Some will be involved in research and application in the electrical, telecommunications and electronics industries. Commercial management roles are not rare for our graduates. With over 1400 students, the Department of Electrical Engineering is the largest Department at the Institute of Technology. The department offers four-year programmes in Electrical Power Engineering, Telecommunications, Software Engineering, Electronics and Medical Engineering. Graduates with degrees in Electrical Power Engineering are experts in electrical drives and in installations including lighting engineering.
Graduates can work at industrial and utility power stations, as well as in planning and marketing.
Telecommunications graduates qualify for many positions in the field of information and communication technology. Their expertise covers cellular radio technology, wireless networks and switching systems, radio and television, microwave and computer engineering and digital signal processing. The main educational goal of Software Engineering is to prepare students for engineering careers in software engineering and computers. The emphasis is on software design, embedded microcomputer systems and real-time software. Other areas include data communications networks, multimedia and media integration, new programming tools and techniques and signal processing.