Higher National Diploma (HND) in Electrical Electronic Engineering


  • Start Date: 16/09/2025
  • Course is for: Adult
  • Course Length: 2 Years
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This course is ideal if you’d like to pursue a career as a Electrical Electronic Engineer or progress on to a degree course at university in electrical electronic engineering. The course is delivered part time, after which you will achieve an HND in Electrical Electronnic Engineering.

You will develop your skills and knowledge in a broad range of areas covering range of mandatory, specialist and optional engineering modules set at HND level which are:

  • Industrial systems
  • Further Electrical Electronic and digital systems
  • Further Mathematics
  • Professional Engineering Management
  • Utilisation of Electrical Power
  • Research Project and Industrial power

They are taught by industrial experts and set up to develop right skill level making you work ready within Electrical Electronic Engineering.

You will study:

  • Professional Engineering Management
  • Further Mathematics
  • Utilisation of Electrical Power
  • Industrial systems
  • Research Project
  • Industrial power electronics storage
  • Further Electrical Electronic and digital systems

Required Entry Qualifications

120 Credit HNC in a related subject.

Students with other HNC Engineering qualifications may apply following an interview to ensure the correct combination of units are available to ensure a successful overall award.

You will be assessed through a combination of assignments, reports and portfolios.

Our highly skilled and experienced team of engineers will work with you to help you build the skills and knowledge employers require for your career in engineering.

Each of the team has served their time in their industries and can use their skillset to help prepare you for your career.

You’ll be based in our world class Skills Academy for Automotive, Engineering, Manufacturing and Logistics campus at Team Valley where you’ll benefit from our outstanding workshops which have a range of industry standard mechanical maintenance equipment including:

  • lathes
  • millers
  • grinders
  • fabrication and welding workshops
  • electronics laboratory
  • pneumatics
  • PLCs
  • ICT suites with industry standard engineering simulation software packages, including Matlab, MultiSim, Autocad Inventor.

Progression to university courses vary by institution and you should check the entry requirements for any course you plan to take after this qualification.

Our specialist team can guide you with various top-up courses available within the area and help you with specialist advice and appropriate guidance if required.

£4,500

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