Electrical and electronic engineering
Electronic engineers are producing the next generation of computers, satellites, mobile phones, wearables, distributed sensors, and energy generation and storage devices. And with our 6G Innovation Centre, Advanced Technology Institute, Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing and Surrey Space Centre, we’re at the forefront of this work.
Our electrical and electronic engineering courses open the door to careers in a range of rapidly evolving and exciting industries.
*Measured by % positivity across all questions for all providers listed in the Guardian University Guide League Tables.
Developing your employability
90 per cent of our undergraduate graduates go on to employment or further study*
*Graduate Outcomes 2023, HESA.
What our students say
Electrical and Electronic Engineering: Postgraduate
Developing your employability
97 per cent of our postgraduate graduates go on to employment or further study*
*Graduate Outcomes 2023, HESA.
Research excellence
The Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) ranked engineering 15th in the UK for *research power.
*Research power is the overall quality of submissions, calculated by grade point average and multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of staff submitted.
Studentships
Artificial intelligence for air pollution
Funding information:
A stipend of £19,000 for 22/23, which will increase each year in line with the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rate, plus Home rate fee allowance of £4,596 (with automatic increase to UKRI rate each year). The studentship is offered for 3.5 years. For exceptional international candidates, there is the possibility of obtaining a scholarship to cover overseas fees.PhD Studentship within DECaDE: Centre for the Decentralized Digital Economy - AI/Computer Vision/Blockchain
Funding information:
Funding will provide an annual tax-free stipend at the current EPSRC funding rate of £18,622 (for 2023-24) and coverage of the tuition fees for 3.5 years.Trustworthy AI for socially compliant autonomous driving
Funding information:
A stipend of £18,622 for 23/24, which will increase each year in line with the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rate, plus Home rate fee allowance of £4,712 (with automatic increase to UKRI rate each year). The studentship is offered for 3.5 years. For exceptional international candidates, there is the possibility of obtaining a scholarship to cover overseas fees.
