School of Engineering

BEng in Electronic Engineering

Award

Duration

Jupas code (for HKDSE students)

JS5250 Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering , JS5282 Engineering with an Extended Major in Artificial Intelligence

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(for international qualifications)

Department-based Admission

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Students who have decided to pursue a major in Electronic Engineering may apply to the Department directly. After spending one to a few semesters of study in the Department, students will declare a major in Electronic Engineering or Microelectronics and Integrated Circuits.

School-based Admission

Engineering with an Extended Major in Artificial Intelligence
Students who wish to spend more time exploring various engineering disciplines before embarking on a major program can apply to "Engineering with an Extended Major in Artificial Intelligence". They will be able to apply to Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering during the Major Selection Exercise no later than the end of Year 1, and then confirm their major within the Department.

Overview

Electronic engineering is the discipline that applies physical sciences and quantitative methods to develop devices and systems that drive the flow of information and energy. Technologies innovated by electronic engineers have empowered the modern society and have vastly enhanced our quality of life. The BEng in Electronic Engineering program spans the fundamental sciences and technologies that are critical to the growth of our information-based society, as well as advanced subjects in signal and information processing, communications and networking, computer engineering and embedded system design, robotics and automation, microelectronics and integrated circuit design, photonics, biomedical electronics, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Our program will give students the competency to innovate, model, analyze, design, and implement devices and systems with ubiquitous applications in existing and nascent fields such as big data, autonomous systems, the Internet of Things, and quantum technologies. The program will open for our students a vast range of opportunities for career and further study.

Ranking:

#29 in Engineering — Electrical and Electronic (No.1 in Hong Kong)
(QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024)

Career Prospects

Diverse career paths are available to ECE graduates. Upon graduation, they take up diverse technical and managerial positions in the industry, such as electronic engineers, communication engineers, system analysts and designers, information technologists, and computer project managers. Many choose to continue their studies at postgraduate level. Even graduates who choose not to pursue technical careers find that the engineering training they obtained at HKUST has given them a competitive advantage over their co-workers.

Our graduates’ employers includes many world-class local and overseas companies, such as ASM, ASTRI, Fujitsu, Huawei, Hutchison, Lenovo, Microsoft, National Semiconductor, PCCW, Philips, SmarTone, Solomon Systech, and Varitronix.

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