The Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering is a four-year degree program which offers specializations in Microelectronics, Communications, and Telecommunications & Building Infrastructure. It is a 4-star specialist program from the world-renowned QS Intelligence Unit, and is one of the pioneer engineering programs of the University that is accredited with international recognition by ABET.
Adding to its list of recognitions, BS ECE is the only program in the university that is recognized by CHED as Center of Excellence and is the sole provincial ECE program in Luzon which currently holds this distinction. Furthermore, Electronics engineering is one of the pioneer engineering programs in the country which has been granted full accreditation by the Philippine Technological Council through its Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology- Engineering Accreditation Council.
The BS Electronics and Communications Engineering program of Batangas State University was first offered as a five-year undergraduate degree in the year 1990. In 2008, the name of the degree was changed to Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering in accordance with RA 9292, which is the “Electronics Engineering Law of 2004”. Since then, the curriculum has been continuously reviewed and revised to adapt to the emerging fields and to address the demands of the industry. Today, the baccalaureate program remains strong and pragmatic through the provision of an academic atmosphere that synergizes technical learning and exciting opportunities for holistic growth.
Exactly three decades since the BSECE program was offered, the University has produced more than a thousand Electronics Engineering graduates who have contributed to the workforce and economy of our country. Our ECE graduates have managed to achieve a board exam rating that is consistently above the national passing percentage. BatStateU has produced a total of 162 board topnotchers in various fields of engineering, 13 of which are Electronics Engineers, with 2 first placers.
The enrollment trend of the ECE program keeps on growing every year. There are 519 students enrolled for the academic year 2020-2021. This is a testament to the high-quality teaching and research, strengthened by effective program leadership, state-of-the-art facilities and excellent student experience.
The Electronics Engineering program is supported by 29 highly eligible faculty members with advanced graduate degrees, who facilitate the transfer of knowledge and acquisition of skills through interactive and innovative methods of teaching and learning.
BatStateU exhibits the excellence of its faculty members as it leads research projects. One of the on-going funded research project involving the ECE program is the BARAKO:Batangas Action towards Revitalization and Acceleration of Kapeng Barako Industry .
BARAKO is externally funded by the Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Agricultural Research that aims to revitalize the Kapeng Barako industry in Batangas Province through nursery and demo farm establishment, capacity building and technology transfer.
Over the past years the BS ECE program has been engaged in high quality research undertakings that address industry and community challenges and needs. To support this endeavor, the research facilities have become the program’s partner from research development to technology transfer and incubation. At present, the program has achieved and continues to be recognized in spearheading quality research with faculty members and students having received various recognitions in the field of research.
The Department of Electronics-Instrumentation and Control and Mechatronics Engineering thru the university research centers lead the high-impact, multi-agency, sustainable extension project SIGAW (Solar-powered Isotropic Generator of Acoustic Wave). It started as institutional research in cooperation with the Batangas Province Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC-Batangas) and World Food Program (WFP) in July of 2015.
The project aims to provide early tsunami warning through transmission of loud emergency sound waves to the coasts of Batangas. The initial installation in Batangas Province got the attention of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST- CALABARZON) who saw the need for such a system in the neighboring provinces susceptible to tsunamis.
Project SIGAW installations continue on in the province of Quezon through the financial assistance of DOST - CALABARZON. Up to this date, the project has constantly undergone innovation with the addition of remote monitoring systems and additional useful features.
Moreover, the Electronics Engineering program is the recipient of the longest industry linkage in the university, - the SWEEP or Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program which started in 2003. Likewise, it has established partnerships with leading semiconductor company Analog Devices as well as the widely known ICT and telecom company Huawei Technologies. Furthermore, it has strong ties with foreign universities such as the National Sun Yat Sen University in Taiwan for its graduate programs in MSECE and PhDECE and Rajamanjala University in Thanyaburi, Thailand, Singapore Polytechnic and University of California – Berkeley for faculty immersions and advancements.
For the last three decades, it has been seen and proven that the ECE program of BatStateU has produced more than a thousand of Electronics engineers contributing to the workforce of different companies and the economy of the country since it was offered. As BatStateU continues to expand its role in nation building, the University will remain faithful to its mandate of training students in the generation and transfer of new knowledge; as well as the innovation of effective and efficient solutions to real world problems
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