Electronics & Electrical Engineering
We are now part of the School of Engineering.
For the latest information on our Research activities, Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree programmes, please visit the School of Engineering webpages. Note that whilst transferring of information to the School website takes place, some useful detailed information for current students and staff, such as the lecture timetable and links to individual course descriptions, can still be found on these pages.
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The University of Glasgow has been home to many distinguished scientists and engineers including James Watt, Lord Kelvin, John Kerr, John Logie Baird and William John Macquorn Rankine. The University's School of Engineering is the oldest in Britain with the Regius Chair founded in 1840. Students from the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Department have been responsible for inventing the television, the video recorder and developing the first VGA monitors.
Glasgow University is the 2nd highest ranked Scottish university in the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings and has always been in the world's top 100 universities. It is located in the dynamic west end of Glasgow only 3 miles from the city centre. The university was named Scottish University of the Year 2007-2008 by the Sunday Times, is the top Scottish University for E&EE in the 2008 National Student Survey (2nd in UK) and is the top for E&EE in the UK in the 2009 Guardian University Guide. The department was the top Scottish E&EE department in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise and 2nd overall in all Engineering subjects. We are also the most influential E&EE department in the UK with more citations for published research than any other UK E&EE department. Our degrees are all IET accredited and our strong industrial links provide industrial placements and sponsorship to our students.
Students at Glasgow are taught the latest topics in Electronics and Electrical Engineering by over 50 teaching staff and 85 support staff, many of whom are world leaders in their research fields. The department is internationally renown for research in nanoscience and nanotechnology including opto-, bio-, power-, micro- and nano-electronics with major centres including the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre, the Electronics Design Centre and the Bioelectronics Research Centre along with Power Engineering. We are beginning to make a major impact in the emerging fields of Music Technology, Robotics and Renewable Energy technologies. Our present research grant portfolio is over £45M providing internationally leading facilities for postgraduate research and undergraduate projects.
A degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering is an excellent start to a rewarding career. For example, Scotland presently manufactures and exports more electronic products than whisky per annum (statement from the Scottish CBI President in 2007). The First Minister for Scotland stated in October 2008 that engineers are the key to the future of the Scottish Economy and recent surveys show the increase of engineering jobs despite the credit crunch. Our graduates are highly sought after in many industries including microelectronics, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, nanotechnology, computing, photonics, biotechnology, the oil industry, power engineering, renewable energy, shipbuilding, defense, the music industry, the motor industry, motor racing, patent law, consultancy and banking with average salaries above £50,000.
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In the latest ARG graduate recruitment survey, the engineering sector has bucked the trend with an expected 8.3% rise in jobs on offer, in sharp contrast to expectations. Read more…