Electrical engineers are in the business of generating, transmitting, and converting electrical energy; electronic engineers, using electronic systems, gather, process and distribute information.

The BEng programme in Electrical and Electronic Engineering equips students with a broad knowledge base for a variety of career opportunities. The third and final years build on the base of mathematics and engineering sciences established during the first two years, with engineering applications in the fields of electrical energy, electronics, electromagnetic systems, computer systems, control systems and signal processing.

Electrical engineers are concerned with electrical energy applications in industries such as the generation and distribution of electricity (such as Eskom), factories, chemical plants, mines, municipalities, railways, and harbours. Electronic engineers are found in those industries where electronic information systems such as computers and computer networks, telephones, cell phone networks, television, satellite, radar and automatic aviation systems are used.

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