“Solent opened its SMART Centre during my course providing brilliant 3D printing facilities for engineers like me.”
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Telecoms Satellite Payload Systems Degree Apprentice
Airbus, Defence and Space
BEng (Hons)Electronic Engineering
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Starting in: 2027
Register your interest- 3 years
- 4 years with foundation year
- 6 years part-time
UCAS code: H610
Institution code: S30
UCAS points: 104-120Flexible entry options available
Campus: Southampton City CentreView on Google Maps
Why study an electronic engineering degree at Solent University
Get ahead in an electronics career with this professionally accredited programme, combining practical challenges, excellent facilities and teaching from industry specialists and academic researchers.
- 0thin the UK for student satisfaction in electrical and electronic engineering, out of 72 institutions (CUG 2026)
- Top0%of UK unis for teaching quality, out of 130 institutions (Times Good Uni Guide 2026)
- £0minvested in our campus estate and facilities
- You'll have access to a range of high-end facilities including 3D printers and laser cutters, PSpice/NI MultiSim software and microcomputer development systems, digital multi-meter signal generators, FLIR cameras and digital signal processing boards.
- Taught by passionate specialists with industry experience and research interests in digital signal processing, micro-controller and embedded programming, automation, and various electronic communication and simulation methods.
- Study this course part-time.
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With a broad curriculum covering everything from analogue and digital electronics to contemporary embedded systems, signal processing technologies and modern communications, graduates can expect to seek employment in research and development, maintenance engineering, electronic design, telecommunications and much more.
In the first year, students develop a solid foundation in maths and circuitry before getting to grips with analogue, digital and microcomputer systems. The latter half of the year is focused on developing an understanding of industry software, key professional skills and manufacturing techniques.
These proficiencies will form a solid foundation for the second and third year, where students will study embedded systems and advanced data communications, carry out their own research and undertake a major practical project.
If you’re looking to study our electronic engineering degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the STEM foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the STEM foundation year.
This course is also offered on a one-day-per-week part-time study basis for professional CPD, aimed at applicants already in employment. Applicants holding a relevant HNC qualification would normally be considered for entry on to year three of the six-year part-time course.
This course is part of the South Coast Institute of Technology (IoT), a partnership of colleges, universities and industry-leading employers to create new career opportunities in the technology sector. IoT courses like this one are precisely tailored to the needs of employers in the maritime, engineering and digital industries – industries which are hungry for talented new engineers, technologists, technicians and creatives like you.
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Student work
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Who is this course for?
This course is perfect for electronics enthusiasts who wish to combine their knowledge with engineering skills to be able to pursue a career in areas such as electronic design, telecommunications, microcomputers or research and development.
What does this course lead to?
This course can lead to a career in a range of electronic industries or further study. Graduate opportunities include a range of career paths in electronic design, microcomputer or embedded systems, possibly automation or circuit development.
Graduate stories
Hear from Solent alumni about where their careers have taken them and how studying at Solent prepared them for their future.
Read more storiesMeet the team
The engineering team has a diverse range of academic and industrial experience and research interests in the fields of digital signal processing, micro-controller and embedded programming, the automation of sensing, capturing and processing data, and a range of electronic communication and simulation methods.
The University cannot guarantee any particular members of staff will teach specific aspects of the course in the future, but will endeavour to ensure the teaching team maintains their balance of experience and qualifications.
Facilities
Electronic engineering students benefit from access to a range of high-end facilities including rapid prototyping equipment, PSpice/NI MultiSim software and microcomputer development systems. Solent University also offers students access to digital multi-meter signal generators, FLIR cameras and digital signal processing (DSP) boards – all of which allow students to better understand how the theory they have learnt links to real workplace scenarios.
Laboratories also include NI MultiSim eCAD software, rapid prototyping equipment with 3D printers and laser cutters, and a wide range of development systems for microcomputer and microcontroller systems.
International opportunities
Broaden your horizons by adding an international dimension to your CV – essential to achieving success in today’s fast-changing, global environment.
Studying, working or volunteering in another country could be the experience of a lifetime. Enhance your degree by developing important global skills such as knowledge of other countries, language skills, intercultural awareness, adaptability and confidence.
For more information, please email international.mobility@solent.ac.uk.
What you'll study
Core modules
Engineering Principles
This module introduces you to essential mathematics, electronic principles, and mechanical principles that underpin engineering systems. You'll develop skills in key areas of electronics and mechanics, along with the mathematical expertise required to analyse and solve engineering problems. You'll also gain practical skills enabling you to design, debug and verify electronic circuits including the use of simulation tools and further mechanical practical work will enable you to see engineering principles in action.
Engineering Design and Manufacturing
Engineering design and manufacture are the two most important and interlinked product development stages in the product life cycle. A correct design informed by manufacturing knowledge/constraints will result in few problems at later life cycle stages of the product. In this module, you'll gain an understanding of the fundamentals of the engineering design, and conventional and advanced manufacturing processes. You'll then apply this understanding by demonstrating practical computer-aided design and workshop skills to model and manufacture components.
Professional Engineering Skills
Being an engineer is more than a job description or title – it is a profession with published standards, skills, ethical expectations, and regulatory structures. This includes theoretical, professional and applied skills relating to the role of the professional engineer. In this module you will develop your practical research, communication skills, and confidence through participation in a diverse range of activities and working in teams.
Applied Electronics
This module integrates advanced mathematical principles with hands-on engineering design. You will apply matrices, complex numbers, and calculus to solve engineering problems, reinforced by computational modeling and simulation. The curriculum emphasises the transition from theory to practice through analogue and digital electronics, utilising laboratory investigation and technical research to develop industry-standard design competencies essential for professional practice.
Core modules
Embedded Systems and Networks
This module introduces contemporary tools, methodologies, and standards used in industry to develop reliable, efficient, and scalable embedded and networked systems. You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the embedded systems development lifecycle, from digital logic design and hardware description through to system implementation and verification, alongside the principles of data communication and networking that enable system connectivity.
Electronic Circuit Design and Analysis
In this module, you'll gain the advanced analytical, mathematical, and practical competencies required to design, model, and evaluate complex electronic and electrical systems. You'll also master high-level circuit analysis and dynamic modelling techniques to effectively analyse complex engineering problems.
Robotics and Automation
This module develops your capability to apply engineering principles to the design, analysis, and integration of robotics and automation systems. Working in multidisciplinary teams, you'll work together to tackle a complex engineering challenge, naturally creating a systems engineering approach. Using the robotics facilities, 3D printing and materials testing, teams design, model, build, and test an integrated product and each member will be assessed through an individual discipline-specific report, as well as a group demonstration, and poster presentation.
Enterprise, Ideation and Marketisation
This module introduces the business context in which engineers operate, combining enterprise, marketing, competition, and the commercial side. You will learn to apply knowledge of engineering management principles and commercial context, including project management and relevant legal matters, such as contracts and intellectual property rights. You'll also develop skills in identifying and analysing ethical concerns in engineering business practice and making reasoned ethical choices informed by professional codes of conduct.
Core modules
Wireless Technologies
This module provides a framework for understanding and evaluating the key design topics and choices in developing wireless systems. It's designed to complement the data communications part of the communications theme and to provide a structured overview of the wireless communications with emphasis on link design, performance trade-offs, key limiting factors and practical issues in implementation over real world channels.
Digital and Analogue Signal Processing
In this module you will learn to select and apply rigorous computational and analytical techniques to analyse system behaviour while critically evaluating technical literature to address complex design challenges. You'll be expected to take a hands-on approach through the design, implementation, and testing of systems using industry-standard tools and platforms in a laboratory setting. Throughout this module, you'll be prepared to select appropriate technologies within practical constraints, ensuring solutions are robust, ethically sound, and aligned with modern engineering standards.
Business Process Improvement
In this module you'll develop your ability to analyse, evaluate, and improve operational processes, to be able to make informed decisions that enhance performance and deliver value. You will explore the principles of systems thinking and continuous improvement, including Lean methodologies, and apply a range of tools and techniques to identify inefficiencies and eliminate waste. Through both theoretical study and practical application, you will develop the capability to map, analyse, and redesign processes within real-world contexts.
Individual Project
You will choose your own project topic and take full ownership of all project activity. You will critically evaluate technical literature to define and scope your engineering problem, apply mathematical and engineering analysis to reach substantiated conclusions, and consider the environmental and societal impact of their proposed solution. You'll also demonstrate project management and awareness of intellectual property, communicate your work to technical and non-technical audiences, and plan and record your professional development.
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You will learn by:
You may be assessed at the end of each block by:
- Portfolios
- Group presentations
- Individual presentations
- Written exams
- Practical exams
As part of this course, you will study one module at a time, giving you the chance to build a deeper understanding and see the results of your hard work more quickly. With regular assessments and feedback, rather than exams all at once, you’ll also benefit from improved focus, and a more manageable workload.
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Study support
The student achievement team are on hand to help you succeed during your studies at Solent. They aim to contact you at key times during your time here with personalised information, advice and guidance, by email or phone.
The disability advice team provides information, advice and guidance for disabled students.
All students can access Succeed@Solent, Solent's online guide to getting better grades. It offers extensive, practical information and advice on topics such as academic writing, research and presentations.
Why choose the industry?
According to the Engineering Council, 18 per cent of the UK's workforce works in engineering. However, the sector is experiencing a skills shortage with a number of engineering occupations featuring in the Government's shortage occupations list. Electronic engineering is one of these occupations, meaning there should be many opportunities for industry-ready graduates to make their mark.
This course aims to provide students with the knowledge that electronic engineering employers will require. These range from essential mathematical concepts to circuitry, automation, data communications and signal processing skills. Critically, past students have been able to gain an insight into real-life engineering problems, tackling projects defined for them by our network of industry contacts.
Students are encouraged to interact with the industry throughout the curriculum. In previous years, Solent’s engineering students have had the opportunity to work closely with employers such as Rolls-Royce, SAAB, Sea Eye, TUV and Coopervision. The Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Wessex Round Table of Inventors (WRTI) have also held regular local professional development events on campus.
You could earn:
Electronics engineer
Starting salary: £25,000 to £33,000
Graduate training schemes may pay towards the top end of the starting scale. With experience, possibly working at an incorporated engineer level, you could earn around £30,000 to £45,000. As a senior engineer you can expect a salary in the range of £45,000 to over £65,000, with chartered engineers earning a salary at the top end of this scale.
Maintenance engineer
Starting salary: £20,000 to £25,000
Mid-range salaries usually fall between £30,000 and £38,000. With experience, your salary could rise to £45,000.
The stated salaries are published on prospects.ac.uk. Income figures are intended as a guide only.
Graduate stories
Hear from Solent alumni about where their careers have taken them and how studying at Solent prepared them for their future.
Read more stories“Solent opened its SMART Centre during my course providing brilliant 3D printing facilities for engineers like me.”
Dylan Packham
Telecoms Satellite Payload Systems Degree Apprentice
Airbus, Defence and Space
Solent Careers
The Solent Careers team is committed to getting students into great careers.
While you are studying, the team can help you with finding work experience or placements, link you with a mentor, check your CV, or offer one-to-one guidance.
We also have graduate job opportunities just for Solent graduates.
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Developing your skills for the future
Our engineering degrees form part of the South Coast Institute of Technology (IoT), a partnership of colleges, universities and industry-leading employers to create new career opportunities in the technology sector. IoT courses like this one are precisely tailored to the needs of employers in the maritime, engineering and digital industries - industries which are hungry for talented new engineers, technologists, technicians and creatives like you.
Our engineering facilities are benefitting from a £8m investment to build a 2,000m2 state-of-the-art engineering centre - meaning students continue to have access to some of the most cutting-edge technologies to help support their studies while at Solent.
Tuition fees
The tuition fees for the 2027/28 academic year are:
- UK, ROI, EU (settled status) and Channel Island full-time fees: £10,050 per year
- International full-time fees: £18,508 per year
For further information, please visit our tuition fees page.
Extra course costs
While most course costs are covered by your tuition fees, some essential resources and optional extras may need to be paid for separately. For advice on budgeting and managing your money, please contact student.funding@solent.ac.uk.
The 2026/27 additional costs are not yet available. For guidance, previous additional costs have been:
- PPE for site visits and workshop activities - £50-£100
Optional costs
- Foundation year
Normal stationery requirements and printing costs will come to approximately £30. There may be very minor costs (circa £30) for optional materials in the degree related project. - Years 1 to 3
Stationery and local travel to industry for interest visits: £200
Minor materials cost for final major project: approximately £50
Bursaries, scholarships and financial support
Solent University offers a range of bursaries and scholarships that provide financial assistance or waive fees for tuition or accommodation. Each bursary or scholarship has specific eligibility criteria. Check out our bursaries and scholarships pages to find out more.
Cost of living support
At Solent, we understand that the cost of living crisis may be of some concern. To help, we've put together some detailed information to show what support is available and how to make your money go further.
Graduation costs
There is no charge to attend graduation, but you will be required to pay for the rental of your academic gown (approximately £45 per graduate, depending on your award). You may also wish to purchase official photography packages, which range in price from £15 to £200+. Graduation is not compulsory, so if you prefer to have your award sent to you, there is no cost. Extra guest tickets will go on sale after results publication and will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis. The cost per ticket is currently £20. Please note, we do not guarantee there will be any extra tickets available to purchase.
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Key entry requirements
104-120 UCAS tariff points
- A minimum of two completed A-levels (one A-Level in a maths or science subject), a STEM based BTEC Extended Diploma at DMM or a STEM based BTEC Diploma at D*D, normally in a relevant numerate or technology subject, T-level Merit or equivalent qualification, or a combination of qualifications which comply with the minimum entry requirement of 104 UCAS points.
- A BTEC Subsidiary Diploma will be considered in conjunction with other qualifications.
- Entry to year two full-time, or year three part-time, can be considered for applicants with a relevant HNC or equivalent qualification.
- For further information about UK qualifications, please contact admissions.
Key entry requirements
As a general guide, we look for qualifications that are equivalent to the British high school A-levels.
If you are applying from outside the UK, find information about entry requirements, visas and agents for your country here.
For further information about EU qualifications, please see our course entry requirements document.
For international students who do not meet the direct entry requirements for this undergraduate degree, our trusted partner, QA Higher Education offers the following pathway programme designed to develop your academic and English language skills:
- International Foundation Year - for progression to the first year of an undergraduate degree
Key entry requirements
As a general guide, we look for qualifications that are equivalent to the British high school A-levels.
If you are applying from outside the UK, find information about entry requirements, visas and agents for your country here.
For further information about international qualifications, please see our course entry requirements document.
For international students who do not meet the direct entry requirements for this undergraduate degree, our trusted partner, QA Higher Education offers the following pathway programme designed to develop your academic and English language skills:
- International Foundation Year - for progression to the first year of an undergraduate degree
Note to all international students requiring a visa
All international applicants need to be aware that the English language requirements to attend Solent University, and the English language requirements to obtain a visa from the Home Office, may be different. This means that if you meet the Solent University language requirement to gain a place on the course, you may still have to meet additional requirements to be granted with a visa by the Home Office.
We strongly advise all applicants to visit the Home Office website which outlines all the requirements for a successful visa application
How to apply
Full-time
Any student applying for the first year of a full-time/sandwich undergraduate course must apply through UCAS (University and Colleges Admissions Service). This includes mature, overseas and EU students.
Nearly all schools and colleges offer their students the facility of applying electronically through the UCAS website using 'Apply'; it may also be used by those applying independently in the UK and overseas. This facility and all course information can be found on the UCAS website: www.ucas.com.
Your application should reach UCAS by 14 January if you hope to enter a course the following autumn. Early application is advised for the most popular subject areas. Late applications may be made until the end of June. The UCAS Code for the University is S30, code name SOLNT.
Find out what happens after you apply
Contextual offers
Solent endeavours to offer learning opportunities to students from all backgrounds. When we receive and review an application, we take into consideration the context and personal circumstances of applicants when making a decision, which means our advertised entry tariff could be reduced.
Find out more about Solent's contextual offers
Alternative entry options
Top-up route
We welcome applications from students currently studying a Foundation Degree, DipHE, HNC, HND or modules of an undergraduate degree course at another university, who wish to enter directly into Years 2 or 3 of one of our undergraduate degree courses. Please contact our admissions team for more information: contact us
Part-time route
Applications for part-time and distance learning courses are made directly to the University and can be made at any time prior to the start of the course. If you have any questions about applying for this course, please contact the admissions office by emailing admissions@solent.ac.uk.
Language requirements
Applicants who do not have English as their first language will be required to demonstrate an approved level of proficiency in the use of the English language. The agreed minimum requirements for this course are:
- IELTS minimum 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each individual component.
- Duolingo English Language Test - 115 overall with minimum of 95 in each component or equivalent.
TOEFL IBT tests taken prior to 21 January 2026
- Minimum overall score of 80 with a minimum of 20 in each individual component.
TOEFL IBT tests taken from 21 January 2026
- Minimum overall score of 4.5 with a minimum of 4 in each individual component.
Qualifications are checked before enrolment, and international students must bring their original certificates or certified copies when coming to study at the University.
Pre-Sessional English programme
The University also offers a pre-sessional English programme for international students who wish to improve their level of English before starting a degree course.
UCAS points: 104-120
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