Head of Department: Berhane Zekarias
B.Sc., Addis Ababa University
M.Sc., University of Roorkee
Sepcialization: Measurement and Instrumentation
Email -berhane@engin.uoa.edu.er

The Electrical Engineering Department offers a five-year program leading to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. The primary objective of the department is to establish a well-equipped and staffed department of Electrical Engineering capable of:

• Educating and training qualified engineers at the B.Sc. level for designing, installing, and maintaining all types of electrical works that the industrial and agricultural development of Eritrea requires;
• Carrying out research towards solving national problems;
• Providing consultancy services to industries, government institutions, and private organizations;
• Planning to start postgraduate programs in Electrical Engineering.

 

Graduates of this department may expect to find employment in a number of areas. Electrical Engineers are involved in providing services to industry and the community at large in the following areas:

• Electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution
• Modern day communication facilities;
• Electronic control systems for industrial automation from the simplest to the most sophisticated systems;
• Computing facilities for industrial, office, and home applications