Develop your talent with our embedded electronic systems design and development engineer degree apprenticeship programme.

Designed by employers for employers

Renowned for excellence, our School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering maintains a commitment to upholding rigorous standards, ensuring unmatched quality. As the demand for top-tier STEM graduates rises sharply in the UK, our transformative training programmes offer dynamic affordable opportunities for businesses to harness the benefits of vocational education.

Join us in shaping the future of technology through cutting-edge education and an industry-aligned curriculum tailored to meet evolving market demands.

Why are apprenticeships a strategic and rewarding business investment?

Apprenticeships are suitable for people at any age and any level. So businesses can hire someone new, or upskill existing employees to grow talent, and develop motivated, skilled and a highly qualified workforce.

They help to:

  • Offer on-the-job training in a safe working environment
  • Train employees to fit your business needs
  • Build a culture of learning and development
  • Enjoy higher staff retention and moral

 

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Find out more about our Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Apprenticeships

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Practical electronics at Essex

Building futures, teaching future experts

Through specialised training and access to start-of-the-art facilities, apprentices are equipped to drive innovation in transformative technologies. As Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineers, they seamlessly integrate electronics and embedded software to create efficient, reliable, and safe solutions across sectors.

Essex and the South East: Leading innovation

An orange and white zora robot standing outside on a paved floor, looking up and towards the camera.Our graduates are uniquely positioned to engage with a vibrant community of industry experts and innovators, including world-leading institutions close by in Suffolk and Norfolk.

Additionally, Essex is situated in close proximity to the Sizewell nuclear power stations and Space East, and therefore our graduates have unparalleled opportunities to witness firsthand advancements energy and aerospace technology.

At our Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway, we build the potential for success from the ground up; where creativity  and entrepreneurship meet. Here, graduates are nurtured and supported as they transform their ideas into reality, driving forward progress and prosperity in the region and beyond.

To find out more and to register your interest please contact apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk

The details
Your apprentices will enrol in a comprehensive three-year IET-accredited BEng Electronic Engineering degree pathway. Each academic year includes 28 weeks of intensive teaching at our Colchester Campus. Apprentices will return to your workplace during non-academic periods, where you will facilitate further vocational learning outcomes aligned with the Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer Degree Apprenticeship Standard.
Total Cost: £27,000.
Paid for either from your apprenticeship levy or co-funded by the Government.

To find out more and to register your interest please contact: apprenticeships@essex.ac.uk