BE Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Title BE Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Course Type Under Graduate – Engineering
Duration 8 semesters – Four Years
Department Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Affiliation VTU
Approvals AICTE, Govt of Karnataka
Accereditation's NBA

About the Course

Electrical power is an integral part of modern life. It is impossible to visualize the world without electricity. There has been rapid advancement in generation, transmission and distribution technologies, opening up new frontiers. The degree of sophistication of control technology has reached a stage where an intricate knowledge of programming, hardware and mathematical analysis is mandatory. This makes field of E & E very attractive and interesting. Subjects on Network theory, Control systems, protection and power systems give the basic exposure to electrical fundamentals, Whereas, analogue and digital circuits, microprocessor, Digital Signal Processing, advanced programming languages makes attractive blend of electrical and electronics, thereby, creating excellent placement opportunities in very sectors. The students of this branch are placed in electrical and electronics related organizations and software companies.

Course Content

III - Semester - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Scheme of Teaching & Examination

Sub Code Title Teaching Dept Teaching Scheme Hrs/week Examination
      Theory Tutorials Practicals No of credits
07MA31 Engineering Mathematics III Maths 04 -- -- 04
07EE32 Circuit Theory EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE33 OOPS & C++ EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE34 Measurements & Instrumentation EEE 03 -- -- 03
07EE35 Electronic Circuits EEE 03 01 03 05
07EE36 Logic Design with VHDL EEE 03 01 03 05
  Total   21 02 06 25

IV- Semester - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Scheme of Teaching & Examination

Sub Code Title BOS Teaching Scheme Hrs/week Examination
      Theory Tutorials Practicals No of credits
07MA41 Engineering Mathematics IV Maths 04 -- -- 04
07EE42 Digital Circuits & Introduction to Microprocessors EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE43 Generation, Transmission & Distribution EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE44 Field Theory EEE 03 -- -- 03
07EE45 Electrical Machines – I EEE 03 01 03 05
07EE46 Power Electronics EEE 03 01 03 05
  Total   21 02 08 25

V- Semester - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Scheme of Teaching & Examination

Sub Code Title BOS Teaching Scheme Hrs/week Examination
      Theory Tutorials Practicals No of credits
07HSS51 Management and Entrepreneurship HSS 04 -- -- 04
07EE52 Control Systems EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE53 Signals & Systems EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE54X Elective A* EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE55 Electrical Machines – II
(Theory and practice)
EEE 03 01 03 05
07EE56 Microcontrollers (Theory and practice) EEE 03 01 03 05
  Total   22 03 06 26

Elective (Group) - A*

Sub Code Title      
07EE541 Electrical Machine Design          
07EE542 Renewable Energy Sources        
07EE543 Data Structures with C++          
07EE544 Data Base Management Systems          
HSS: Humanities Social Science
EC: Electronics and Communication

VI- Semester - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Scheme of Teaching & Examination

Sub Code Title BOS Teaching Scheme Hrs/week Examination
      Theory Tutorials Practicals No of credits
07EE61 Power System Analysis I EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE62X Elective B* EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE63X Elective C* EEE 03 -- -- 03
07EE64 Digital Signal Processing
(Theory and practice)
EEE 03 01 03 05
07EE65 Modern Control Theory
(Theory and practice)
EEE 03 01 03 05
07EE66 Mini-Project EEE -- -- 06 03
  Total   17 02 12 24

Elective (Group) - B*

Sub Code Title      
07EE621 Image and Video Processing          
07EE622 Fuzzy Logic Control        
07EE623 Software Engineering          
07EE624 Generalized Machine Theory          

Elective (Group) - C*

Sub Code Title      
07EE631 Advanced Power Electronics          
07EE632 Embedded Systems        
07EE633 Reactive power management          
07EE634 Testing and commissioning of electrical equipment          

VII- Semester - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Scheme of Teaching & Examination

Sub Code Title BOS Teaching Scheme Hrs/week Examination
      Theory Tutorials Practicals No of credits
07EE71 Switchgear and Protection EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE72 Digital communication EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE73X Elective D* EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE74X Elective E* EEE 04 -- -- 04
07EE75 High Voltage Engineering
(Theory and practice)
EEE 03 01 03 05
07EE76 Power System Analysis II
(Theory and practice)
EEE 03 01 03 05
  Total   17 02 06 26

Elective (Group) - D*

Sub Code Title      
07EE731 Utilization of electrical power          
07EE732 Over voltage in power systems        
07EE733 Power system operation and control          
07EE734 Discrete Control Systems          

Elective (Group) - E*

Sub Code Title      
07EE741 Electromagnetic Compatibility          
07EE742 Power system Dynamics and stability        
07EE743 HVDC          
07EE744 AI & its applications to Power systems          

VIII- Semester - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Scheme of Teaching & Examination

Sub Code Title BOS Teaching Scheme Hrs/week Examination
      Theory Tutorials Practicals No of credits
07HSS81 IPR HSS 02 -- -- 02
07HSS82 Humanities HSS -- -- 04 02
07EE83 Industrial Drives and applications EEE 04 -- -- 04
07XXXX Elective F* XXX 04 -- -- 04
07EE85 Project Work EEE -- -- 24 12
  Total   10 -- 28 24
*(Elective F : Electrical student to opt for interdisciplinary electives offered by other departments)

Elective (Group) - F*

Sub Code Title      
07EE8XX Renewable Energy Sources #          
# Interdisciplinary Elective
(This elective to be opted only by students of other branches)
NOTE: An educational tour is to be undertaken, compulsorily, after the examination of 7th semester and before the commencement of 8th semester classes, for duration of 3 to 5 days.

Breakup of Credits in BE degree Curriculum

Semester I II III IV V VI VII VIII Total % age of total credits
Humanities 02 02 -- -- 04 -- -- 04 12 06
Basic Sciences 10 10 04 04 -- -- -- -- 28 14
Engineering Sciences 12 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 26 13
Professional Core Subject -- -- 21 21 18 14 18 04 96 48
Professional Electives -- -- -- -- 04 07 08 -- 19 9.5
Other Electives -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 04 02
Project +Seminar -- -- -- -- -- 03 -- 12 15 7.5
TOTAL 24 26 25 25 26 24 26 24 200 100