Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Electrical)

University of Sydney - Camperdown/Darlington

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Overview

Electrical engineers design and build the systems and machines that generate, transmit, measure, control and use electrical energy.  The course covers foundations in physics, mathematics, computer science and basic electrical engineering principles with electives in high technology disciplines such as microelectronics, image processing, photonics and telecommunications.

You may apply to change your chosen Engineering stream after enrolment. Any change should be made as early as possible in the program to limit the need for catch-up work and to ensure satisfactory completion of the requirements for the new stream. 

Prerequisites

Mathematics Advanced (Band 4) or Mathematics Extension 1 (Band E3) or Mathematics Extension 2 (Band E3).

Majors

Areas of study

Electrical Engineering: computer engineering, intelligent information engineering, internet of things, power engineering, telecommunications engineering. Other specialisations available include: engineering data science, humanitarian engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Computer hardware designer, electrical engineer, grid maintenance and stability contractor, industry power supply engineer, power transmission and generating systems engineering, product development engineer, renewable energy and alternative power engineer, substation engineer, telecommunications.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer99.9599.95
Median rank to receive an offer94.699.4
Lowest rank to receive an offer87.0590.05

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of Sydney website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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