineering Design
Circuits and Systems YEAR 1
Aerospace Electronics Design
Radar Techniques and
YEAR 2
Applications
Health Technologies Design
YEAR 3
Project
Semiconductor Devices and
YEAR 4
Sensors
Systems Physiology
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Biomedical Control
Photonics I † †
YEAR 3 SPECIALISING INTO DEGREE STREAM
You must study eight modules each year
Individual Project
(contributes 3 modules)
Advanced Computer
KEY
Engineering Mgmt. and Law
Architecture / Required/Optional
(MEng students) Web and Cloud-based Security / Electronic Engineering
Engineering Mgmt. and Law Digital Coding and
(BEng students) / Electrical and Electronic
Transmission
Engineering
University Interdisciplinary Nanoelectronic Devices
Module ♢ / Electrical Engineering
Green Electronics
Language X for Engineers / Mechatronic Engineering
Introduction to
/ Aerospace Electronic
(e.g. Arabic, German…) Bionanotechnology
Robotic Systems Engineering
Photonics ll
Control System Design New Venture Development / Biomedical Electronic
Digital Control System Mech. Power Transmission Engineering
Design and Vibration
♢ Flexible learning module;
Advanced Partial Differential Manufacturing and Materials choose from a selection of
Equations Automobile Systems subjects across the
Operational Research Fluids and Mechanical University. See:
Integral Transform Methods Materials www.southampton.ac.uk/cip
Optimisation Guidance, Navigation and
Real-time Comp. and
Control
Embedded Systems Space Systems Engineering
Signal and Image Processing Neuroscience YEAR 1
Power Systems Engineering Biosensors and Diagnostics
Digital IC and Systems Selected modules from Centre
YEAR 2
Design of Biological Sciences
Analogue and Mixed-Signal Security of Cyber
YEAR 3
Electronics Physical Systems
Computational Biology Machine Learning
YEAR 4
Wireless and Optical Technologies
Communications Foundations of Machine
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Power Systems Technology Learning
High Voltage Engineering Embedded Networked Systems
YEAR 4 (MENG) ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
You must study eight modules each year
Group Design Project Quantum Devices and
(contributes 3 modules)
Technology KEY
Individual Research Project Embedded Processors / Required/Optional
Biologically Inspired Robotics Analogue and Mixed Signal
/ Electronic Engineering
Applied Control Systems CMOS Design
/ Electrical and Electronic
Numerical Methods Silicon Photonics
Engineering
Modelling with Differential Optical Fibre s
Equations
Software Project Management / Electrical Engineering
/ Mechatronic Engineering
Wireless Networks and Secure Development
Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-chip Advanced Machine Learning / Aerospace Electronic
Image Processing Computational Finance Engineering
Medical Electrical and Evolution of Complexity / Biomedical Electronic
Engineering
Electronic Tech. Future Wireless Techniques
Power Electronics for DC GPS and its Applications † This option may also be taken
Transmission Robotic (Autonomous) in the following year
Adv. Wireless Comms. Nwks. Aerospace Vehicles
♢ Flexible learning module;
and Systems Electronics for Spacecraft choose from a selection of
Wireless Transceiver Design and Medical Sensors and subjects across the
Implementation Instrumentation University. See:
Cryptography Selected modules from Centre www.southampton.ac.uk/cip
Secure Hardware and of Biological Sciences
Embedded Devices Bio/Micro/Nano Systems YEAR 1
System-on-chip Design Project Micro Sensor Technologies
Digital System Synthesis Machine Learning for
YEAR 2
VLSI Systems Design Wireless Comms
VLSI Design Project Data Mining
YEAR 3
Microfabrication Deep Learning
Nanofabrication and Reinforcement and
YEAR 4
Microscopy Online Learning
Power Generation: Computer Vision
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Technologyand Impact Power System Economics
on Society Bionanotechnology
Power and Distribution
High Voltage Insulation Systems
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At Southampton we ensure our students have the potential to
graduate with a wide range of employable skills.
Our courses are highly regarded throughout industry hundreds of graduate roles and internships each year
– we are third in the UK for graduate prospects*. from the world’s leading companies, and helps ensure
To enhance their employability further we encourage strong relationships between our students and top
and support our students to take industrial summer employers. In 2019 more than 60 companies visited
placements. We also participate in industrial the department to give presentations and hold
scholarship and placement schemes including the UK interviews with our students.
Electronic Skills Foundation (where Southampton Some of our students also choose to spend a year
students have the highest success rate and highest with a company either as part of our ‘with Industrial
number of scholarships awarded since the scheme Studies’ degrees or by suspending their studies for
began in 2010) and the IET Power Academy. a year.
Our faculty’s Careers Hub provides information on
our partner companies and organisations, lists *Guardian University Guide 2020
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