Four out of the top six university departments in the country for teaching, according to the teaching ratings, also received the highest grades in the last Research Assessment Exercise. Head of the electronics division at the University of Wales, Cardiff's engineering school, Professor Paul Tasker, says that teaching activities are underpinned by the research work and industry contacts of the academics at the school. We are also constantly adapting to the requirements of industry.
Telecommunications is one of the rapidly expanding areas supported by industry in the subject.
But electrical and electronic engineers are involved in the development of a vast range of new technologies, from mobile telephones and laptop computers to the national power system. Graduates from electrical and electronic engineering courses secure employment in the telecommunications, computing and power industries, as well as accounting and consultancy firms. The University of Wales, Cardiff's electrical and electronic engineering courses come top of the Guardian's teaching quality rankings for the subject, scoring over 91 points out of a maximum score of 100. Teaching quality inspectors gave the department a combined score of 23 out of 24 after an assessment visit. In terms of both staff-student ratios and graduate employment rates, the Cardiff department secures top marks in the rankings.