MSc-Postgraduate Diploma-Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Comments about MSc-Postgraduate Diploma-Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Electrical and Electronic Engineering - At the institution - Leicester - Leicestershire

• Objectives
  To provide a coherent selection of electrical and electronic engineering subjects to advanced level. Module combinations include communications and signal processing through control engineering to electrical machines and drives. The course is ideal for the engineer who wishes to follow a career in the design and implementation of electrical and electronic circuits within the wider engineering environment.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements A first or good second class honours degree in a relevant subject or a qualification recognised by the University as equivalent.
• Academic title
  MSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Course description
  Course modules
  Core modules:
  
  -Matlab Programming and CAD
  -Individual project
  
  Option modules (three from the following):
  
  -Modelling and Classification of Data
  -High Reliability Embedded Systems
  -Robust Control
  -Electrical Machines and Drives
  -Radio Systems
  
  Option modules (four from the following):
  
  -Electronically Controlled Motor Drives
  -Design of Discrete Systems
  -Real-time Signal Processing
  -Advanced Control System Design
  -Digital Communications
  -Advanced Computational Methods in Materials Modelling and Engineering Design
  -Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
  
  Teaching and assessment methods
  
  Modules are taught using lectures and seminar sessions and are supported by a range of structured practical and laboratory work. Performance in modules is assessed by means of open and closed examination papers and a range of continuously assessed work. All MSc students are required to produce a dissertation including the results obtained in the individual project module.
  
  Duration and mode of study
  
  All MSc courses can be taken full or part-time. The full-time MSc lasts one year, the Postgraduate Diploma nine months, and the Postgraduate Certificate a minimum of five months. Part-time the courses can be taken over a period up to four years