Electronic Engineering (Top-Up) (Degree Apprenticeship) University of Portsmouth

Overview

If you're working in electronic engineering, and you want to expand your career opportunities by topping up your HND in Electronic Engineering to a full BEng (Hons) (16 months). Alternatively, this degree apprenticeship programme is ideal for studying an HNC in Electronic Engineering (3 years).

This Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer programme is a degree apprenticeship course, so you'll spend 1 day of your working week on your studies, with the other 4 in your current job. You'll get to put the skills you learn to work instantly in your job, contributing to the success of your company. And your fees are covered by your employer, or the Government, so you won’t face any tuition costs. 

Course highlights

• Get a full honours degree, while earning a salary
• Apply your practical electronic engineering study to problems from your own workplace
• Develop knowledge and skills in advanced electronic systems, digital signal processing and embedded systems
• Use industry-standard experimental and computational hardware and software, including FPGA target hardware, conveyor belts and Matlab, in our labs
• Have access to the University's student support services and community including the Library, study support, sports and recreation facilities, and the Students’ Union
• Build a network of professional peers and fellow students from other electronic and engineering disciplines
• Study alongside your job, with support from a personal University tutor and a workplace mentor

You'll typically go to university 1 day a week to attend lectures, seminars and workshops, but there may be occasional additional days you'll spend at the University. On any weeks you don't go to University, you'll still spend 20% of your time studying or training away from your normal working environment.

Careers and opportunities

The specialist skills and knowledge you develop on this apprenticeship will help you advance your career and boost your promotion prospects.

With a degree, you could also study at Master's level after the course.

Entry requirements

Relevant HE study leading to a Level 5 qualification, for example an appropriate HND, foundation degree or Advanced Diploma, or 240 credits from year 1 and year 2 of an undergraduate degree (BA/BSc), in a relevant subject.

All applicants will be required to complete a Skills Gap Analysis before completing an application form.

All applicants will be invited to attend an academic interview and may be asked to submit a portfolio of work or undertake additional assessment.

Applicants aged 16-18 must have acceptable Level 2 qualifications in English and Maths, such as GCSE with grade C/4 or above or Functional Skills. If you do not have acceptable qualifications, you will be required to obtain this. Those aged 19 and over are only subject to these requirements if you or your employer choose for you to study towards English and Maths qualifications, which will be funded. Please note that you may still be required to evidence accepted Level 2 qualifications for the course, as part of academic assessment.