Electrical Engineering (EE): Courses, Jobs, Salary, Books

Introduction

“Electrical Engineering” is the field where we deal with the energy that runs our world. It can be exists in various forms like gas, fuel cell, turbine, hydro, solar, wind or geothermal energy.

Electrical engineering has the complete knowledge to utilize and distribute these energies out from their sources to our factories, home, hospitals, school and offices, and our life.

And it does not stop here.

Today, electrical engineering not only involves in electrical appliances, but also involves in computer, electronics, communication and mechanical fields.

Do you have a computer or cellular phone?

Off course! Electrical engineering is there.

“Electrical Engineering deals with the application and study of electromagnetism, electronics and electricity”

Electrical engineering is one of the selectable disciplines in the field of engineering and technology.

Electrical engineering has been adopted in professional education in the year 1882. In the year 1884, the great physics Thomas Edison has provided the 110 volt’s DC electricity to his 59 customers in Manhattan City in Newyork.

Electrical engineering is divided into many subfield that include electronics, digital computers, power engineering, telecommunications, control systems, radio-frequency engineering, signal processing, instrumentation and microelectronics.

Electrical engineers commonly holds a undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering.

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Course & Duration

Electrical engineering is an exciting field of engineering and technology. Electronics engineering and electrical & electronics engineering are the close related to this field. The duration of the total course take four years.

The academic criterion of Electrical Engineering is divided into three courses/programmes as follows:

Diploma courses leading to the polytechnic diploma of 3 years duration. (after 10th or 12th)
UG courses leading to the B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) degree of 4 years duration. (after 12th)
PG courses leading to the M.Tech (Master of Technology) degree of 2 years duration. (after Graduation)

Electrical engineering is spread across a range of specialities such as acoustics, speech, electromagnetic compatibility, automobiles to vehicular technologies, geo science & remote sensing, ultra sonic, laser & electro optics, ferroelectrics & frequency control.

Beside these, it is one of the broad research fields leading to the PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degree.

For entering in PG (M.Tech) programme, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering is must.

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Specialization (Sub-disciplines)

Electrical Engineering has expanded in various specializations as the following.

Power
Control
Electronics
Microelectronics
Signal processing
Telecommunications
Instrumentation
Computers
Mechatronics

After completion of UG degree the students are designated as the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Applied Science, Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), depending on the University.

A bachelor degree usually covers the mathematics, physics, project management, and computer science.

There are so many specializations or sub-disciplines in electrical engineering but to choose in higher degrees after completion of bachelor degree.

The core subjects included in the study of electrical engineering are as follows:

Electro-magnetism
Control systems
Electricity Technology and Machines
Circuit Analysis, Electronics
Electrical Engineering Material
Transmission & Distribution
Instrumentation
Microprocessor interfacing
Power Engineering
Thermodynamics

Have you completed your 10+2 examination?

Yes?

Then go ahead and pick the right one as of your interest.

You can choose the Electrical Engineering, once you have completed your 10 or 10+2 examination with mathematics and science.

Admission

B.Tech is the most sought course in the field of electrical engineering. Every year, many students take admission in this course. Admissions is done through entrance test. After completing 12th, students can apply for JEE Main 2024 or CUET 2024 in order to take admission in undergraduate engineering courses. Those desiring to get into IITs or NITs are required to succeed the JEE Advanced 2024 which is the second stage of JEE Main.

For getting admission in postgraduate engineering courses, students have to qualify the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2024). This entrance test is the gateway for admission to PG courses.

Besides these entrance exams, there are many other state and University level entrance exams which provides admission to electrical engineering.

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Get some of the best colleges for pursuing studies in electrical engineering:

IIT Bhubaneswar
IIT Kanpur
IIT Jodhpur
IIT Gandhinagar
IIT Bombay
IIT Delhi
IIT Hyderabad
IIT Kharagpur
IIT Guwahati
IIT Mandi
IIT Patna
NIT Agartala
NIT Calicut
NIT Durgapur
NIT Raipur
NIT Rourkela
NIT Warangal

Jobs & Career

There are lots of job opportunities in the field of electrical engineering.

An electrical engineer designs, develops and maintains the electrical control system to the required specifications, and focusing on economy, reliability, safety, sustainability and quality.

Building industries and services, transportation network, construction and manufacturing, and production and the distribution of power are some of the specific fields of career development.

An electrical engineer can work with the industries deals in product development, system management, product design, sales, amusements, consumers’ electronics, transportation, wireless communication, manufacturing, chemical, automotive, defense and pharmaceutical.

Higher studies option are also available for B.E./B.Tech graduate in Electrical Engineering. Candidates possessing master’s degree in this field can choose their profession in teaching field and can further go for research work after getting doctor of philosophy degree in electrical engineering.

Job Profiles:

Chief Engineers
Workshop Manager
Operations Manager
Engineering Technologist
Development and Test Engineers
Electrical Product Design Engineer
Project Manager
Consultants
Project Head

Recruiters:

Here are some Recruiters which require the electrical engineers whenever:

SAIL
NTPC
BHEL
NSPCL
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd
BALCO
Jindal Steel & Power Limited
GAIL
Tata Steel & Power Limited
State Electricity Board
TRF Ltd
TRL
Hindustan Motor
Tata Metallic
Tata Motors
ALSTOM India Power project
Bhushan Steel
Durgapur steel plant
ISRO
OMEGA Elevator
CONE Elevator
Everest Industry
ZENITH Construction etc
L&T Construction and STEEL
Jay Balaji Steel

Salary

In India, a fresher who has cleared the degree in Electrical Engineering can get the offer of salary started from 2 lakh per annum upto 5 lakh per annum.

In abroad, the average salary of electrical engineers is $65000 per annum.

Are you brilliant and having a higher degree in electrical engineering?

Don’t think about the salary because “sky is the limit”.

Book & Study Material

The top recommended books in the field of Electrical Engineering are as the follows:

Foundations of Electrical Engineering

Leonard S. Bobrow

Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering

B.R. Patil

Electric Machinery and Transformers

Bhag S. Guru

Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering

M. S. Sukhija

Protection and Switchgear

Bhavesh Bhalja

Basic Electrical Engineering

Prasanta Kumar Satpathy

Basic Electrical Engineering

T.K. Nagsarkar

Electrical Properties of Materials

Laszlo Solymar

Materials Science for Electrical & Electronic Engineers

Ian Jones

Power System Analysis