What is the difference between electronics and electronic engineering?

Answer 1

Electronics Engineering falls roughly into the overall category of electrical engineering.

Electrical engineering deals with ALL aspects of electrical things, from power generation & transmission, to superconductors. In a nutshell, electrical engineers work on power distribution, electrical controls in factories, motors & their control, Transformers, and things like the electrical requirements for a new mall (just to mention a few of the many areas of EE).

Electronics Engineers deal more with things at the component level, primarily Integrated circuits, signal processing, gadgets like your GPS, and iPod.

On board a cruise ship for example, an Electrical engineer would see over the motor generator sets, the power distribution, the computer controls at the 'control' level (steering & propulsion), while an Electronics Engineer would deal with this like troubleshooting an single circuit board and the communications equipment.

Check out the link below to the IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Answer 2

We often see electronics engineering as a subset of electrical engineering. The "old school" way to separate the two was was often to say that electrical engineering was "high current" engineering and electronics engineering was "low current" engineering.

The primary differences today usually involve which upper division courses the undergraduate engineer opts into. While one engineer might be plugged into optoelectronics, another might be picking up credits in materials and solid state fabrication.

There is a major difference electrical engineers deals with bulk current flow. Electronics engineers deals with electrons emission

ANSWER:

Electronics is the study of electrons emission.

Electrical is the study of electron flow.

Answer 3

These two terms probably come up most often as degree titles, so I'm assuming you are asking the difference between two degrees.

A degree labeled simply "Electronics" is usually a two-year program intended for students hoping to become electronics technicians, and would be useful in manufacturing jobs, assembly jobs, laboratory work, maintenance and repair work, etc.

An "Electronics Engineering" degree is more design-oriented, providing a student with a background in circuit analysis and circuit design, and can be a two-year or a four-year program.

A third option is a four-year "Electrical Engineering" or "EE" degree (not to be confused with "Electronics Engineering"), which is a more intensive, mathematically rigorous theory-based approach to the study of circuit analysis and design. This is probably the most desirable degree to have of the three, and will get you the best job. Programs called "Electrical Engineering" tend to have more academic credibility, and therefore can be transferred to other schools or to a graduate school where you can pursue a Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering.

I personally have a two-year degree in Electronics Engineering and am pursuing a Master's in Electrical Engineering.

Answer 4

In electrical engineering we deal basically with the study of high value of current i.e. AC signal where as in EEE we study both AC and DC equipments.