B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering — CUHK Engineering Major Requirements (2026–27)
Admission code: ELEGN · 75 units · For students admitted in 2026–27
Students are required to complete a minimum of 75 units of courses as follows:
1.Faculty Package9 units
ENGG1110/ESTR1002, ENGG1111, ENGG1120/ESTR1005, ENGG1125/ESTR1007[a]
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| Course | Title | Term 1 | Term 2 | Enrolment information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGG 1110 | Problem Solving By Programming | Not for students who have taken CSCI1020 or 1030 or 1110 or 1120 or 1130 or 1510 or 1520 or 1530 or 1540 or ESTR1002 or 1100 or 1102. | ||
| ESTR 1002 | Problem Solving By Programming | Not for students who have taken CSCI1020, CSCI1030, CSCI1110, CSCI1120, CSCI1130, CSCI1510, CSCI1520, CSCI1530, CSCI1540, ENGG1110, ESTR1100 or ESTR1102. | ||
| ENGG 1111 [0] | AI Literacy Workshop | Co-requisite: ENGG1110. | ||
| ENGG 1120 | Linear Algebra for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG1410 or ESTR1004 or ESTR1005 or MATH1030 or MATH1038. | ||
| ESTR 1005 | Linear Algebra for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG1120 or ENGG1410 or ESTR1004 or MATH1030 or MATH1038. | ||
| ENGG 1125 | Single Variable Calculus for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ESTR1007 or MATH1510. | ||
| ESTR 1007 | Single Variable Calculus for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG1125 or MATH1510. |
2.Foundation Courses18 units
(a)
ELEG2700
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| Course | Title | Term 1 | Term 2 | Enrolment information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELEG 2700 | Introduction to Electronic System Design | Not for students who have taken ENGG1100 or ESTR1000. |
(b)6 units of Physics Courses6 units
ENGG1310/ESTR1003, PHYS1110 (or 1003)[b]
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| Course | Title | Term 1 | Term 2 | Enrolment information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGG 1310 | Engineering Physics: Electromagnetics, Optics and Modern Physics | Not for students who have taken ENGG2520, ESTR2006 or ESTR1003. | ||
| ESTR 1003 | Engineering Physics: Electromagnetics, Optics and Modern Physics | Not for students who have taken ENGG1310 or ENGG2520 or ESTR2006. | ||
| PHYS 1110 | Engineering Physics: Mechanics and Thermodynamics | |||
| PHYS 1003 | General Physics for Engineers |
(c)9 units of Mathematics Courses9 units
ENGG1130/ESTR1006[c], ENGG2720/ESTR2014, ENGG2740/ESTR2016, ENGG2760/ESTR2018,
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| Course | Title | Term 1 | Term 2 | Enrolment information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGG 1130 | Multivariable Calculus for Engineers | Pre-requisite(s): ENGG1125 or ESTR1007 or MATH1510.Not for students who have taken ENGG1410 or ESTR1004 or 1006 or MATH2010 or 2018 or 2020 or 2028. | ||
| ESTR 1006 | Multivariable Calculus for Engineers | Pre-requisite(s): ENGG1125 or ESTR1007 or MATH1510.Not for students who have taken ENGG1130 or ENGG1410 or ESTR1004 or MATH2010 or MATH2018 or MATH2020 or MATH2028. | ||
| ENGG 2720 [2] | Complex Variables for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG2420 or 2460 or ESTR2000 or 2010 or 2014. | ||
| ESTR 2014 [2] | Complex Variables for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG2420 or ENGG2460 or ENGG2720 or ESTR2000 or ESTR2010. | ||
| ENGG 2740 [2] | Differential Equations for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG2420 or 2460 or ESTR2000 or 2010 or 2016. | ||
| ESTR 2016 [2] | Differential Equations for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG2420 or ENGG2460 or ENGG2740 or ESTR2000 or ESTR2010. | ||
| ENGG 2760 [2] | Probability for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG2430 or 2450 or 2470 or ESTR2002 or 2005 or 2012 or 2018 or 2308 or 2362 or IERG2470 or MIEG2440. | ||
| ESTR 2018 [2] | Probability for Engineers | Not for students who have taken ENGG2430 or ENGG2450 or ENGG2470 or ENGG2760 or ESTR2002 or ESTR2005 or ESTR2012 or ESTR2308 or ESTR2362 or IERG2470 or MIEG2440. |
3.Required Courses30 units
(a)24 units
CSCI1120, ELEG2201, 2202, ELEG2310/ESTR2300, ELEG2601, 2602, ELEG3201/ESTR3200, ELEG3213/ESTR3214, ENGG2030/ESTR2206#
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| Course | Title | Term 1 | Term 2 | Enrolment information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSCI 1120 | Introduction to Computing Using C++ | Not for students who have taken AIST1110 or CSCI1020 or CSCI1130 or CSCI1510 or CSCI1520 or CSCI1530 or CSCI1540 or CSCI1550 or ESTR1100 or ESTR1102. | ||
| ELEG 2201 | Digital Circuits and Computing Systems | Not for students who have taken ENGG2020. | ||
| ELEG 2202 | Fundamentals of Electric Circuits | Not for students who have taken BMEG2300. | ||
| ELEG 2310 | Principles of Communication Systems | Prerequisite: ENGG2030 or ESTR2206.Not for students who have taken ESTR2300 or ENGG2310 or IERG2310. | ||
| ESTR 2300 | Principles of Communication Systems | Not for students who have taken ENGG2310 or IERG2310 or ELEG2310.Pre-requisite: ENGG2030 or ESTR2302 or ESTR2360 or IERG2051 or MIEG2051. | ||
| ELEG 2601 [2] | Technology, Society and Engineering Practice | Not for students who have taken ENGG2601 or MASE2601. | ||
| ELEG 2602 [1] | Engineering Practicum | Not for students who have taken ENGG2602. | ||
| ELEG 3201 | Microelectronic Devices and Circuits | Not for students who have taken ESTR3200;Prerequisite: ELEG2202 or BMEG2300 or with the consent of the instructor. | ||
| ESTR 3200 | Microelectronic Devices and Circuits | Not for students who have taken ELEG3201.Pre-requisite: ELEG2202 or BMEG2300 or with the consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 3213 | Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics | Not for students who have taken ELEG3203 or ESTR3214. | ||
| ESTR 3214 | Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics | Not for students who have taken ELEG3213 or ELEG3203. | ||
| ENGG 2030 | Signals and Systems | Not for students who have taken ESTR2206 or ESTR2302 or ESTR2360 or IERG2051 or MIEG2051. | ||
| ESTR 2206 | Signals and Systems | Not for students who have taken ENGG2030 or ESTR2302 or ESTR2360 or IERG2051 or MIEG2051. |
(b)Research Component Courses[d]6 units
ELEG4998, 4999
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| Course | Title | Term 1 | Term 2 | Enrolment information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELEG 4998 | Final Year Project I | |||
| ELEG 4999 | Final Year Project II | Pre-requisite: ELEG4998. |
4.Elective Courses (at least 6 units at 4000 level)[e]18 units
CENG4120#, CSCI2100/ESTR2102, CSCI2520, 3100, 3320#, EEEN4020#/ESTR4402#, ELEG3103/ESTR3216, ELEG3202, 3207, 3214, ELEG3301/ESTR3204, ELEG3302, ELEG3303/ESTR3206, ELEG3503, 3601, 3701, 3710, 3910, 4211, ELEG4214/ESTR4222, ELEG4215, 4216, ELEG4311/ESTR4216, ELEG4312, 4313, ELEG4511/ESTR4218, ELEG4512, 4701, ENGG1820, 3802, 3803, IERG3080, IERG3310#/ESTR3310#, SEEM2440/ESTR2500 (or DOTE1030)[f]
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| Course | Title | Term 1 | Term 2 | Enrolment information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENG 4120 | Computer-aided Design for Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits | Prerequisite: CSCI2100 or CSCI2520 or ESTR2102. | ||
| CSCI 2100 | Data Structures | Not for students who have taken ESTR2102 or CSCI2520;Pre-requisite: AIST1110 or CSCI1120 or 1130 or 1510 or 1520 or 1530 or 1540 or 1550 or ESTR1100 or ESTR1102 or ESTR2306 or IERG2080.For senior-year entrants, the prerequisite will be waived. | ||
| ESTR 2102 | Data Structures | Not for students who have taken CSCI2100 or CSC2520.Pre-requisite: AIST1110 or CSCI1120 or 1130 or 1510 or 1520 or 1530 or 1540 or 1550 or ESTR1100 or ESTR1102 or ESTR2306 or IERG2080.For senior-year entrants, the pre-requisite will be waived. | ||
| CSCI 2520 | Data Structures and Applications | Not for students who have taken CSCI2100 or ESTR2102.Prerequisite: CSCI1120 or 1130 or 1510 or 1520 or 1530 or 1540 or 1550 or ENGG1110 or ESTR1002 or 1100 or 1102 or MATH2221 or PHYS2061. | ||
| CSCI 3100 | Software Engineering | Not for students who have taken ENGG3820 or ESTR3308 or IERG3080;Pre-requisite: CSCI1120 or 1130 or 1510 or 1520 or 1530 or 1540 or 1550 or ESTR1100 or 1102.For 2nd-year entrants, the prerequisite will be waived. | ||
| CSCI 3320 | Fundamentals of Machine Learning | Prerequisite: ENGG2430 or 2450 or 2760 or 2780 or ESTR2002 or 2005 or 2018 or 2020 or 2308 or 2362 or IERG2470 or MIEG2440 or STAT2001. | ||
| EEEN 4020 | Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Technology | Not for students who have taken ESTR4402.Pre-requisite(s):1. ELEG2202 and EEEN2020 or.2. ELEG2202 and ELEG3201/ESTR3200. | ||
| ESTR 4402 | Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Technology | Not for students who have taken EEEN4020.Pre-requisite:1. ELEG2202 and EEEN2020, or.2. ELEG2202 and ELEG3201/ESTR3200. | ||
| ELEG 3103 | Robotic Perception and Intelligence | Not for students who have taken MAEG3060 or ESTR3408 or ESTR3216;Prerequisite: ENGG2030 or ESTR2206 or with the consent of the instructor. | ||
| ESTR 3216 | Robotic Perception and Intelligence | Pre-requisite: ENGG2030 or with the consent of the instructor.Not for students who have taken ELEG3103 or ESTR3408 or MAEG3060. | ||
| ELEG 3202 | Analog Integrated Circuits | Not for students who have taken ELEG3210.Prerequisite: ELEG2202 or BMEG2300 or with the consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 3207 | Introduction to Power Electronics | Pre-requisite: ELEG2202 or BMEG2300 or with the consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 3214 | Antennas and Wave Propagation for Wireless Communications | Co-requisite: ELEG3213 or ESTR3214 or consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 3301 | Principles of Semiconductor Devices | Not for students who have taken ELEG2510 or ESTR3204. | ||
| ESTR 3204 | Principles of Semiconductor Devices | Not for students who have taken ELEG2510 and ELEG3301. | ||
| ELEG 3302 | Fundamentals of Photonics | Not for students who have taken ELEG3010. | ||
| ELEG 3303 | Introduction to Optical Communications | Not for students who have taken ELEG3320 or ESTR3206. | ||
| ESTR 3206 | Introduction to Optical Communications | Not for students who have taken ELEG3303 or ELEG3320. | ||
| ELEG 3503 | Introduction to Digital Signal Processing | Not for students who have taken ELEG3410.Prerequisite: ENGG2030 or ESTR2206 or consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 3601 | Introduction to Electric Power Systems | Pre-requisite: (ELEG2202 or BMEG2300) and (ENGG1310 or ENGG2520 or ESTR1003), or with consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 3701 | Embedded Systems Design | Not for students who have taken ELEG2401 or IERG3060 or IERG3810;Pre-requisite: (ELEG2201 and ELEG2202)or with the consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 3710 | Electronic Product Design and Development | Not for students who have taken ELEG3700. | ||
| ELEG 3910 [2] | Undergraduate Research in Electronic Engineering | |||
| ELEG 4211 | CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits Design | Not for students who have taken ELEG4201 or ELEG4260. | ||
| ELEG 4214 | RF Circuits for Wireless Systems | Not for students who have taken ELEG4203 or ELEG4204 or ELEG4213 or ESTR4206 or ESTR4208 or ESTR4220 or ESTR4222.Pre-requisite: ELEG3203 or ELEG3213 or ESTR3214 or consent of the instructor. | ||
| ESTR 4222 | RF Circuits for Wireless Systems | Pre-requisite: ELEG3203 or ELEG3213 or ESTR3214 or consent of the instructor.Not for students who have taken ELEG4203 or ELEG4204 or ELEG4213 or ELEG4214 or ESTR4206 or ESTR4208 or ESTR4220. | ||
| ELEG 4215 | Power Converter Circuits | Not for students who have taken ELEG4205.Prerequisite: ELEG3202 or consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 4216 | Design Methodology of Modern Digital Circuits | Not for students who have taken ELEG3205. | ||
| ELEG 4311 | Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices | Not for students who have taken ELEG4301 or ELEG4510 or ESTR4210 or ESTR4216.Prerequisites: ELEG3301 or ESTR3204 or consent of the instructor. | ||
| ESTR 4216 | Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices | Not for students who have taken ELEG4301 or ELEG4311 or ELEG4510 or ESTR4210.Pre-requisite: ELEG3301 or ESTR3204 or consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 4312 | Micro-optic Devices and Systems | Not for students who have taken ELEG4302. | ||
| ELEG 4313 | Integrated Photonics: Theory, Design and Practice | |||
| ELEG 4511 | Digital Signal Processing and Applications | Not for students who have taken ELEG4501 or ESTR4212 or ESTR4218.Pre-requisite: ELEG3503 or consent of the instructor. | ||
| ESTR 4218 | Digital Signal Processing and Applications | Not for students who have taken ELEG4501 or ELEG4511 or ESTR4212.Pre-requisite: ELEG3503 or consent of the instructor. | ||
| ELEG 4512 | Digital Image Processing | Not for students who have taken ELEG4502 or IERG4160. | ||
| ELEG 4701 | Intelligent Interactive Robot Practice | Pre-requisite: CSCI1120 or ESTR1100 Introduction to Computing Using C++. | ||
| ENGG 1820 [1] | Engineering Internship | |||
| ENGG 3802 [1] | Introduction to Engineering Entrepreneurship | |||
| ENGG 3803 [2] | Engineering Entrepreneurship Development Project | Pre-requisite: ENGG3802 with Grade B+ or above or with consent of instructor. | ||
| IERG 3080 | Information and Software Engineering Practice | Pre-requisite: CSCI2100 or ESTR2102.Not for students who have taken CSCI3100 or ENGG3820 or ESTR3308. | ||
| IERG 3310 | Computer Networks | Pre-requisite: CSCI2100 or ESTR2102.Not for students who have taken CSCI4430 or ESTR4120 or ESTR3310. | ||
| ESTR 3310 | Computer Networks | Pre-requisite: CSCI2100 or ESTR2102.Not for students who have taken CSCI4430 or ESTR4120 or IERG3310. | ||
| SEEM 2440 | Engineering Economics | Not for students who have taken SEEM2510 or ESTR2500. | ||
| ESTR 2500 | Engineering Economics | Not for students who have taken SEEM2440 or SEEM2510. | ||
| DOTE 1030 | Economics for Business Studies I | Not for students who have taken ECON2011 or ECON3011. |
Explanatory Notes
1.ELEG and ENGG courses at 2000 and above level as well as those labeled as #, and their reciprocal ESTR courses will be included in the calculation of Major GPA for honours classification, excluding courses in Faculty Package and Foundation courses.
2.Results of the graduation project as prescribed by ELEG4999/ESTR4999 will be included in the calculation for honours classification.
3.Guidance in course selection: Students who wish to pursue their career goals as a professional engineer, research scientist, or engineering entrepreneur may take the elective courses as recommended below:Professional Engineering(a) Elective course: ELEG3710(b) ELEG4998 and 4999[c] in a topic of professional engineering natureResearch(a) Elective courses: ELEG3910(b) ELEG4998 and 4999[c] in a topic of research natureEntrepreneurship(a) Elective course: ENGG3802 and 3803(b) ELEG4998 and 4999[c] in a topic of entrepreneurship nature (related to the project chosen for ENGG3803)
4.This Programme is eligible for the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Scheme "A" Training in Control, Automation and Instrumentation (CAI) Discipline on condition that the graduates must have completed any two of the following courses: ELEG3103, 3207, 3701, 4312, 4511, 4701 or BMEG3420. This Programme is eligible for the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Scheme "A" Training in Electronics (ENS) Discipline on condition that the graduates must have completed one of the following courses: ELEG3103, 3302, 4215, 4312, 4512 or BMEG3420, 4103. This Programme is eligible for the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Scheme "A" Training in Information (INF) Discipline on condition that the graduates must have completed the following courses: CSCI2100 and 3100. Details of HKIE Discipline Matching Results for Accredited Degrees (Scheme "A") can be found at the HKIE website (https://hkie.org.hk/en/quali/disciplineforaccreddeg/).
[a]i) JUPAS admittees without HKDSE Mathematics Extended Modules I or II are required to take ENGG1040 before they can take ENGG1125.ii) JUPAS admittees with the following HKDSE results do not need to take ENGG1040 and therefore will not be invited for the Mathematics Placement Test: - Level 5** in Mathematics Extended Module I; or - Level 5* or above in Mathematics Extended Module II.iii) Non-JUPAS admittees with the following public examination results do not need to take ENGG1040 and therefore will not be invited for the Mathematics Placement Test: - Grade 6 or above in IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches (HL); or - Grade 7 in IB Mathematics Applications and Interpretation (HL); or - Grade A* in GCE-AL Further Mathematics.iv) Other admittees except those specified above, are required to attend a Mathematics Placement Test. Students who fail or are absent from the Placement Test will be required to take ENGG1040 before they can take ENGG1125.
[b]Students are required to take either PHYS1003 or 1110 to fulfill the Foundation course (Physics) requirements in accordance with students’ HKDSE results or placement test results as follows:i) Students who have attained Level 4 or above in HKDSE Mathematics (Compulsory Part) AND Level 4 or above in Physics or Level 5 or above in Combined Science with Physics Component shall take PHYS1110.ii) Students with HKDSE results but did not attain the academic levels as stated in (i) shall take PHYS1003.iii) Students without HKDSE results shall sit for the placement test arranged by the Department of Physics. Students who pass the placement test shall take PHYS1110. Students who fail or are absent from the placement test shall take PHYS1003.
[c]Students who fail ENGG1125 in Term 1 will have to retake the course in Term 2. The pre-assigned ENGG1130 in Term 2, will therefore be dropped.
[d]Students who have declared to specialize in the ELITE Stream will be required to complete 6 units of ESTR4998 and 4999 to substitute for ELEG4998 and 4999.
[e]Students can use AIST/BMEG/CENG/CSCI/EEEN/ELEG/ENGG/IERG/MAEG/ SEEM research postgraduate courses at 5000 level to substitute for elective courses listed in the Major Programme Requirement at 3000 or 4000 level, subject to the approval of the Chairman of Departmental Curriculum Committee and the Department Chairman.
[f]Students can take either one of the courses but not both.
[g]Details of the entrance and coursework requirements, and declaration procedures for the ELITE Stream can be found at the ELITE website (www.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/erg/elite). Non-ELITE Engineering students may be allowed to take ESTR courses. Students are required to seek approval from their respective Major Programmes for using ESTR courses taken to fulfill the Major Programme Requirement. Details are available at the ELITE website.
[h]Students can use up to 9 units of courses which have been taken to fulfill the requirements of items 1 to 4 above to fulfill the elective requirements of the ELITE Stream. Item 3(b) Research Component Courses will not be included in these 9 units. A full list of ESTR courses is available at the ELITE website.
[i]Students can use AIST/BMEG/CENG/CSCI/EEEN/ELEG/ENGG/IERG/MAEG/ SEEM research postgraduate courses at 5000 level to substitute for ESTR courses at 3000 or 4000 level, subject to the approval of the Stream Director and the Associate Dean (Education).
[j]The requirement of at least 3 units of Engineering courses at 5000 level is a requirement for the ELITE Stream only. It should not be interpreted as a requirement of the Major Programme.