University of Edinburgh Engineering

I did Electronics & Electrical Engineering at Edinburgh and am doing a PhD there now. I would recommend it but I am completely biased. The main Science and Engineering campus called King's Buildings (KB) are about 50 minutes walk from Princes Street. There are however regular free buses between KB and George Square which takes over half of that walk away. Most students live between George Square and KB in Marchmont/Sciennes, it's fairly convenient.

Do you have any specific questions about the department? I should add that we are extremely strong at Analogue Electronics and seem to be a good place for Renewable Energy Systems. Structural and Fire Safety is also another good area but...well, to be honest check the website at www.see.ed.ac.uk! Also look at rankings for what it's worth, we usually fair well in those.

I did Electronics & Electrical Engineering at Edinburgh and am doing a PhD there now.

I'm preparing to start on that exact same course as a fresher in a few weeks. Can you briefly describe your experience and/or share any helpful tips about professors, classes, coursework, good outside subjects, etc?

Thanks!

Well done by the way , you'll have an amazing time here.

Although the first 2 years don't count you should still put some effort in because it'll pay off later. One of the first lecturers you should come across is Martin Reekie who is an absolute legend. If you ever have any technical trouble he's a good place to go - if he's your DoS (Director of Studies) you're very lucky!

Not sure what I can say about lectures and coursework except try and keep on top of it all. It's a good idea to write everything down, some of it might go in! I tend to re-write and think through everything before exams which helps. Don't be embarassed to ask questions in lectures since if you're wondering about something the chances are everyone else is.

During first semester you'll get to pick three out of the four engineering disciplines to take lectures in (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Chemical). It's a good chance to find out about the other fields and discover if you'd like to switch from EEE - bad idea to but I'm slightly biased!

In terms of outside subjects that's up to you, in principle as long as it timetables you're fine. In first year all of the lectures should be around George Square so you shouldn't need to worry about where to go. If you intend to take outside courses in second year this might be more difficult but generally most engineers stick to their prescribed finance/management related modules.

I chose Physics as an outside course into the first half of second year and dodged one of the management modules. Physics turned out to be very useful and I didn't miss much! I would recommend it, but it is NOT the easy option. A lot of engineers picked computing courses which aren't challenging, but they're not of much use later. Doing Physics gave me an advantage in 3rd/4th year Electromagnetics and Radio Frequency courses.

Good luck with the packing but most importantly get out and meet people during Fresher's Week! It's really intense but you'll make some great friends and everyone's in the same boat

Another big question on my mind is: How much are we presumed to know when starting the course? Will there be some time spent on introductory material? The reason I ask is because I'm slightly worried that I've basically already forgotten half of what I learned in Calculus and I've never received any formal instruction in EEE (I took an eng. class for several years but it was mainly civil and mechanical).

do you know anything about the department of chemical engineering ?

I got a place at the university of edinburgh. Just wondering whether the chemical engineering course there is any good.

and plus i have never been to edinburgh, is the city nice? or is it just a gloomy place full of castles lol

I got a place at the university of edinburgh. Just wondering whether the chemical engineering course there is any good.

and plus i have never been to edinburgh, is the city nice? or is it just a gloomy place full of castles lol

The course is quite fun once you get into it, i.e. after first year (you do chemistry, maths (am and mm) and a choice of three engineering introduction courses in the first semester of first year) - make sure you turn up to all the biochem eng, process calcs and plant eng lectures in year 2 and at least the first few lectures on statistics in second semester of second year to get the course notes (I learnt more from the course notes than I did from the lecturer)...there are also some really good socials like a pub quiz every now and again (I'm slightly biased as one of my friends organised the last one) so it shouldn't be too hard to meet other chem-engers.

thanks for the advice!

The course is quite fun once you get into it, i.e. after first year (you do chemistry, maths (am and mm) and a choice of three engineering introduction courses in the first semester of first year) - make sure you turn up to all the biochem eng, process calcs and plant eng lectures in year 2 and at least the first few lectures on statistics in second semester of second year to get the course notes (I learnt more from the course notes than I did from the lecturer)...there are also some really good socials like a pub quiz every now and again (I'm slightly biased as one of my friends organised the last one) so it shouldn't be too hard to meet other chem-engers.

They kick in with one course on Water Resources in second year and then again in 4th and 5th years. You don't get any choice of subjects apart from in 4th and 5th years (if you're doing a masters that is)