Welcome to City!
Who studies at City?
• Around 13,000 students from all over the world
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1500 on Engineering and Technology related subjects
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Around 300 on Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE) subjects
• Gender of students: 22% Female and 78% Male
• Status of students: 60% UK, 11% EU and 28% Overseas
• All ages – majority of undergraduates aged 18 - 30
• All cultural backgrounds and walks of life
What is an Engineer?
• someone who fixes your car, your house electrics or boiler?
• someone who ‘does engineering’ ?
• an ‘applied scientist’?
The Engineering Council says:
“engineering is the practice of creating and sustaining services,
systems, devices, machines, structures, processes and products to
improve the quality of life; getting things done more effectively and
efficiently”
What is an Engineer?
• Almost everything around you is there because of an engineer
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If an engineer didn’t design it, then an engineer made it fit-for-purpose!
• Engineers make things work
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We are more interested in ‘how it works’ than ‘why is it so’
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We exploit scientific knowledge to achieve goals
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We make decisions based on incomplete information
Market analysis
Some examples of the roles of an Engineer
Development and
application of
mathematical
models
Management
Design
Changing the
world!
Interpretation of limited,
incorrect or contradictory
information
Reverse Engineering
and product
improvement
Research
Measurement and
analysis of system
behaviour
Risk
Assessment
Technology
Development
Trials
Teaching
What do I need to know to be an Engineer?
What do I need to know to be an Engineer?
• Engineering Science
• Engineering Practice
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Mechanics
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Design
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Electricity
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Communication
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Magnetism
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Team work
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Fluids
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Management
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Thermodynamics
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Waves and light
• Engineering Analysis
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Mathematics
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Computing
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Problem solving
What do I need to know to be an Engineer?
• Specialist topics!
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Electronics
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Image Processing
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Renewable Energy
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Web Design
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Electric Circuits
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Video Editing
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Dynamics and Control
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Networks
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Signals and Communications
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Biomedical Instrumentation
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Anatomy and Physiology
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Languages!
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• BEng Programmes in
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Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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Computer Systems Engineering
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Telecommunications Engineering
• MEng Programme in
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Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Accredited by
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Institution of Engineering
and Technology
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Institute of Measurement and
Control
Biomedical Engineering
• BEng/MEng Programme in
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Biomedical Engineering
• Accredited by
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Institution of Engineering
and Technology
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Institute of Physics
and Engineering in
Medicine
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Institute of Measurement and
Control
Interdisciplinary
• BEng Programme in
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Engineering Management
Course details
7-8 modules every year
Each module has a practical component
Support available for industrial placement after year 2
Courses provide a good balance of electronics, computing, science,
management and mathematics
Group and design projects part of the course
EE / CSE / Telecom programmes have common 2 years
Excellent University services: career advice, library, personal development
Access to first class research
Why study electronic engineering and related areas?
Challenging career
Range of options after graduation
Respectable income
Creative profession
Intellectual Development
Discovery
Helping Society
Why City University London?
Long Tradition
Research and Teaching excellence
83% of student completely satisfied 2010 NSS (75% sector average)
14th in the UK in RAE 2007
Courses fully accredited
In top 10 Universities in the UK for employability
Creative international atmosphere
Excellent links with local industry for student placements
Small and friendly environment
Excellent facilities
Industrial Placement
Student: Amardeep
Course: Computer System Engineering
Company: BBC / Siemens (Maidenhead)
Job Title: Junior Software Developer
Role: Developing Streaming software for BBC website
(single most accessed website outside of USA).
Skills acquired: Detailed knowledge of Microsoft.Net technology.
Comments: “I am currently in talks with a company about the video
conferencing system that I developed for my final year project.
I have allowed them to license my product”.
Liverpool, Worthing,
Madrid
Students: Gavin & Abi
Course: Computer System Engineering
Job Title: Support tester
Role: Functional software testing.
Skills acquired: Detailed knowledge of
Java and software testing procedures.
 Accenture provides a $4000 training budget for each placement student.
Both students are now professionally certified by Sun Micro-systems.
 Both students have worked with a number of large companies in both the UK
& Spain.
London, Canary Wharf
Students: Homayoun
Course: Computer System Engineering
Job Title: Support Engineer
Role: Maintaining computer servers
Skills acquired: Practical experience of Unix OS, Server Technology,
SQL data bases, PHP and Java Comments:
Strong links with Coulomb, who now employ two City University
graduates, and has just employed their forth placement student from
City University.
 Homayoun completed an industrially-linked final-year project
So how do I get here?
Typical offers
• A/AS-level: 340 UCAS tariff points, typically AAB (BEng), or 360 UCAS
tariff points, typically AAA (MEng), A-level maths and physics required
with a minimum of grade B in A-level maths
• BTEC: DDD in ND in a relevant subject, including D in Further Maths
(BEng)
• IB: 30 (BEng), or 32 (MEng), including 6 in high level maths and physics.
Foundation Year also available:
• 200 UCAS points including A-level maths and physics
So how do I get here?
The Lord Mayor of London Scholarships for Academic Excellence
The Scholarship amount for UK and EU students starting an undergraduate
course at City in September 2013 ranges from
• up to £2,000 per year for students achieving grades ABB at 'A' level (or
equivalent*) to
• up to £3,000 per year for those achieving AAB (or equivalent*) .
As a graduate, you will have gained…
a solid grounding in the principles
and applications of Electronic,
Computer Systems,
Telecommunications or
Biomedical Engineering and the
role of engineering businesses in a
sustainable world;
the knowledge and skills to face
current engineering challenges
such as the sustainable and
secure development of transport
and energy supply.