MSc (Electronics and Information Technology)

The MSc Electronics and Information Technology course sharpens your skills in designing advanced electronic systems and managing emerging technologies. Ideal for those aiming at careers in Electronics or Communication or for current engineers seeking specialization. 

This flexible program lets you customize your studies, includes a 15-week industry-relevant project, and offers potential job opportunities post-graduation through hands-on mini-projects and case studies.

Advance your skills and qualifications for a career in Electronics and IT. Get hands-on with state-of-the-art facilities at USW.

Designed for

• The MSc course is intended for field-related graduates or those in a closely related discipline who wish to extend their expertise to a higher level in preparation for a professional career prospect. This course has been designed to meet the learning outcome requirements of the UK Engineering Council Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes version 4.

Career Paths

• Electronic Design Engineer
• Electronics and Communication Engineer
• Power systems Engineer
• Mobile and Communication Engineer

Skills taught

• Advanced Electronic Design
• Optoelectronics and Systems
• Power systems design
• Wireless network systems

Course Highlights

• Career Focused- Designed to meet the learning outcome requirements of the UK Engineering Council Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes version 4.
• Further Learning for CEng Status- This course meets the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng). Candidates must also hold a Bachelor (Hons) degree that has been accredited as partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Module Overview

This one-year MSc program offers two core and five optional modules, granting flexibility for career or academia. It emphasises hands-on experience in designing advanced electronics for modern industry needs. Students use cutting-edge Electronic Design Automation tools in specialized labs. Projects, often aligned with faculty research like embedded systems and optoelectronics, can also stem from industry ties.

• Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship- eaches engineers to commercialize innovative tech products. Covers the product life cycle, from research to commercial success, integrating multi-disciplinary case studies and projects.
• Applied Digital Signal Processing- Provides comprehensive knowledge of DSP techniques, including filters and control systems. Emphasises design of advanced DSP systems, using specialised computer labs and tools.
• Wireless Communications Systems- Offers foundational knowledge on radio wave management. Focuses on modern cellular communications, from GSM to 6G systems, emphasising design and implementation challenges.
• Satellite Communications- Introduces modern satellite communications systems. Grounds students in design/planning, signal processing schemes, and relevant technologies of satellite communication.
• Digital Communication Systems: Offers deep grounding in digital communication techniques. Emphasises theoretical concepts, design challenges, simulation techniques, and state-of-the-art applications.
• Optoelectronic Devices for Telecommunications- Provides understanding of optoelectronics for telecommunications. Explores optical fibre communications, including fibre properties and key component analysis.
• Digital Systems Design Using HDL- Imparts understanding of Digital Systems, particularly SoC using VHDL. Covers design, simulation, and FPGA implementation of complex digital systems.
• Embedded System Design- Gives comprehensive knowledge on Real-Time system design from hardware and software perspectives. Evaluates designs based on cost, sustainability, and real-time constraints.
• Modern Power Electronics- Provides in-depth grounding in advanced power electronics system design and analysis. Describes operation theory of industry-ready power electronics components.
• Masters Major Individual Project – The major project will provide students with the opportunity of individually organising and executing a significant engineering study. It will consist of background research, planning and implementation phases, and will be, ideally, industrially based with the student carrying out the project in the company.

Course Highlights
How you’ll learn

• You will be taught through lectures, tutorials and workshops involving hands-on systems modelling and simulations using state-of-the-art hardware and software facilities. Students will also engage in supervised research supported by full access to world-class online and library facilities.
• The full-time route is delivered in three major blocks. Six taught modules are completed during two teaching blocks featuring 12 contact hours per week followed by a 16-week major research project. The course duration is about 14 months.

Teaching staff

• Our lecturers are experts in their subject areas, having worked in, or with, industry, conducting research, presenting at conferences, publishing their work, and informing your studies with the latest insights. 

Placements

• The Electronics and Information Technology course includes a 15-week project, which you may conduct in industry, subject to a suitable placement being obtained by the student and an appropriate project being agreed between the company and the University. 

Facilities

• Our state-of-the-art University library provides access to major global publications. Facilities include a Cisco Academy networking lab, a Wireless Communications lab with a 1-65 GHz anechoic chamber, a satellite communication station, and a Communication Systems simulation lab with the latest software like MATLAB. 
• The Calypto lab, sponsored by Calypto Design Systems Inc, focuses on rapid, cost-effective electronic product development with a £1.9m software grant, exclusive to select universities worldwide. 
• Our Embedded Systems lab, designed with top microcontroller vendors, has 32 advanced computers with the newest electronic design tools, ensuring students work with cutting-edge technologies.

University Quality Assurance

• At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.
• If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.