Engineering

In this video, Abigail talks about her experiences at Bangor studying an undergraduate Engineering degree.

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Electronic Engineering at Bangor University in the first year covers basic elements of the subject area so you do mathematics, programming fundamentals, laboratory experiments and circuit theory and design. Then in your second year it's just a build up upon what you've done already with a bit of a business element and then in your third year it's kind of you integrate all that you've learned into your individual project.

What I love most about electronic engineering is the amount of opportunities that will be available to me when I finish the degree. The ere is an unlimited amount of industries that I can go into - aerospace, telecommunications, research or even automotive electronics. The degree is accredited by the institution of Engineering and Technology which means that we get to a very high standard and also because of this we get a free membership for the institution for the duration of our course and also after we finish we'll still be members so though we have the right to become or start on the path of becoming eventually a chartered engineer.

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I decided to study at Bangor University because of the staff to student ratio so you get to know everybody on an individual basis which makes the learning experience a lot more personal and you actually feel like an individual not just a student number to a lecturer. Being taught by lecturers that are research active - it's very inspiring but it's pretty amazing because they teach you this like first-hand the research that they discover and it's it's really impressive work and it does inspire you makes you more ambitious. At Bangor University in the Electronic Engineering School we have access to many facilities such as well-equipped laboratories with a lecture room attached to it, computer rooms with networked computers and industrial software and we've also got state of the art class one thousand clean rooms so it's quite amazing being able to see where you know where the magic kind of happens and starts.

When I'm not studying up on university I like to go on many adventures such as hiking, climbing up mountains such as Snowdon, just pretty much taking advantage of the landscape and the area that Bangor is situated in. Also, there are over a hundred and fifty clubs and societies here at Bangor University which are all free to join which is incredible for our students and also it's just such a great opportunity to try new things also to make lots of new friends.

Bangor University has amazing links with industries and between the second and third year we get the opportunity to have a year in industry which is amazing players we've experienced get to apply all practical knowledge to actual practices and we therefore become more attractive to future employers. The advice I would give to somebody considering studying here at Bangor University is don't think twice about enrolling here. It's such an incredible university, the quality of teaching reflects this and the friends that you'll make and how happy the students are here it's you know just a true reflection how amazing your university experience will be here at Bangor University. [Music]

In this video, Masters student, Jasmine Parkes tells us about her experience as an undergraduate student studying Engineering at Bangor. 

"I'm Jasmine, I'm a Masters student doing fibre optic sensing.

The sensing part is trying to sense if someone is tapping into the fibre.

So if an eavesdropper is trying to eavesdrop on the data that you're trying to send, I'm trying to locate that.

What I love about engineering is you could do just about anything.

You could enter any field and you kind of just turn your imagination into reality.

I think that's amazing. I'm local, so it was great having a really good engineering course at my doorstep. 

When I went into A-levels I was panicking about, oh, what do I do? I just knew that I loved maths.

So when my dad, who had an electronic engineering background, he was looking...He was like - you'll love electronic engineering, and I do, so it's brilliant.

Bangor University has got a really good, undergraduate internship scheme, so I was able to do a Technocamps internship, which is going to primary schools, secondary schools, trying to encourage people to go into STEM through different activities.

In my third year I did internship with DSP Centre which led to me getting a funded Masters, which was brilliant. And then hopefully, it'll lead to me getting a PhD, which would be great."