ME electronic engineering

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Anyone done any of the ME in electronic engineering courses in maynooth, the information provided is not very comprehensive.

Thanks

villainous

Indeed I have, What do you want to know?

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Which one did you do. I have a degree in applied physics and looking to specialise. Have interest in either the general electronic engineering or the medical devices major. Have a small bit of clinical experience.

I am just wondering about the course content. Is it well structured and doable in terms of assignments and study. And of course what are the job opportunities like. Does it open a person up to specific industries, ie medical device companies or clinical engineering.

And any other advice you would give would be most appreciated

Regards

villainous

I did the renewable energy systems major. The core subjects are the same though. Its completely continual assesment so there is a fair bit of work, 4 modules a semester and on average i would say probably 4-5 assignments per module.
If you have experience with Matlab it would be a bonus, as with any electronic engineering course they use it all the time. I didnt have any so it was a steep learning curve.
Any of the specialisations will open you to a specific industry but as you can imagine there isn't exactly a lot going on in an industry at the moment. At the end of he day though you will have an ME which will stand to you, it won't be as bad as this forever!

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Thanks for the info.
Is there a lot of programming involved, would not be one of my strong points.
Presume that was the problem with matlab.

Thanks

villainous

To be honest it wasn't my strong point, it is a big part of some of the modules but I wouldn't be put off by it. I would say it was only really part of half of the modules I took and I found that if you were having trouble that other people were willing to help.

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Thanks for that, last question i promise, is most of the course continual assessment and not exams.

Thanks

villainous

It was all continual assessment for me but some of those included online exams during the semester. The entire course can be done remotely so as far as I know you will never have to go in for an exam or anything like that. I wouldn't really advise doing it completely remotely though, although it is probably down to personal preference.