Welcome from the Head of School

The University of New South Wales has one of the strongest and most reputable School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications both nationally and internationally. The School marked its 60th anniversary in 2009 and it is recognised for the excellence of its research and the high quality of its learning and teaching. Its reputation for top quality education attracts very good students from Australia and overseas.

The School has a great depth of research activities that makes it simultaneously one of the largest postgraduate Schools in the country and a world leader in a number of research areas. The School comprises of four research disciplines, indicating shared research interests and teaching commitments, namely Telecommunications (including Photonics), Energy Systems, Microsystems, and Systems and Control.
We offer undergraduate and postgraduate programs with electives from all branches of the profession of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. The School’s undergraduate BE programs in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, and Photonics continue to act as models for educating engineers in tomorrow’s technology. 

Currently, there are 700 undergraduates, 200 coursework Masters students, and 110 PhD students enrolled in the School. In 2010, the research output of the School was 400 publications, 160 of which were journal publications.

One of the key goals of the School is to develop innovative programs and in 2010, we initiated a 2-year Master of Engineering coursework program. In 2011, the School has introduced a 5 year Integrated BE ME in Electrical Engineering with a minor. This innovative program is targeted at elite high school students wishing to pursue an integrated undergraduate and postgraduate education, gaining in-depth discipline knowledge in Electrical Engineering and significant breadth via their chosen minor taken outside the School.
The School offers a thriving, challenging and well balanced learning environment that has produced excellent engineering graduates over the years and is recognised for its teaching excellence and innovative research.

Head of School
Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah
May 2011