Electronics Engineering

The Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Engineering, a part-time undergraduate programme offered by the ECE Department, aims to graduate professional electronic engineers who have a strong foundation in the relevant sciences and technology and who are able to contribute to society through innovation, enterprise and leadership. The B.Tech. ( Electronics Engineering) programme admits working engineering personnel with a good polytechnic diploma. It provides these students with an education that enhances and complements their knowledge and experiences.

In order to prepare graduates for the rapidly evolving landscape of Electronics Engineering and to upgrade polytechnic graduates into learning engineers, the B.Tech. degree programme was specially designed to comprise essential modules, elective modules (both technical and non-technical), enrichment modules, and projects. The essential modules seek to equip students with a strong foundation in computing, mathematics, and in engineering fundamentals. The technical electives provide the breadth and depth in different areas of Electronics Engineering.

Design, which is the heart of engineering, is integrated through various project activities. Non-technical modules introduce students to methodologies of business and management. By providing graduates with a combination of broad-based fundamentals and specialized knowledge, the ECE Department strives to graduate versatile engineers who would be best positioned to lead in a rapidly changing and increasingly knowledge-based economy

The structure of the B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering) programme is designed to meet the following programme objectives:

• To enhance the mathematical and theoretical knowledge and skills required to practise as a graduate engineer in Electronics Engineering.
• To develop an understanding of and an ability to apply basic mathematics and electronics and information sciences to the practice of Electronics Engineering.
• To provide an environment that prepares students for future career paths through life-long learning.
• To enable students to contribute to national development in the context of globalization.

The success of the B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering) is assessed through the following learning outcomes:

• General Education: Intellectual broadening through exposure to information, knowledge and modes of inquiry that are beyond the engineering discipline.
• Core: Understanding of and ability to apply the basic science, the mathematics and the basic electronics engineering knowledge.
• Technical Breadth: Knowledge in theoretical and technical areas relevant to Electronics Engineering, and abilities to use analysis, skills and engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
• Technical Depth: An understanding of, and an ability to solve engineering problems in one or more specializations of Electronics Engineering.
• Design: An ability to perform engineering design by the process of analysis, synthesis and integration of knowledge within Electronics Engineering.
• Attitude: Inculcate a need for lifelong learning.
• Communications: An ability to communicate effectively by reading, writing, listening and speaking.
• Professional Relations: An ability to work effectively in teams.
• Ethics: Be able to appreciate the importance of ethics in engineering practice and to understand the impact of engineering on society.

The Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB) of the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) , has given full accreditation to the B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering) course for five years starting with students graduating in AY2008/2009. This means that all B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering) graduates for AY2008/2009 to AY2012/2013 will have their degrees fully accredited by EAB. Singapore became a signatory of the Washington Accord in June 2006. As such, under the Washington Accord, these degrees will also be mutually recognized by other signatory countries which include the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and more than a dozen other countries.