BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with focus Data Engineering
Stellenbosch University
Key Information
Campus location
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
ZAR 60,000 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Feb 2025
* minimum compulsory initial fee for African students. Prices vary depending on the region. Additional fees may apply
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Introduction
Engineering offers excellent careers for men and women. Professional engineers are primarily concerned with the progress of technology through innovation, creativity, and change. Their work requires original thought, discretion, and sound judgement, and usually centres on people and technology.
Data Engineering contains all the tasks required to make data available for analysis, knowledge discovery and decision-making processes. The most important task of the data engineer is to develop and maintain an organization's data pipeline systems and implement algorithms to transform data into a usable format for analysis. The tasks of a data engineer include data collection, data storage, data synchronization, data transformation, data cleaning, data management, and data model development.
The four-year Bachelor of Engineering programmes (BEng) equip students with a broad knowledge base. In the first year, all students take the same compulsory subjects; thereafter they start specialising in the specific programme in which they are interested. Since the first year of study is largely common in all BEng programmes, students that have passed all the first-year subjects in their first year of study may change to any other BEng programme at the start of their second year of study. In the first two years, a foundation of mathematics and the natural and engineering sciences is laid, and in the third and fourth years, students learn how to apply their knowledge to solve technical problems and how develop business opportunities. With this broad knowledge base, BEng graduates can take up a variety of occupations both within and outside the engineering industry. They often establish and manage their own companies as entrepreneurs.
Professional accreditation and international recognition
All our BEng programmes are accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), giving our graduates access to registration as Professional Engineers after acquiring the relevant experience in practice. In line with the Washington Accord, our BEng degrees are recognised worldwide in such countries as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, to name a few.
Career Opportunities
Data engineers can work in any organisation that has complex systems and generates data. From corporations to consulting companies, from retail to renewables, from manufacturing to mining, and from finance to fashion.
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Curriculum
The first part of the programme lays the basis of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering sciences, with a significant emphasis on statistics and computer science. Students develop the engineering skills to create mathematical, physical, and statistical models of real systems, including data systems and artificial intelligence.