MSc Electronic Communications and Computer Engineering
ObjectivesThis MSc provides advanced training in Electronics, Communications and Computer Engineering. The course aims to provide you with a comprehensive coverage of the skills required by an engineer working in instrumentation, electronic systems, wireless and wired telecommunications, computer hardware, and software aspects of computer engineering.
Entry requirementsThe programme provides an excellent basis for engineers wishing to update their knowledge, students who wish to go on to do research, or for first degree students wishing to enhance their training.
Academic titleMSc Electronic Communications and Computer Engineering
Course descriptionKey facts
-Particular features of the programme include: one-to-one tuition with expert members of staff; teaching informed by active leading-edge researchers in the field; innovative and engaging teaching methods; access to many online resources; and flexibility in course content.
-The Faculty of Engineering is widely recognised as world-class - this fact is borne out by the high standard of our research and the extensive funding it attracts - overall research awards recently topped £80m.
-The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nottingham has a strong reputation in both teaching and research. It achieved an excellent rating for its teaching quality rating (22/24) in 2000, and a grade of 4 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise
Course Content
This is a highly flexible course, which gives you the opportunity to choose modules according to your specific interests and requirements.
During the autumn and spring semesters, you will complete 120-credits’ worth of taught modules. This will include at least 90 credits from the following:
-HDL for Programmable Logic with project
-Advanced Communications with project
-DSP for telecommunications, multimedia and instrumentation with project
-Advanced Signal Processing with project
-RF Microelectronics with / without project
-Instrumentation and Measurement with project
-Ultrasonics with / without project
-Optical Communications
-SystemC for Digital System Design
In addition, you will be able to choose a maximum of 30-credits’ worth of optional modules from the following list:
-Integrated Photonics: Design and Technology
-Microwave Communications
-Object Oriented Programming with Java
-Software Engineering Design
-Digital Communications
-VLSI Design
-Electronic Design
-Telecommunication Electronics
-Solid State Devices
-Embedded Computer Hardware
-Control Electronics and Microprocessors
-Control 1
-Power Electronics Design
Please note that all module details are subject to change.
After completing the taught components of the course, you will undertake a major piece of advanced independent research over the summer under the supervision of a specialist in your chosen area. We will provide you with advice and guidance while you select and refine your area of study, and offer close supervision and support as you complete your research and your MSc.
Course Structure
The MSc in Electronic Communications and Computer Engineering is studied on a full-time basis over 12 months.
This course operates on a modular basis and consists of two semesters - during which you will follow a series of taught modules (worth 120 credits) - followed by a 60-credit research project undertaken during the summer period.
You will be taught using the latest advances in teaching methods and electronic resources, as well as small-group and individual tuition.
Most taught modules are assessed by examination and / or written work.
Tutors provide feedback on assignments. Our objective is to help you develop the confidence to work as a professional academic, at ease with the conventions of the discipline, and ready to tackle any area of research in Electronic Communications and Computer Engineering.
In the early stages of your project dissertation, your supervisor will read through and comment on your draft work. The project dissertation itself comprises a significant piece of your own research.
We also offer a Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Communications and Computer Engineering, which – unlike the MSc – does not have a dissertation requirement.