Electronic engineers concern themselves with the manufacture, design and management of the electronic circuits and systems that contribute to almost all areas of human civilisation. From popular examples of technology, such as the personal computer, communication satellites and the mobile telephone, to less well known examples, such as semiconductors, nanotechnology and bio-electronics, engineers in this profession seek the invention, enhancement and improvement of electronically-based items useful to our race.

On the other hand, electrical engineers are responsible for designing systems that are able to generate and move relatively large amounts of power between points with separations from miles to a few millimetres.

One key area of their knowledge is how to use the laws governing electromagnetics to convert energy into motion and back.

However, in general, a good electronics graduate from The University of Sheffield will be a competent electrical engineer and vice-versa. This is because both sets of engineers will have been taught to use the same theories and tools, namely mathematics, physics, electromagnetics, circuit theory, digital
signal processing, control theory and computing science. Electronic engineers concern themselves with the manufacture, design and management of the electronic circuits and systems that contribute to almost all areas of human civilisation. From popular examples of technology, such as the personal computer, communication satellites and the mobile telephone, to less well known examples, such as semiconductors, nanotechnology and bio-electronics, engineers in this profession seek the invention, enhancement and improvement of electronically-based items useful to our race.