This stimulating Electrical and Railway Engineering BEng degree program enables students to gain strong theoretical and practical skills in electronic and electrical engineering and to collaborate with academics who are global experts in their field.

Building on the global reputation of the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, students will obtain a thorough Electrical Engineering education alongside a specific focus on the railway industry. Unique in the UK, this program ensures that upon graduation students will have the skills and knowledge to benefit from the excellent career prospects in an industry experiencing significant growth.

Students will be the subject expert on a major project during the degree, the projects are set and assessed alongside the university's partners from major industries. Students will apply their in-depth technical knowledge and also learn how to share their ideas through virtual reality. In these projects, they will gain vital employability skills that will give them  a competitive edge in applications forms, interviews and assessment tests for graduate jobs.

The Birmingham degrees in Electrical and Railway Engineering are the first of their kind in the UK. They have been put together in close collaboration with the railway industry; making them immediately relevant, ensuring students have the knowledge, experience and capability needed to have successful careers. Studies will include core electrical engineering as well as specialised study on railway infrastructure, traction and energy, railway management, timetabling and control, and design and research projects, which are highly valued by employers, will all have a railway focus.