MSc Electronic Engineering (with Placement)

MSc Electronic Engineering (with placement)

Our new Master’s Programme includes a subject related work placement

About this Course 22 months (6 intakes per year: Jan, Mar, Jun, Jul, Sep, Nov) This course, for graduates with a background in electronics, was designed with industry experts and is ideal for those aiming to enter a range of specialist careers in digital electronics or communications. Gain advanced theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in digital communications, signal processing, electronic circuits and microprocessors, as well as an understanding of engineering best practice and how to apply it in real-life scenarios.

With help from your project supervisor, you will be given appropriate graduate level work experience or an internship which you will undertake as a part of your project for a period of 24 weeks, for a minimum of 15 hours and up to 20 hours, per week.

Why Choose this Course?

• Study in an electronic laboratory environment, gaining valuable hands-on experience as well as opportunities for industry connections • Explore topics including applied microwave and optical communications, systems engineering, embedded sensors, controllers and energy, advanced digital signal processing, microprocessor architecture and embedded hardware, advanced digital communications, wireless sensor networks, optical communications and other exciting emerging technologies such as energy harvesting • Benefit from developing expertise and understanding of professional standards to allow you to access careers like electronic systems design, as a development engineer, in software design, as an embedded systems engineer, a communications engineer, product support engineer, technical consultant or further study on a PhD

Unit Information - What will I Learn?

• Digital, Microwave and Optical Communications • Wireless Embedded Systems • Signals and Electronics Systems • Research Methodologies and Project Management • Professionalism and Employability • MSc Project with work placement – Electronic Engineering

How will this Course enhance my Career Prospects?

You will be required to work in a team to apply current project management methodology that embraces all of these knowledge areas in an integrated way while going through the stages of planning, execution and project control.

You will gain valuable skills for a career within Electronic Engineering as well as those relevant for the wider areas such as computer science or system engineering.

The work placement unit will increase your personal and professional development skills by giving you higher levels of practical experience and work readiness, which will increase your marketability and employability.

Many of our Engineering courses are accredited

by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

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