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information for prospective students

Do YOU want to create:

..the next generation iPOD

..the next generation medical device to help disabled people have a better quality of life

..an innovative, renewable energy system to reduce our carbon foot-print

..automotive electronics to help drivers see pedestrians at night-time?

If the answer to any of these questions is YES, then you should consider a career in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Electrical and electronic systems and devices are all around us and are an integral part of our everyday lives from mobile phones, life-support systems in hospitals, MP3 players, automotive electronics, high-definition TVs, pacemakers devices, avionics, the list goes on.

Electronic Engineering makes the world go around!!

If you want to create the next generation of Electrical and Electronic Systems & Devices..

The Electrical & Electronic Engineering has two four-year level-8 degree and two five-year level-9 programmes, which are accredited by Engineers Ireland and are thus recognised as professional engineering degrees throughout the world. With the five-year level-9 programmes there is option to graduate after four years with level-8 degree.

B.E. Electronic Engineering (GY403):

Provides students with a broad range of skills relating to all aspects of the design of Electronic Systems and Devices. The programme combines course-work in different aspects of Electronic Engineering as well as individual and group project work, where you design and build innovative electronic systems.  The Electronic Engineering programme at NUI Galway also features a work-experience programme where you spend part of your degree working in a company.

B.E. Electronic & Computer Engineering (GY406):

The Electronic & Computer Engineering degree, which is jointly delivered by the Department of Information Technology, has been developed in response to industry demands for Electronic Engineering graduates with skills focused more specifically on Computer Systems. The programme combines course-work in different aspects of Electronic & Computer Engineering, with an emphasis on the design of computing systems, as well as individual and group project work, where you design and build innovative computing systems. The Electronic & Computer Engineering programme at NUI Galway also features a work-experience programme where you spend part of your degree working in a company.

B.E. Sports & Exercise Engineering (GY411):

Sports & Exercise Engineers design systems and devices to perform, monitor and enchance sports and exercise performance. Graduates of the Sports & Exercise Engineering MEngSc will have had training in electronic engineering, anatomy and physiology and strong exposure to mechanical engineering. The programme will educate engineers to work in three important sectors nationally and internationally: Sport and Exercise, Health, the Medical Device Industry.

B.E. Engineering Innovation - Electronic (GY412):

The objective of the BE/MEngSc Engineering Innovation Electronic programme is to provide the graduates with specialised multi-disciplinary skills to start their own business, centered on the development of innovative, niche, market-led, electronic products. The programme is composed of three multi-disciplinary strands , with the formation of an Electronic Engineer at its core. The three strands are: Electronic Engineering, Business & Finance, Design & Innovation.

 

A Student-Centered Department:

Electrical & Electronic Engineering at NUI Galway is particularly proud of its student-centered approach to teaching & learning and has a series of special initiatives to support students, namely:

.    Tutoring and mentoring of first and second year students
.    An active staff-student communications forum
.    Implementation of the most current teaching technologies.
.    Assessable staff

NUI Galway Electrical & Electronic Engineering graduates find excellent employment opportunities, locally, nationally and internationally, in a broad range of dynamic companies from biomedical devices, financial services, automotive electronics, telecommunications, consumer electronics, healthcare, broadcasting, energy, computer systems, etc.

BE INVENTIVE!

Due to the inventive nature of Engineering there is also excellent scope for Electrical & Electronic Engineering graduates to start their own business around new electronics-based products, which they have developed, with a wide range of excellent government supports available to do this.

General information

Here you will find lots of information about the exciting Engineering discipline of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. and how that discipline features in our four undergraduate programmes. We also allow you to sample some final year projects from previous years.

Entry to our courses

If you are attending secondary school in Ireland, then the normal entry to our undergraduate courses is through the Central Applications Office (CAO) system. However, we routinely accept students from other universities in Ireland and abroad. You may want information as a prospective International student, mature student or an Institute of Technology transfer.

Testimonials

One of the best ways of learning about a course is to talk to some of the people who have gone through it. Take a look at our testimonials page where some of our past graduates have their say about their experience at the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NUI Galway.

 

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