TSR Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) Super Thread

Hey, I applied for EEE at imperial, UCL, Leeds and Sheffield and engineering at Cambridge.. Did you hear back from any of your others uni's?


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I've done my interview at Imperial, they said I should be hearing back from them 2 weeks after the holidays, so in about 1 week. My Southampton interview is on the 2nd week of Feb.

GL with Cambridge, i was contemplating on applying there as well, but in the end decided against it as the I disliked the idea of doing 2 years of general too much. Might I ask, what was it that got you to apply for general at Cambridge? Is it just because of Cambridge or do you want to do general?

I've done my interview at Imperial, they said I should be hearing back from them 2 weeks after the holidays, so in about 1 week. My Southampton interview is on the 2nd week of Feb.

GL with Cambridge, i was contemplating on applying there as well, but in the end decided against it as the I disliked the idea of doing 2 years of general too much. Might I ask, what was it that got you to apply for general at Cambridge? Is it just because of Cambridge or do you want to do general?

Good luck for imperial, is that where you want to go?


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Yeah! Its graduate prospects is what appeals to me so much and I'm set on EEE, so general felt like a waste to me. However, if they reject me, I would also love to go Southampton as their ECS department is top notch as well

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I think even if I did do general, I'd end up specialising in EEE. I never looked at Southampton because it just seemed so far away but a lot of people I know have really liked it


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Yh i get that, it's the furthest one for me, (live near Manchester). Any idea as to what subfield of eee you might be interested in? Digital electronics - circuits and systems seem to be what I'm interested in the most. Obviously that can all change by the time I'm choosing my optional modules in 3rd year

Apparently the labs at Southampton are one of, if not the best in the UK. Looking forward to visiting it in February. How good is leeds/Sheffield? Never considered those

I live near Manchester too, but never ended up applying to Manchester because they don't let you do a study year abroad with EEE. I think it was the energy and power field that attracted me most, at the moment I can imagine myself working in the renewable energy sector. I really liked Leeds, it was one of the best I'd been too, the facilities and the course were both amazing. Sheffield has just opened the diamond building for engineering this year, so has brand new facilities. They're both good uni's, they just don't have the reputation like imperial or UCL.


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Where would you like to spend the year abroad? I don't think I'd do one but if i did, id try to get into MIT or caltech, or whichever US uni is on offer. (horrible with other languages except spanish)

Usually it's only universities that your uni has links with, I haven't seen any with links to MIT bar Cambridge...

I think imperial might have, but i checked ages ago. I'm nearly certain they have links to caltech, which would still be awesome to go Imo.

And yh, i realise thats its unrealistic unless your uni has the links. I guess the more 'prestigious' the uni, the better the links in this scenario, generally.

Ah I see, Leeds sounds amazing. I think the reputation is important to me as it's possible I might want to go into the finance sector if im burned out by EEE after 4 years, hopefully not

Where would you like to spend the year abroad? I don't think I'd do one but if i did, id try to get into MIT or caltech, or whichever US uni is on offer. (horrible with other languages except spanish)

I'm in a similar situation, and I want to work abroad too so the universities reputation is quite important. I'd like to go the U.S, I've not really thought about specifically where in the U.S. Somewhere like MIT or cal tech would be amazing but I can imagine really competitive too


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I'm glad because Southampton has contacts with three unis in Australia, so that's definitely a goal of mine

Hmm yh i guess only a few every year get to go. My dream is to work in Silicon Valley, or for a global tech company. San Jose all the way!

Do you think Manchester has good rep for engineering internationally? (Mainly US) as if I get rejected by imperial, i may consider insuring them, with Southampton as firm

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That's cool! Might I ask, why Australia? Never considered working or studying there tbh

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I am first year student and I am having problems with the subject. I am attaching the questions with this message, can you help me with any of them.

Thanks for your reply.

Ah I see, Leeds sounds amazing. I think the reputation is important to me as it's possible I might want to go into the finance sector if im burned out by EEE after 4 years, hopefully not

Where would you like to spend the year abroad? I don't think I'd do one but if i did, id try to get into MIT or caltech, or whichever US uni is on offer. (horrible with other languages except spanish)

haha every tech kids dream is silicon valley.
I think Manchester is a great university, its number 33 in the QS world rankings. If it wasn't for the study year abroad, I probably would have put it down as my firm or insurance.

Hmm ive been considering the finance route after the EEE burn out aswell aha
Whats your thoughts on Engineering grads going into finance, alot go into Quants side of IB. Like wise how easy would it be as EEE students compared to Maths and Econ students, (I've heard if you attend a target uni, firms approach you for financial chats over coffee lmao) On the fence about finance though, not prepared to sell my soul just yet