Undergraduate student profiles

See what our undergraduate students have to say about their Electrical and Electronic Engineering degrees.

EEE Alumnus Jirong

From a BEng at Sheffield to an MRes at Imperial

Jirong BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Jirong came to Sheffield from China to study a BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering. After successfully graduating Jirong continued his studies at Imperial College London doing an MRes Medical Robotics and Image-Guided Intervention.

Profile photograph of EEE Alumnus Anthony who now works for ARM

My career path from EEE undergraduate to Software Engineer at ARM

Anthony MEng Digital Electronics (now Electronics and Computer Engineering)

Anthony graduated from EEE in 2019 with an MEng in Digital Electronics (now Electronics and Computer Engineering) and started his career at ARM as a Graduate Software Engineer. Find out about his time at EEE and what advice he has to give to students to get the most out of your time at university.

Headshot of Stephen Henthorn

My journey from undergraduate to Research Associate

Stephen Henthorn MEng Electronics and Communications Engineering

Stephen joined the department as an undergraduate and chose to stay on and do a PhD which has led to him being appointed a Research Associate in the Communications Research Group. Watch the video he submitted for the Connected Nations Pioneers competition in 2018 run by the EPSRC and read about his career path at EEE.

Headshot of final year EEE student Mark

Meet Mark - the creator of 'Scalextron'

Mark MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry

In the third year of his MEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry Mark created a video of his creation of 'Scalextron'. Read more about Mark's experiences at EEE and watch his video here.

Tom 3rd Year EEE student and star of a year in the life of video

A day in the life of a EEE Student

Tom A Day In The Life of a EEE Student video participant

Tom was a third Year doing MEng Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry degree and a member of the Skateboarding Society when he took part in filming the 'A Day In The Life of a EEE Student' video which you can watch in his profile. He shares his experience of EEE so far and explains how he got involved with the video.

Alex Duke, Alumnus of EEE

A passion for electronics has led to a career in renewable energy

Alex Duke MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Alex completed an MEng in Electrical Engineering and continued into a PhD in Electrical Machines and Drives sponsored by Rolls-Royce. He left academia to pursue a career in industry and now works for Siemens Gamesa in their world leading renewable energy sector.

Fredrik Rentsch with employers

I wanted to experience how engineers worked and put what I had learnt in ACSE into practice.

Fredrik Rentsch Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering with a Year in Industry MEng

I'm Fredrik and I undertook my Year in Industry at at Intek Engineering in Raufoss, Norway.

Joanna Jones outside the red doors of ACSE's Amy Johnson Building

I chose ACSE, as it provided a blend of different engineering subjects, but was very specialised.

Joanna Jones Systems and Control Engineering BEng

Hi, my name is Joanna and I’m currently doing a BEng Systems and Control Engineering at ACSE. I chose this course, as I really enjoyed maths and physics, but wanted it to be more applied.

Angel, student in ACSE

That was the first time I really felt like this was what I wanted to do. This is engineering. This is mechatronics

Angel Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering with a Year in Industry MEng

My name's Angel, I'm 21 years old. I study mechatronic engineering and I grew up in France. I came to the UK around GCSE time and I just never left!

Khaleed Saad

Khaled Saad

Khaled Saad Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering MEng

Initially, Khaled Saad didn’t apply to University. It was only when his grades came out on results day, he was encouraged to apply through clearing.

Search for a course

Use our search to find the right course for you.