Faith

MEng, Electronic & Electrical Engineering

I choose to study Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Leeds because the school was rated top in the country for research in Electronic and Electrical Engineering by the RAE.

One of the best aspects of studying this course so far has been my summer research placement that I acquired through the university, sponsored by the EPSRC, in the Bio-nano electronics lab of the school of E&E engineering. My project was in molecular scaffolding research and from that I am now doing my master's project in the same area and have decided that this is what I want to do with my career.  

Project work is also another great aspect to this course, especially the team projects. They are really important because in the real world you will be given tasks that require you to work in a team and it is good to know how to manage your time and delegate tasks. In my first year I was part of a team that created a radio-controlled blimp. In my second year I created an alarm clock that gave the user an equation to solve before it could be silenced, and then last year I was part of the team that created a GPS guided autonomous vehicle that deployed environmental sensors.

The help that is available to you if you need it, if there is ever a problem I can’t solve they always have the time for you.

After I graduate I hope to embark on a PhD in Bio-nano electronics and hopefully go into cancer or health related research one day.

Studying Electronic and Electrical Engineering is hard work but at the same time very rewarding. My advice to anyone thinking of studying this course is to stick it out because at the end of it you are more likely to get a well paid graduate job and have an interesting career ahead of you. Also with this course you can still keep your career options open, you can get a job in all kinds of areas including finance, programming, research etc.