Course summary

This Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Foundation Year will provide you with a broad understanding of engineering principles to prepare you for the degree. You’ll study six 20-credit modules in mathematics and engineering, as well as develop practical skills to put your learning into practice. If you successfully complete this foundation year, you’ll progress onto our new BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree. From September 2026, our Engineering degrees have been reimagined, with a unique and industry-focused approach. 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. Our new reimagined degrees are designed with your future in mind. Key features include project-based learning delivered in 30-credit blocks, which means that you will focus on one module at a time across a 6-week period and apply learning to practical real-life scenarios. You won’t learn through traditional lectures or conventional exams and focus on developing employability skills which will be assessed through competency-based assessments. This innovative approach ensures you’ll gain the practical experience and capabilities that employers are looking for, so that you graduate ready for industry. 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.