School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications

1st in Australia

Electrical Engineering, QS Top Universities Ranking by Subject, 2023

1st in Australia

Engineering & Technology Faculty – ARWU Shanghai Subject Rankings and QS World University Rankings by Subject

1st in Australia

Teaching and Research – Times Higher Education University Rankings  

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Meet Robert Makepeace

UNSW Electrical Engineering Graduate

You might be asking yourself where a career in Engineering could take you. Maybe it could be a space station sending rockets into the universe or hundreds of kilometres underground working in a mega-mine.

For Robert Makepeace, a UNSW engineering degree has led him beyond civilisation to one of the most far-flung places in the world – Antarctica. Robert studied a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours) at UNSW and graduated in 2014.

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Our study areas

Space and Aerospace Engineering

Space and Aerospace Engineering involves design, manufacture, operations and development of flight vehicles and their systems.

Electrical Engineering

Electrical Engineers create, design and manage electricity to help power the world, looking at problems, physical phenomena and techniques of technological innovations.

Quantum Engineering

Quantum Engineering combines the broad skills of engineering with fundamental physics to solve contemporary problems and engineer solutions for the future.

Telecommunications Engineering

How do we communicate information at a distance? How can you video call someone in another country? The answer: Telecommunications Engineering.

Research & impact

Research groups

We are a vibrant community of renowned, internationally recognised researchers. Our research groups explore diverse areas and aim to address major challenges in energy systems, computation networks and telecommunications. Explore our research groups.

Our facilities

We provide extensive, world-class research and teaching spaces where our students refine their technical and problem-solving skills. Our facilities encourage creative, interactive, industry-focused learning where collaboration leads to positive engineering solutions.

Research centres

Our research centres are driving new discoveries in engineering. The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications collaborates with industry, government and key research bodies to achieve common goals for a sustainable future.

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Korotkoff sounds: the reason why your blood pressure reading may be inaccurate

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