As an engineer, anything is possible.
Engineers create, and they provide solutions
to real-world problems.
At QUT, your engineering degree is all about
the real world.
So now let’s hear what it’s like to study
electrical engineering.
Hi, my name’s Sam and I’m studying electrical
engineering at QUT. Electrical engineering
is related to anything to do with power.
So you can do power systems, control systems,
robotics, signal processing, and telecommunications
to satellites.
It’s quite broad.
I chose to study electrical engineering just
because I was always just really interested
in how everything electronic worked and I
was also really interested in renewable energies.
So I figured studying electrical engineering
will help me find out how these things work
and how I can contribute to them in industry.
In my first year of engineering I wasn’t
entirely sure of what I wanted to do.
It was good because I had a common first year,
I got to try out a whole range of subjects
from civil to mechanical.
I got to build a civil bridge and build a
mechanical crane.
It really gave me a good taste of what I wanted
to go into.
So after my first year I knew that I really
wanted to study electrical because one, it
was my favourite first year common subject;
I was really interested and really good at
the maths behind it; and I wanted to really
learn more about it.
So in my second year, I started to get a lot
more specialised into electrical and started
to do a lot of programming.
We also got to build and design a digital
voice recorder, which was really fun.
In my third year of engineering I did my first
semester in Sweden.
So, part of the international exchange program
I got to study abroad and got to pick from
a whole range of universities – I went
to KGH in Sweden.
So at KGH in Stockholm in Sweden I got to
experience a whole range of different cultures;
different university lifestyles; and I also
got some time to travel.
Got to get around to 12 different European
countries and I had the best time.
After my exchange semester in Sweden I was
fortunate enough to receive an international
summer university scholarship for Germany.
So I got to spend 1 month living with a German
family to learn about renewable energies.
The end of my third year, so the semester
I just completed, I was given a subject where
I had to just design an electrical engineering
project of my choice.
We got to choose anything that we’re interested
in.
So, my team, we developed a smart toothbrush
for children so we programmed with an accelerometer
to track where they are to make it a fun and
engaging experience for them.
After my first year, I received three months
of full time work at Energex.
That was really good to give insight into
the industry straight away.
After my third year, I will be doing two internships.
I will be doing a short-term program at Deloitte
Technology Consulting, and also I will be
working casually at a satellite and antenna
design firm.
So it’s really good to see the stuff that
we learnt at university, it can be applied
directly into industry.
So first day on the job, we know exactly what
we can do and how we can start learning.
Some of the things I love most about the engineering
course here are just the projects that we
get to do.
We get to actually physically build projects
and have the flexibility to build what we
want and to design from start.
