How would a degree in Electronics differ from a degree in Engineering Design, specialising in Electronics?
The Engineering Design course at Bristol aims to produce graduates who are relatively well prepared and suitable to lead projects in the engineering industry. So for instance on the third year placement that our students are just finishing a student working at Corus, the steel company, designed and was responsible for the building of a new cooling tower – cost about £1million. Another student working for an aerospace company was confused for a graduate because he was doing a graduate’s job talking with customers about their project. Two of our students have won Royal Academy of Engineering Leadership awards, this gives them experience, through the Royal Academy, worth up to £7000 in travel and other courses to help them become leader engineers. Our course is very different from an electronics course because our students have to understand about computing, structures, concrete, how aircraft fly, how mechanisms work etc even though some of them specialise in electronics! This works becau
