Electronic Engineering
General Information and
Academic Programme
The department offers five-year
programme for entrance
candidates and a four-year
programme for direct entry
candidates both leading to the
degree of Bachelor of
Engineering in Electronic
Engineering.
Philosophy, Objectives and Scope
of the Programme
The course in Electronic
Engineering is designed to
produce graduates with
sufficient academic grounding
and basic design skills and
industrial experience that will
enable them fit into any area of
electronic engineering practice
from product design and
development to maintenance
and research. A cornerstone of
the programme is the deliberate
emphasis placed on digital,
computer and communication
system in view of the catalytic
effect of these enable
technologies on the self-reliant
aspirations of the Nation.
Adequate grounding is also
given in Control,
Instrumentation, Technical
Wiring and Presentation. The
first two years of the five-year
programme is common to all
Engineering students and cover
the basic sciences and
introductory courses in various
branches of engineering.
Courses in the third and fourth
years provide a grounding in all
areas of electronic engineering
and introduce students to
component-level design. The
second semester of the fourth
year and the subsequent long
vacation are for industrial
attachment at an approved
establishment (SIWES), lasting a
minimum of six months. A
student obtains a pass or fail
grade in SIWES. Final year
courses build up on the
foundation laid by earlier
courses and introduce the
students to system-level design.
Course options are provided
which are intended to give a
student additional expertise in
his chosen area. All students
undertake a project with a
significant practical content,
which must be presented in a
project report and assessed by
oral examination. The
Programme, therefore, is
designed to produce electronic
engineers suited to the current
and future needs of the country.
It also provides a suitable
grounding for graduates who
may wish to proceed to
postgraduate studies.
Job Opportunities
With the demand for electronic
engineers in all facets of
industry, graduates of electronic
engineering get challenging jobs
readily on graduation. Graduates
of the programme are properly
equipped to go into business for
themselves.
