Gearing for telecom engineering
Dear Jamesa, <br>I am doing Divinity, Economics, Geography and Luganda. I would like to do Communication Engineering at university. What do I do to get it? Will my subject combination enable me be admitted for this programme? What if I do a certificate course during my vacation, will it work? What
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Dear Jamesa,
I am doing Divinity, Economics, Geography and Luganda. I would like to do Communication Engineering at university. What do I do to get it? Will my subject combination enable me be admitted for this programme? What if I do a certificate course during my vacation, will it work? What are the career prospects for a graduate of this programme in Uganda? Please advise.
William
Dear William, In Uganda, this programme is referred to as Telecommunication Engineering.
Telecommunication is the process of passing information across space using technology. The telecommunication industry has undergone a great revolution from the years when Alexander Graham Bell developed the first telephone. Mobile phones are one of the latest inventions in telecommunications. Telecommunication Engineering is the technique of designing, building, operating and maintaining the telecommunication system. The programme prepares you to design, develop and manage electronic information and communications system.
Skills:
The Telecommunication Engineering degree programme offers you a variety of skills:
- Engineering mathematics
- Physical electronics
- Introduction to digital systems
- Electricity and magnetism
- Network theory
- Maintenance engineering
- Mobile communications systems
- Satellite communications
- Electromagnetic fields
Career opportunities:
The following are potential employers:
- Telecommunications companies like MTN, Celtel, WARID and UTL
- Broadcasting houses like TV and radio
- Civil aviation
- Computer firms
- Security and protection companies
- Meteorological department
- Power companies like UMEME.
In addition to the above, many of the graduates use their entrepreneurship skills to create their own telecommunication firms.
Training:
- Kyambogo University:
Faculty of Engineering, department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering offers a four-year Bachelor of Engineering of Telecommunication Engineering degree programme. The department also offers a two-year diploma programme in Telecommunication Engineering.
- Makerere University:
Faculty of Technology, department of Electrical Engineering offers a four-year Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering degree programme.
Requirements:
The essential subjects required for a degree in Telecommunication Engineering are Mathematics and Physics. Other relevant subjects are Technical Drawing, Chemistry and Economics. Given that you are taking an art-based combination, it wouldn’t be possible for you to be admitted for this programme.
A short certificate course might not help you gain university admission because of the way university admission is carried out. Admission is done based on the information you supply in the JAB forms and you only fill them in once while you are at school.
Compiled by Jamesa Wagwau
jwagwau@newvision.co.ug
Dear Jamesa,
I am doing Divinity, Economics, Geography and Luganda. I would like to do Communication Engineering at university. What do I do to get it? Will my subject combination enable me be admitted for this programme? What if I do a certificate course during my vacation, will it work? What are the career prospects for a graduate of this programme in Uganda? Please advise.
William
Dear William, In Uganda, this programme is referred to as Telecommunication Engineering.
Telecommunication is the process of passing information across space using technology. The telecommunication industry has undergone a great revolution from the years when Alexander Graham Bell developed the first telephone. Mobile phones are one of the latest inventions in telecommunications. Telecommunication Engineering is the technique of designing, building, operating and maintaining the telecommunication system. The programme prepares you to design, develop and manage electronic information and communications system.
Skills:
The Telecommunication Engineering degree programme offers you a variety of skills:
- Engineering mathematics
- Physical electronics
- Introduction to digital systems
- Electricity and magnetism
- Network theory
- Maintenance engineering
- Mobile communications systems
- Satellite communications
- Electromagnetic fields
Career opportunities:
The following are potential employers:
- Telecommunications companies like MTN, Celtel, WARID and UTL
- Broadcasting houses like TV and radio
- Civil aviation
- Computer firms
- Security and protection companies
- Meteorological department
- Power companies like UMEME.
In addition to the above, many of the graduates use their entrepreneurship skills to create their own telecommunication firms.
Training:
- Kyambogo University:
Faculty of Engineering, department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering offers a four-year Bachelor of Engineering of Telecommunication Engineering degree programme. The department also offers a two-year diploma programme in Telecommunication Engineering.
- Makerere University:
Faculty of Technology, department of Electrical Engineering offers a four-year Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering degree programme.
Requirements:
The essential subjects required for a degree in Telecommunication Engineering are Mathematics and Physics. Other relevant subjects are Technical Drawing, Chemistry and Economics. Given that you are taking an art-based combination, it wouldn’t be possible for you to be admitted for this programme.
A short certificate course might not help you gain university admission because of the way university admission is carried out. Admission is done based on the information you supply in the JAB forms and you only fill them in once while you are at school.
Compiled by Jamesa Wagwau
jwagwau@newvision.co.ug