Five reasons to study electrical and electronic engineering at Surrey
What makes our electrical and electronic engineering degrees different and what’s the secret behind our graduates’ success? Here we reveal five reasons why you should choose the University of Surrey for your electrical and electronic engineering degree.
Surrey's 5G/6G Innovation Centre.
1. Fantastic work placement opportunities
You can lean on the support of our award winning Professional Training placement programme. Running successfully for four decades, Surrey’s renowned PTY enables you to do a year-long paid placement and gain valuable work experience at a company like:
- Microsoft
- IBM
- Sens-Tech Ltd
- Rohde & Schwarz
- BMW
- Sony Europe
- Siemens
Read about BEng student Hayley's split placement year experience at Phillips 66 and Pod Point.
2. High student satisfaction
We have been ranked 1st in the UK for information technology and systems by the Complete University Guide 2024 and top 15 for overall student satisfaction* in the National Student Survey for the last four years. As a student here you'll experience exceptional teaching and a lively mix of learning styles. As well as lectures and small group tutorials, you’ll do practical lab activities in pairs and take part in group projects which have a set brief but are also open to innovative solutions.
*Measured by % positivity across all questions for all providers listed in the Guardian University Guide League Tables.
3. Teaching informed by research
Surrey is home to world-leading research in some of the most important areas of electrical and electronic engineering including:
- Mobile and Satellite Communications
- Integrated Sensing and Communication
- Artificial intelligence
- Robotics
- Space Vehicles
- Small Satellites
- Nanomaterials
- Quantum Information
- Nanotechnology
- Energy and Advanced Materials
- Audio-Visual Machine Perception
- Security
- Medical Imaging
- Sustainable Energy
Our research directly informs our teaching. You’ll learn about it at first hand from the internationally-recognised academics who are leading the way in these exciting fields, and get the opportunity to pursue areas that interest you in your final year project.
Read about Lea Motte, who made a discovery that could improve the reliability of future smart electronics in her final year project, and Alex Pirie, whose research was featured in The MagPi (the official Raspberry Pi magazine).
4. Award-winning maths support
Maths skills are crucial to studying electrical and electronic engineering at degree level, and at Surrey we help to bridge the gap between school and University. As a first year student you can attend maths ‘bootcamps’ alongside your modules where you’ll apply mathematical concepts to solve real-world problems, as well as making use of our Maths and Statistics Advice (MASA) service.
Our maths support programme also supports Foundation Year students and recently won a prestigious award.
5. Become part of a collaborative team
There are plenty of opportunities to get hands-on experience as a student at Surrey, including having access to world-class research facilities. Read about how undergraduates get involved at Surrey Space Centre’s Ground Station.
Outside your course, you can gain valuable hands-on technical experience by getting involved with SurreyEARS (Electronics and Amateur Radio Society) and its ‘Makerspace’ work area – run entirely by students with support from academics and researchers. Get the inside track on SurreyEARS.
Discover our programmes in electrical and electronic engineering.
