MEng Telecommunication Engineering

University of Essex

Bachelor's degree

In Colchester

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    4 Years

About the course
It’s hard to imagine a world without mobile networks, the internet, radio, or audio-visual appliances

Bringing together knowledge from both electrical engineering and computer science, telecommunications engineers drive these communications systems which are so fundamental to the modern world; we can now easily make international calls, Skype our friends, and even communicate with satellites orbiting the planet

How could you influence what happens next?
On the four-year MEng version of this course, you achieve a masters-level qualification, pushing your abilities to develop a more thorough technical knowledge of telecommunication engineering

You cover the same wide range of telecommunications as studied on the BEng, including:
Radio frequency circuits and systems
The transmission of digital signals over analogue links
The transfer of audio-visual information
In addition to these areas, you then have the further opportunity to investigate more advanced topics in telecommunication engineering, including:
Mathematics and modern communication systems
The architecture and technology of a telecommunication network
Multi-user communications
Circuit, packet and cell-switching
Our School is a community of scholars leading the way in technological research and development

Today’s telecommunications engineers are creative people who are focused and committed, yet restless and experimental

We are home to many of the world’s top engineers, and our work is driven by creativity and imagination as well as technical excellence

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Systems
  • Engineering
  • Telecommunication
  • Telecommunications
  • Telecommunication Engineering
  • Communications
  • Project
  • Mathematics
  • Network Training
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • Networks
  • Network
  • Radio

Course programme

Example structure
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Professional Development


Mathematics for Electronics and Telecommunications


Introduction to Programming


Network Fundamentals


Fundamentals of Digital Systems


Digital Electronic Systems


Foundations of Electronics I


Foundations of Electronics II


Year 2
Electronics and Telecommunications Project and Industrial Practice
Engineering Mathematics


Analogue Circuit Design


Digital Systems Design


Telecommunication Principles


Engineering Electromagnetics


Computer and Data Networks


C Programming and Embedded Systems
Final year
Individual Project


Network Engineering


Telecommunication Networks and Systems


Digital Signal Processing


Mobile Robotics (optional)


Computer Vision (optional)


Year 4
Theory of Signals and Systems


Digital Communications


Networking Principles


Group Project with Industrial Practice


Mathematical Research Techniques Using Matlab


Professional Practice and Research Methodology


Mobile Communications (optional)


Teaching
Courses are taught by a combination of lectures, laboratory work, assignments, and individual and group project activities
Group work
A significant amount of practical lab work will need to be undertaken for written assignments and as part of your learning
Assessment
You are assessed through a combination of written examinations and coursework
All our modules include a significant coursework element
You receive regular feedback on your progress through in-term tests
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Additional information

We were ranked 8th in the UK in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities, with more than two-thirds of our research rated “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” (REF 2014) And our students enjoy learning from our expert researchers – we achieved 92% student satisfaction (NSS 2016) You graduate prepared to move into relevant roles across almost every industry Professional accreditation This degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) This accreditation is increasingly sought by employers, and provides the first stage towards eventual professional registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) Placement year Alternatively, you can spend your third year on a placement with an external organisation, as part of one of our placement year degrees The learning outcomes associated with this programme focus on using the specialist technical skills acquired in the first two years of the course and developing communications skills with customers Students are provided with support to secure a placement Recent placements undertaken by our students have been with ARM, Microsoft, Intel, Nestlé, British Aerospace, and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, as well a range of SME software and hardware companies Our expert staff We have been one of the leading electronics departments in the country throughout our history, and in recent years, our prolific research staff have contributed to some major breakthroughs We invented the world's first telephone based system for deaf people to communicate with each other in 1981, with cameras and display devices that were able to work within the limited telephone bandwidth Our academics have also invented a streamlined protocol system for worldwide high speed optical communications Specialist facilities We have six laboratories that are exclusively for computer science and electronic engineering students Three are open 24/7, and you have free access to...

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