Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Electrical and Electronic Engineers have revolutionised the way we live today. As an electronic or electrical engineer, you can lead the way in designing technologies that will shape our world, using creative ways to generate and handle electricity and information. Electronic engineers have developed the technologies we use for communication, data analytics, eHealth, smart homes and vehicles, entertainment and many other things, including smartphones and the Internet. Electrical engineers are also developing new ways to solve the world’s energy problems by harnessing renewable energy sources like wind and solar energy.

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First Year

Engineering students follow a common first year. Modules include:

Calculus • Chemistry • Creativity in Design • Electrical/ Electronic Engineering • Energy Engineering • Engineering Computing • Linear Algebra Mathematics • Mechanics • Physics

Second Year

Onwards Students on this degree follow the same pathway until their third year, when they specialise in either Electrical or Electronic Engineering. Core Modules may include:

Electrical & Electronic Circuits • Electromagnetics • Digital Electronics • Electrical Energy Systems • Communication Systems • Signal Processing • Analogue Electronics • Power System Engineering • Power System Operation & Design • Computer Engineering • Solid State Devices • Circuit Theory • Signals and Systems • Modelling and Simulation • Wireless Systems • Digital Communications • Power Electronics and Drives • Applications of Power Electronics • Software Engineering • Professional Engineering

A student’s week includes attending lectures and tutorials, as well as participating in laboratory-based practical projects, group projects and study.

A combination of end-of-trimester written examinations and continuous assessment is used. In your final year, you will undertake a substantial project, involving a combination of research and design in your area of interest. This will be assessed using reports, presentations and an interview.

Progression Requirement

At the end of year 3, students can choose either to pursue a 4-year BE or 5-year integrated ME degree pathway, subject to meeting grades requirements.

Professional Work Experience

Professional Work Experience (PWE) is incorporated into the 4th year of the integrated ME programmes. Six- to eightmonth internships (the majority of which are paid) have included the following employers: Accenture, AMD, Analog Devices, EirGrid, ESB, FoodMarble, Intel, SuperNode, Microsoft, Qorvo, Workday.

Students have the opportunity in their thirdyear to spend either one or two trimesters studying abroad in a partner University. There are  options to study in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Singapore, France, Germany, Switzerland.

You will be involved in projects that make a difference to the world, e.g. harnessing new sources of energy or developing advanced digital technologies. Exciting opportunities exist in areas such as designing new means of communication, novel transportation systems or the next generation of multimedia devices, studying the human brain, working with electrical energy systems or developing new imaging techniques.

You can also pursue graduate study internationally or as part of a UCD’s accredited Masters degree, e.g. ME in Biomedical Engineering, ME in Electronic & Computer Engineering, ME in Electrical Power Engineering, ME in Engineering with Business, ME in Energy Systems Engineering.

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By joining the UCD College of Engineering and Architecture, you will be part of a vibrant community of students and faculty who are committed to creating a more sustainable and equitable future. The mission of the College of Engineering and Architecture is to affect a just transition to a more sustainable and equitable future through our education of professionals in engineering, architecture, planning and policy, and our research in technology, design, and policy.  The College, in our engineers and architects, brings together the technical expertise to deliver and create infrastructure and technologies that can create a more sustainable future and, uniquely, the College, in our planners and environmental policy researchers, also brings together the research and professions required to create the policies and the regulatory environment that supports technological and infrastructure development, and that can also scrutinise and investigate the behavioural changes affected by our technologies.

The programmes at UCD are designed to equip students with the best education in their chosen field, while at the same time embedding the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDG’s) in their education where most relevant.

Engineering: 

The college offers a wide range of engineering disciplines, ensuring that our students are educated in the fundamental principles of engineering, while also embedding sustainable practices and principles. The goal is to educate engineering professionals who can play an active role in developing innovative, engineering-based solutions to the challenges of sustainability and equity.

• Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6)
• Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7)
• Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure (SDG 9)
• Climate Action (SDG 13)