BEng in Electronics
Sønderborg, Denmark
DURATION
7 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Mar 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 15 March at 12 noon
* free for full degree students from the Nordic countries or from the EU/EEA countries and Switzerland; 5,350 EUR per semester for students with a non-EU/EEA-citizenship or non-Swiss-citizenship
Introduction
What other engineers build; electronic engineers make intelligent. Are you one of them?
Engineers in electronics play an indispensable role in reducing CO2 emissions and making the transition to sustainable energy. Are you dreaming about combining scientific and engineering knowledge with creativity to solve some of today's biggest electronic engineering challenges? Then continue reading.
Take a quantum leap - become an engineer in Electronics
An electronics engineering degree from SDU gives you a wide range of career opportunities both in Denmark and abroad. There is a shortage of electronic engineers, and the skills you have developed will be sought after across a wide range of industries.
First-job guarantee
As a new engineering graduate from SDU Sønderborg, you are offered 6 months of employment if you haven’t landed your first job after you finished your BEng studies.
What will you learn?
You will learn how to develop several types of electronic products. This can, e.g., be within green energy systems such as wind turbines and solar cells, robots, electric cars or electronics for medical equipment.
You will
- learn about analogue, digital and power electronics as well as signal processing
- learn how to develop advanced software as well as the use of computer-based modelling and simulation tools for electronic components and circuits
- be taught in the design of electronic circuits, which requires strong skills in advanced mathematics and a good understanding of the underlying physics
- learn to consider not only the technical aspects – a broader approach is needed when developing new electronic products
- learn to include all relevant aspects such as economy and the environment when developing new products
- get used to working in project groups where you and your fellow students will solve problems for companies through case-based work
- learn both how to apply the theoretical knowledge in practice as well as how to work on a project incl. project planning, risk assessment, teamwork etc.
How is the education structured?
The programme consists of a combination of theoretical courses and project work. Each semester consists of a main theme which is the basis for the theory and project work.
- In the first semester, you are introduced to the basic electronic components and how to analyse electronic circuits. You learn how to write a program for an embedded computer system, and you build up your knowledge in mathematics and physics.
- In the second semester, you will learn about more advanced electronic circuits with active components, signal processing using electronic filters as well as more advanced mathematical tools for circuit analysis.
- In the third semester, you will build on your knowledge of electronics and work with more complex electronic systems such as frequency converters and electric motors as well as learning the basics of control engineering.
- In the fourth semester, you will work primarily with digital electronics and advanced hardware and software which is, e.g., used in digital signal processing or within advanced control engineering systems.
- The fifth semester is about interdisciplinary collaboration, where you work in a project group with students from other engineering disciplines and where you will combine your electronics expertise with their expertise within, e.g., mechanical engineering to develop a complex product. You can also choose to study this semester abroad.
- In the sixth semester, you will have a mandatory internship in a company. The internship can be spent in Denmark or abroad.
- In the seventh and final semester, you work on your graduation project - often in cooperation with a company.
What can you become?
With a BEng in Electronics, opportunities truly are many and global. You can, e.g., work with electronics for sustainable energy technology or for medical equipment, computers and data networks, software development, robot and drone technology and many other types of products that are based on advanced electronics.
Can you continue your studies?
A BEng in Engineering is an independent, complete education. So after the 3½ years, you are a graduate engineer and ready to start your engineering career.
If you want to immerse yourself further, you can take a Master of Science in Electronics (Sønderborg) or Master of Science in Energy Systems (Odense).
Curriculum
Programme structure
The Bachelor of Engineering includes half a year’s internship in Denmark or abroad. The degree is vocationally oriented meaning that after 3½ years you will be ready to enter the job market. The degree will also qualify you to continue your studies and take a Master of Science in Engineering.. The programme is taught in English.
During the semester projects you will be working with the following themes:
- Discover the Electronic Development Process.
- Build Industrial Electronics.
- Develop Intelligent Dynamic Electronic Systems.
- Design of Embedded Architectures.
- Experts in Teams
- Internship
- Final Project
First semester:
In the first semester you will gain a first insight into what electronics is and what it takes to develop electronic products. You will work with subjects such as embedded systems, basic analog electronics and the corresponding math and physics. With your project group you will design and construct a small electronic product taking you through the entire development process.
Second semester:
This is where you will work with more advanced electronic systems including amplifiers and circuits for analog signal processing as well as more advanced embedded systems. You will gain knowledge about system components and their interactions. As part of the semester project you will work with electronic circuits, analogue-to-digital conversion and a microcontroller system.
Third semester:
In this semester you will build on the knowledge you have gained about electronics and will be given insight into the use of electric motors and development of control systems and thereby the development of dynamic electronic systems. In the semester project, you will develop an electronic system – that can for example control the speed of an electric motor by integrating electronics and software solutions into a complete system.
Fourth semester:
In the fourth semester you will work with advanced embedded systems. This includes more control engineering and digital signal processing in theory and practice. You will learn how to design embedded architectures in hardware (digital systems) and how to test and implement them in state of the art technologies (System on Chips). In the semester project you will develop a digital system with signal processing algorithm’s, in a context with external components for inputs and outputs – thereby sensing external data and controlling external devices.
Fifth semester:
This semester is about innovation, multidisciplinary skills and entrepreneurship (Experts in Teams). You and your project group will organize yourselves into a virtual company where you will go through all development phases from idea to creation of a fully functioning prototype - taking into consideration economy, external suppliers, etc. You will continue with further specialization elective courses. You can also choose to study abroad for a semester.
Sixth semester:
As a Bachelor of Engineering student you will have a mandatory internship in a company. The internship is at your sixth semester and can be spend in Denmark or abroad.
At your internship you will practice what you have learned, and the theory will be tested in relation to the concrete challenges in a company; beside that, you will develop a network. Under your internship you will develop and get a solid understanding of the work tasks your future career will revolve around.
With an internship you will get an understanding of what you can expect, when you are done studying. You will get tasks that corresponds with the knowledge you have, but there will also be an opportunity to develop your professional skills the way you want to. You will become even better at planning and completing assignments you already have been introduced to during earlier lectures.
That network you will develop doing your internship, can you use for your last semester. Many students doing their internship develop ideas for their bachelor’s thesis. Also, many students cooperate with their internship company doing their bachelor’s thesis.
Maybe the internship and the cooperate with the internship company will resulting in a permanent job after your graduation.
Internship abroad
With an internship abroad you will gain international experiences – and you will train and use your linguistic skills while you have an experience for life. Beside that, it is a great value to be able to refer your internship in a company abroad in your CV, in relation to future job applications after your graduation
Seventh semester:
Here you will write your final project, most often in collaboration with a company, in which you bring together all your knowledge and skills from the preceding semesters.
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Career Opportunities
What does the programme lead to?
Electronics and computer engineers are, for example, qualified to develop mobile phones, robots and surveillance systems.
Graduates will have competencies in fields characterised by rapid technological change – and have great impact on the development of society. You are qualified for work in the private as well as in the public sector.
Generally speaking, electronics engineers work with development, project engineering, consultancy, sales and management.
You could work in, for example:
- Medical equipment
- Computers and data network
- Telecommunication: mobile phones, TV, radio, etc.
- Energy technology (wind turbines, solar cells, batteries)
- Electrical devices and appliances: From measurement equipment to power plants
- Robots and drone
- Software development
- Control and automation of production processes
- Industrial electronics.