Electrical and Electronic Engineering (FdEng)

Entrants to the programme are expected to have their employers support and need to demonstrate the employer will provide the opportunity for work-based learning. For full-time students, arrangements will be made to identify work placement in advance of admission.  In order to undertake the assessment on the programme, a student must have access to an appropriate work environment. If during the programme a student loses their work or access to the work-place then alternative arrangements, if feasible, will be made as soon as possible.  Whilst the college will facilitate as far as possible, it remains the learner’s responsibility to secure work in order to complete the programme. Applicants with prior certificated or experiential learning may be admitted with credit for a maximum of 120 credits at Level 4 and 30 credits at Level 5. Applications for credit must be made in writing after discussion with the College programme lead and the University’s Liaison Manager.

Please also see the University's general entry requirements.

Applicants are normally interviewed and may be required to undertake numeracy and literacy tests as part of the assessment by the College, especially where experiential learning is used to support admission, to ensure that they possess the appropriate attributes to succeed on the programme and to check on the suitability of the work environment to which applicants have access.

Please see the University's standard English language requirements.

International students will normally have to study full-time unless they have full-time employment within the UK. International students requiring a Tier 4 visa cannot study this course at Solihull College, but can apply to study it at our other partners.

When you accept our offer, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.

Many of our courses consider applications for entry with credit for prior learning. Each application is individually assessed by our credit entry tutors.

If you would like more information about whether or not you may be eligible for the award of credit, for example from an HND, partly-completed degree or foundation degree, please contact our Admissions team.

We operate the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All undergraduate single modules are equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits and double modules to 15 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.