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Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the

manufacture of electrical equipment. Some of this equipment includes
electric motors; machinery controls, lighting, and wiring in buildings; radar
and navigation systems; communications systems; and power generation,
control, and transmission devices used by electric utilities. Electrical
engineers also design the electrical systems of automobiles and aircraft.
Although the terms electrical and electronics engineering often are used
interchangeably in academia and industry, electrical engineers traditionally
have focused on the generation and supply of power, whereas electronics
engineers have worked on applications of electricity to control systems or
signal processing. Electrical engineers specialize in areas such as power
systems engineering or electrical equipment manufacturing.

Electronics engineers, except computer, are responsible for a

wide range of technologies, from portable music players to global
positioning systems (GPS), which can continuously provide the location of,
for example, a vehicle. Electronics engineers design, develop, test, and
supervise the manufacture of electronic equipment such as broadcast and
communications systems. Many electronics engineers also work in areas
closely related to computers. However, engineers whose work is related
exclusively to computer hardware are considered computer hardware
engineers. Electronics engineers specialize in areas such as communications,
signal processing, and control systems or have a specialty within one of
these areas—control systems or aviation electronics

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Here is a short comparison between electronics and electrical engineering:

Electronics Electrical

scope of study Design and building electronic circuits
based on the flow of charge through
different materials
transmission and generation of
electrical power, electrical circuit
design, electronics, instrumentation,
control system, understanding
electrical and electronic networks etc.,

Work Design, develop, test and oversee design and develop electrical
development of electronic systems. systems
Manufacturing of electronic gadgets research new and innovative
and devices. designs and system
supervise and plan manufacturing
process of high end electrical
systems
type of industry Consumer electronics Consumer and Industrial Electrical
equipment and systems
Telecommunication manufacturing
IT Power generation and transmission
Health care Telecommunication
Other public sector industries like IT
petroleum, steel and chemical Health care equipment
manufacturing industry
Petroleum, steel and chemical
industry.
Research and design
specific skills Good logical and mental capability to Good logical and mental capability
required understand and adapt to the new and coupled with strong analytical skill and
changing concepts. attention to detail.

Should be able to grasp and adapt to

new and changing concepts.

We can say that Electronic Engineering is but one small facet of Electrical
Engineering, concerned primarily with low-voltage applications (i.e.
integrated circuits, programmable logic boards, digital logic, etc) whereas
Electrical Engineering is all-encompassing: it includes (but certainly isn't
limited to!): signals processing, electronics, power, telecommunications,
radio, control systems, data acquisition and medical instrumentation are
some of the more common fields.

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