Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MSc - September start date Full-time

Suitable for International Students?

Yes

Course Introduction

The primary purpose of this innovative course is to provide a flexible MSc course with a few core modules and many option modules. The core modules consist of fundamentals, professional skills and project work. The option modules give the ability to tailor the remainder of the course with a series of modules in a variety of areas including telecommunications, electronics and signal processing. This popular course builds on the strength of the School in electronics and telecommunications.

Examples of projects:

• Modelling and design of WiFi front-end transceiver
• 2G and 3G balanced antenna design for mobile handsets
• Controlled-switchable beam-steering antenna for mobile base station using genetic algorithms
• Interfacing GPS to mobile platform

Course Syllabus

2011/12: (C) = Core, (O) = Option

Semester 1 (50 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 40 credits from the (O) modules listed):

• Signals and Systems Theory † (10 Credits) (C)
• Advanced Networking Protocols (10 Credits) (O)
• Antennas and Mobile Propagation † (10 Credits) (O)
• Control System Design (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (O)
• Cryptography and Network Security (10 Credits) (O)
• Digital Signal Processing (10 Credits) (O)
• Intelligent Sensor Fusion (10 Credits) (O)
• Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks (10 Credits) (O)
• Mobile Robotics and Wireless Sensors (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (O)
• Power Devices and Applications† (10 Credits) (O)

Semester 2 (50 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 40 credits from the (O) modules listed):

• Research Seminar Series (10 Credits) (C)
• Advanced Mobile and Satellite Communications † (10 Credits) (O)
• Control System Design (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (O)
• Digital Communications Principles (10 Credits) (O)
• Digital Design using HDL † (10 Credits) (O)
• Mobile Applications Technologies (10 Credits) (O)
• Mobile Robotics and Wireless Sensors (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (O)
• Risk Management (10 Credits) (O)
• Sustainable Energy (10 Credits) (O)
• Terminal Technologies (10 Credits) (O)
• Wireless Embedded Technology in Healthcare (10 Credits) (O)

Semesters 1 and 2, and end of Semester 2 onwards (80 Credits - 1 x (C) Module):

• MSc Project (80 Credits) (C)

The modules below are substitution modules. These are only available to students graduating from Bradford BEng courses who may have already studied one or more of the modules shown above:

Semester 1

• Advanced Embedded Systems Design † (10 Credits)
• Advanced Numerical Methods (10 Credits)
• Computer Applications of Numerical Methods (10 Credits)
• Design Optimisation (10 Credits)
• Satellite Communications (10 Credits)

Semester 2

• Advanced Embedded Systems Applications † (10 Credits)

† Modules marked with an † are Level-3 modules. No more than two Level-3 modules can be chosen for the entire MSc course.

MSc - January start date Full-time

Suitable for International Students?

Yes

Course Introduction

The primary purpose of this innovative course is to provide a flexible MSc course with a few core modules and many option modules. The core modules consist of fundamentals, professional skills and project work. The option modules give the ability to tailor the remainder of the course with a series of modules in a variety of areas including telecommunications, electronics and signal processing. This popular course builds on the strength of the School in electronics and telecommunications.

Examples of projects:

• Modelling and design of WiFi front-end transceiver
• 2G and 3G balanced antenna design for mobile handsets
• Controlled-switchable beam-steering antenna for mobile base station using genetic algorithms
• Interfacing GPS to mobile platform

Course Syllabus

2011/12: (C) = Core, (O) = Option

Stage 1 (officially Semester 2) (50 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 40 credits from the (O) modules listed):

• Research Seminar Series (10 Credits) (O)
• Digital Communications Principles (10 Credits) (O)
• Digital Design using HDL† (10 Credits) (O)
• Mobile Applications Technologies (10 Credits) (O)
• Mobile Robotics and Wireless Sensors (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (O)
• Risk Management (10 Credits) (O)
• Sustainable Energy (10 Credits) (O)
• Terminal Technologies (10 Credits) (O)
• Wireless Embedded Technology in Healthcare (10 Credits) (O)

Stage 2 (officially Semester 1) (50 Credits - 1 x (C) Module and 40 credits from the (O) modules listed):

• Signals and Systems Theory † (10 Credits) (C)
• Advanced Networking Protocols (10 Credits) (O)
• Antennas and Mobile Propagation † (10 Credits) (O)
• Cryptography and Network Security (10 Credits) (O)
• Digital Signal Processing (10 Credits) (O)
• Intelligent Sensor Fusion (10 Credits) (O)
• Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks (10 Credits) (O)
• Mobile Robotics and Wireless Sensors (20 Credits split over both Semesters, 10 Credits per Semester) (O)
• Power Devices and Applications † (10 Credits) (O)

Semesters 1 and 2, and End of Semester 2 onwards (80 Credits - 1 x (C) Module):

• MSc Project (80 Credits) (C)

The modules below are substitution modules. These are only available to students graduating from Bradford BEng courses who may have already studied one or more of the modules shown above:

• Advanced Numerical Methods (10 Credits)
• Computer Applications of Numerical Methods (10 Credits)
• Design Optimisation (10 Credits)
• Satellite Communications (10 Credits)

† Modules marked with an † are Level-3 modules. No more than two Level-3 modules can be chosen for the entire MSc course.