MSc Electronic Engineering
University of Essex
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Our MSc Electronic Engineering enables you to acquire the essential knowledge, skills, competency, and critical awareness necessary for a rewarding career in the electronics industry. We prepare you for a career in analogue and digital circuit design, an area with a major skills shortage worldwide and particularly in the UK.The content of our course is far-reaching and includes theory, practice, simulation and realisation underpinned by our 40 years of expertise in electronics and ...Read more

Our MSc Electronic Engineering enables you to acquire the essential knowledge, skills, competency, and critical awareness necessary for a rewarding career in the electronics industry. We prepare you for a career in analogue and digital circuit design, an area with a major skills shortage worldwide and particularly in the UK.

The content of our course is far-reaching and includes theory, practice, simulation and realisation underpinned by our 40 years of expertise in electronics and telecommunications.

Our course brings together our teaching, research and industrial contacts to form a vocational offering with enhanced postgraduate employability. You will be equipped with skills in the areas of:

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Analogue and digital design

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CAD and IC design

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Time and frequency domain analysis

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Fault analysis

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Embedded processing

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DSPs and fast prototyping

All of your acquired knowledge culminates in a project which sees the design, simulation, construction, testing and manufacture of a complex electronic system aimed at the industrial or consumer markets.

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35/101
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32nd
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30th
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Entry requirements

A 2:2 degree in one of the following subjects (with no module requirements): Automation, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering, Mathematics, Mechatronic Engineering, Physics, Telecommunication Engineering.We will consider applicants with any other 2:2 degree or above which includes: At least one Signals and Systems module, such as: AI / Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Control Engineering, Control Engineering, Computer Systems,Control Systems, Control Technology, Control Theory etc.

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£11,550 per year

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£22,400 per year

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£22,400 per year

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Supuni
21 Jan 24
MSc Electronic Engineering
The University of Essex stands as a distinguished university consistently securing its position among the top 30 universities in the UK. Known for its outstanding research, the...
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Arsal
20 Jan 24
MSc Electronic Engineering
Education and Learning Opportunities: University provides a structured environment for in-depth learning and exposure to a wide range of subjects. It offers the opportunity to...
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University of Essex
University of Essex , Colchester

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University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester Essex CO4 3SQ United Kingdom
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