Prof Branka Vucetic

Welcome to the Web Site for the Sydney University School of Electrical and Information Engineering.

The start of a new academic year finds our School poised as never before to make contributions in education, research training and research of the highest societal relevance. If you have just commenced your stay with us or are contemplating joining us, I welcome you to a strong, vibrant, energetic discipline with much to offer both student and community.

Today we offer five undergraduate programs leading to Bachelor of Engineering degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Software Engineering and Electrical Engineering(Power).

• Electrical engineers design and build products or systems that use electricity, such as radio and TV sets, DVD players, weather radars, electrical power grids, satellite communication networks or any of hundreds of other electrical devices and systems that we take for granted as part of our everyday lives.
• Computer engineers design, build and test computing systems for general purposes such as personal computers as well as for dedicated controllers built into MP3 and DVD players, smart meters, biomedical devices, traffic lights or cars. Computer engineers have the hardware and software skills and knowledge necessary for development and integration of such ubiquitous systems.
• Software engineers design and write large-scale software systems such as the airline reservation systems or the automatic teller machine systems, which access massive databases over wide computer networks and serve thousands of users at any one time.
• Telecommunications engineers design software and hardware for communications systems, such as the cellular telephone networks. They bring countries and continents closer by building information-carrying communication networks.
• Power engineers design and build electric generating stations, high-voltage transmission lines and power distribution systems that provide electricity to homes and industry.

Our undergraduate degrees offer a solid foundation in the fundamentals: mathematics, engineering science, circuit analysis, electronics, and computer systems. In later years, students have a wide choice of elective courses, to be able to specialize in a particular area.  Our teaching programs emphasize laboratory work, with most courses using up-to-date equipment in modern laboratories. Recruiters from industry recognize that Sydney University EIE graduates have extensive hands-on experience in the lab. Our courses are taught in small classes by professors who are established researchers and bring their leading-edge knowledge into the classroom.

This is an exciting time in Electrical and Information Engineering, as the nation has turned to its top educational and research institutions for guidance about energy, environment and technology paradigm shifts.

There are many exciting things happening at the School that I could write about.  However, you might prefer to get first hand insight by browsing these web pages for further details about our academic programs, staff and their research projects. We hope you find information that you are looking for and feel free to contact any of us.