Engineering at UCD
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
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UCD Electrical Engineering graduate, David Burke, at work in Google.
What is Electrical/Electronic Engineering?
know how to generate renewable or wind energy? Do you want to be one of the first people to come up with a new source of energy?
Everywhere you go you are surrounded by the work of electrical and electronic engineers, from the music you listen to, to the device you listen to it on, the internet where you download the music, and the energy that powers it all. All of these are designed and developed by electronic and electrical engineers. However, there is more to it than that. As you will see from the research carried out by the academics in UCD, the work of electrical and electronic engineers involves developing new ways to solve the world’s energy problems through harnessing renewable energy sources like wind and tidal power. Their work also extends to communications, health and the medical professions. From researching brain activity to developing artificial limbs; this is all part of a day’s work for an electronic or electrical engineer. There is a difference between electronic and electrical engineers; simply put, electronic engineering is concerned with transmitting and processing information while electrical engineering focuses on generating, transmitting and using the electricity that powers our world. They combine scientific principles, mathematical understanding and creative thinking to produce a technology that shapes our society.
To see if Electrical/Electronic Engineering at UCD is for you, ask yourself the following questions…
What makes a good UCD electrical/electronic engineer?
What can students expect to study when taking Electrical/Electronic Engineering at UCD?
To determine if you are interested in electrical or electronic engineering – ask yourself the following questions…. Do you like using maths and physics to solve problems in the world around you? Are you interested in technology? Are you interested in communications? Do you want to know more about how information is transmitted around the world? Do you want to understand how technology is used in medicine? Do you want to
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■ Do you want to study in an environment where the people teaching you are involved in ground-breaking research in the areas of energy, communications and health? ■ Do you want to study at an institution which offers the only electrical engineering degree programme in Ireland? ■ Do you want to study in a university with a long established, recognised degree programme in electrical and electronic engineering? ■ Do you want to study in an institute that has close contact with Irish and multinational companies? ■ Do you want to study in a university whose solid fundamentals are recognised by the world’s leading businesses like Intel, Siemens, and Google? If you said yes to any of these – then UCD is the place for you!
In Electrical and Electronic Engineering we educate you not just for your first job, but for your entire career. We do this by emphasising the fundamentals of the field. With this background, you won’t be left behind as technology advances, but will be among those driving and developing the technology of the future.