MSc Electronic Engineering (with Placement)

About the course

This course is specifically aimed at International students, supporting those wishing to gain practical work based experiential learning. Together with studying your chosen course we are offering an additional 6 month placement opportunity, making the course 18 months in length. This allows students with limited experience to put into practice the skills and techniques developed throughout the Master’s degree.

Engineering is a popular and specialised industry. As an electronic engineer you'll design, develop and test components, devices, systems or equipment that use electricity as part of their power source.

Our advanced course in Electronic Engineering aims to address the educational and training needs of research, design and development engineers working in the area of electronic systems. It should appeal to those of you wanting to specialise in the areas of digital system development, systems on 'chip' (SoC) and field programmable gate arrays (FPGA).The course will suit your interest if you're looking at comprehensive analysis of current digital systems and investigation of future techniques and methodologies.

It will give you the opportunity to choose from modules taught within the area of electrical and electronic engineering. Covering topics areas such as Advanced Digital Design Systems, Computers in Control and Project Management.

Graduate destinations are in innovative electronic product design; medical, aerospace and military system research and development.

Enhance your career

Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as We would expect to see graduates progress to careers in electronic and electrical engineering, research and development in the electronics industry. You could also go on to further study and the University has many options available for postgraduate research which may interest you.