What is Telecommunication and Electronics Engineering?
Telecommunication and Electronics Engineering, or ‘Telecoms Engineering’, is an engineering discipline that brings together all electrical engineering disciplines including Computer Engineering with Systems Engineering to enhance telecommunication systems. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication engineer is responsible for designing and overseeing the installation of telecommunications equipment and facilities, such as complex electronic switching systems, copper wire telephone facilities, fiber optics cabling, IP data systems, terrestrial radio link systems for conventional communications and process information. Telecommunication Engineering also overlaps heavily with Broadcast Engineering.
Telecommunication is a diverse field of engineering which is connected to electronics, civil, structural, and electrical engineering. Ultimately, telecom engineers are responsible for providing the method for customers to have telephone and high-speed data services. It helps people who are closely working in political and social fields, as well accounting and project management.
Qualifications
Candidates have to pass 10th class with 50% aggregate marks if they want to earn a diploma course. But for a degree course one needs to pass 12th class in science stream, with 50% aggregate marks. The compulsory subjects are physics, math and chemistry.
Candidates have to appear for the entrance exam held by various boards and universities. If the candidate scores the required marks, she/he will be enrolled in that university.
Academic Program
As mentioned above, the degree course is of four years and comprises eight semesters. It comes with various subjects that are of importance to the field. The core subjects are electrical circuits, electronics, digital signal, microprocessors and embedded systems, optical systems, electromagnets, communication systems, signals and systems, and VLSI. The other subjects are applied math, chemistry, physics, computer programming, basic electrical and electronic engineering, and others.
Subjects get changed according to the semesters.
Colleges where Telecommunication and Electronics engineering is offered
To enroll in any college, candidates have to appear for an entrance exam that is conducted by corresponding universities. All the IITs conduct the JEE entrance exam every year to admit students to the programs. Besides, there are other national-level entrance exams like NIT, BITS Pilani, and state-level exams as well.
The colleges offering Telecommunication and Electronics engineering are-
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani)B.E. (Hons.) Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Delhi Technological University (DTU) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology, IIT-BHUB.Tech in Electronics Engineering
- Anna University (AU Chennai) B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Indian School of Mines (ISM) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- National Institute of Technology, NITK, Surathkal B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- National Institute of Technology (NIT Trichy) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NIT, Warangal) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-H) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) B.E in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
- MIT University (VIT) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Birla Institute of Technology, BIT Mesra B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
- Jadavpur University (JU, Kolkata) B.E in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
- Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITA) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- National Institute of Technology (NITC) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Thapar University (TU Patiala) B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- PEC University of Technology (PEC) B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) B.Tech in Electronics Engineering
- National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT-RKL) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (NIT D) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- National Institute of Technology (NIT Kurukshetra) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- PSG College of Technology (PSGTECH) B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Madras Institute of Technology – Anna University (MIT Chromepet) B.E in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, MNITB.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT Manipal) B.Tech (Lateral Entry)
- National Institute of Technology, (NIT Jamshedpur) B.Tech. (Hons) in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- R.V. College of Engineering (RVCE)B.E in Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar (NITJ) B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Scope and Job Prospects
An ‘Telecoms Engineer’ can find plenty of job options as a degree holder in Telecommunication and Electronics engineering. She/he can work in central government or state government or their sponsored firms or even the private firms like All India Radio, MTNL, Post and Telegraph, National Physical Laboratory, Bharat Electronics Limited, AIR, Civil Aviation Department, and many more. Today these engineers are absorbed in entertainment, research, and defense as well. Teaching profession is also an attractive option that can be taken up in any prestigious college in various parts of the country.
Jobs are plenty even in developed countries, so candidates who wish to work abroad also have a wide scope. Some of the top recruiters are BEL, Texas Instruments, Siemens, Philips Electronics, Samsung, Infosys, TCS, Accenture, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Intel, Nvidia, Motorola, ISRO, Flextronics, and many more.
Telecommunication and Electronics is a great branch. You can also read about Materials Science and Electrical Engineering!
All the best!
