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Prospective students should follow the directions outlined below:
Tel: 0800 923 8888 or
Tel: +44 (0)20 7815 6100
Email: course.enquiry@lsbu.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7815 6189
Email: internat@lsbu.ac.uk
Electrical power distribution networks play a vital part in modern society and have a massive impact on our lives.
Over the coming years, distribution networks will evolve to handle small scale generation ensuring more efficient energy use, as well as requiring maintenance and renewal of existing equipment. In the first year you will study core subjects dealing with common engineering skills and basic engineering underpinning, as well as fundamental topics in electrical engineering required by the electricity industry.
The second year includes material specific to the structure, function and operation of distributed electricity supply networks and develops these to a more advanced and specialised level.
Throughout the course, you apply your academic studies via work-based learning components in most units, which increase gradually throughout the course, culminating in an industry based project. Full-time students will also spend a minimum four week placement in industry.
This course will equip you with the skills to work in a variety of power distribution roles, including within the maintenance and renewal of existing equipment and within the structure, function and operation of distributed electricity supply networks.
The course will enable you to develop a wide range of employability skills through the emphasis on a vocational approach to teaching, specifically hands-on work-based learning in industry. This is supported by a short industry placement for full-time students not currently working in the industry.
If you graduate from this course you will be able to transfer automatically to our BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Systems for Environmental Services – which a significant number of our FdEng students choose to do.
Those who have sought immediate employment have secured jobs such as: Electrical Engineering Designer and Design Engineer.
The majority of our part-time students are working in industry while they study and most have benefited from career advances by the time they graduate.
LSBU is committed to supporting you develop your employability and succeed in getting a job after you have graduated. Your qualification will certainly help, but in a competitive market you also need to work on your employability, and on your career search. Our Employability Service will support you in developing your skills, finding a job, interview techniques, work experience or an internship, and will help you assess what you need to do to get the job you want at the end of your course. LSBU offers a comprehensive Employability Service, with a range of initiatives to complement your studies, including:
As well as university-based technical studies in lectures and workshops, the degree includes substantial amounts of work-based learning, where you go out to companies and get involved in some real work.
If you are interested in studying at LSBU, please refer to our Standard Entry Requirements
We also consider applications from those who have gained relevant skills through a wide range of vocational qualifications or responsible experience.
If you want to study a full-time undergraduate course you should apply through UCAS using their course codes listed below. You will also need to include the LSBU Institution code, L75 and our Institution name LONSB. The UCAS website explains more about how online applications work.
Application methods for undergraduate part-time and postgraduate study vary depending on the course you are applying for. When applying use the LSBU codes listed below.
Further information on how to apply:
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This course is run by the department of Engineering and Design, more information about the department and faculty can be found online at Engineering, Science and The Built Environment.
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Last Updated on - Wed 3rd April 2013 at 15:47:53
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