Electronic Engineering with Mobile & Secure Systems

Electronic engineering with mobile and secure systems combines the core discipline of electronics with a specialist focus on two of the most significant contemporary applications of engineering expertise: wireless communications technology and digital security. Electronic engineering addresses the design and analysis of circuits, signal processing, communications systems, and embedded devices, applying physics and mathematics to the creation of the hardware that underpins modern technology. Mobile systems engineering concerns the design of wireless communications networks and the devices that connect to them.

Security engineering adds the study of how systems are made resistant to attack and how vulnerabilities are identified and addressed.

At the University of Southampton, this four-year, full-time degree is offered by one of the UK's leading engineering universities, with world-class research in electronics and communications. Southampton's Electronic and Electrical Engineering department has a distinguished reputation, and you will have access to excellent facilities and academics whose research directly informs the curriculum. You will study the foundations of electronic engineering: circuit theory, signals and systems, electromagnetics, digital electronics, and microprocessors.

As the programme progresses, you will engage with mobile and wireless communications, including antenna design, radio frequency engineering, and network protocols, alongside security topics including cryptography, secure communications, and the principles of systems hardening. A typical entry tariff of 184 UCAS points reflects the high academic level expected at Southampton.

The degree develops strong mathematical and analytical skills alongside practical design competence and an understanding of how engineering decisions affect system security and reliability.

Graduates work in the communications industry, cybersecurity, defence and intelligence, semiconductor design, network engineering, and embedded systems. Many pursue chartered engineer status and some proceed to postgraduate research in communications or security engineering.