Telecommunication Engineering MEng

Bachelor's degree

In Stoke-On-Trent

£ 9,000 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Stoke-on-trent

  • Duration

    4 Years

To recognise the importance of employability skills our Telecommunication Engineering degree focuses heavily on developing the competences that employers want such as effective team working, excellent communication skills and confident presentation skills.
You will work in our brand new telecommunication laboratory facilities and you will have access to state-of-the-art hardware platforms and software tools in telecommunications, instrumentation and control systems, VLSI design and embedded software, and PCB design and manufacturing.

This MEng route has a core industry based project module where you tackle a real problem for a company with involvement in the company throughout the year underpinning that study. During your third year of study, you will complete an independent engineering project along with specialist modules in Telecommunication. During your fourth year, you will complete a group project as well as advanced specialist modules in Telecommunication Engineering.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Stoke-On-Trent (Staffordshire)
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College Road, ST4 2DE

Start date

On request

About this course

Typical UCAS Offer: 128 UCAS tariff points A levels: ABB or BBC plus 16 UCAS tariff points at AS (or other level 3 qualifications), this must include a pass in A level Mathematics, Physics or Engineering related subject.
BTEC: DDM in an Engineering discipline.
Applicants with other qualifications will be considered on an individual basis
You may be considered if you have qualifications, skills and/or experience suggesting that you should be able to complete the course successfully and you will be assessed on an individual basis.
*If you are an International/European student, the...

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Subjects

  • Engineering
  • Telecommunication
  • Telecommunication Engineering
  • Project
  • Design
  • Sound
  • Team Training
  • Communications
  • Systems
  • Telecommunications
  • Communication Training
  • Industry
  • Employability

Course programme



Below are a list of modules that you will study in order to obtain this Award, each module is linked to it's module descriptor - where you can see more information.
Level 4 Modules
ELEC40221 Electrical and Electronic Principles (30 credits)
MECH40736 Engineering Applications (15 credits)
MECH40451 Instrumentation and Measurement (15 credits)
ELEC40325 Introduction to the Telecommunications Industry (15 credits)
MATH40312 Mathematical Foundations for Engineers (15 credits)
ELEC40237 Communication Principles (15 credits)
ELEC40223 Professional Engineering Skills (15 credits)
Level 5 Modules
ELEC50218 Digital Design and Embedded Software 1 (30 credits)
MATH50293 Engineering Maths with Applications (30 credits)
ELEC50224 Signals, Systems and Communications (30 credits)
ELEC50410 Wireless Communications Engineering Apps 1 (15 credits)
MECH50699 Business, Innovation and Enterprise in Engineering (15 credits)
Level 6 Modules
ELEC60220 Digital Communications: Processing and Applications (30 credits)
ELEC60315 Wireless Communications Engineering Applications 2 (30 credits)
ELEC60310 Industrial-based Project (60 credits)
Level 7 Modules
ELEC70309 Voice and Data over Broadband network (15 credits)
ELEC70325 WSN & IoT: Principles and Practices (15 credits)
ELEC70308 Cellullar Network Planning Principles (15 credits)
MECH70706 MEng Group Project (30 credits)
ELEC70288 Optical Fibre Communication Systems (15 credits)
ELEC70272 Telecommunications (15 credits)
ELEC70311 Employability and Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
Level 4 (Certificate of Higher Education) will provide you with a sound knowledge of the basic concepts of general engineering and to learn how to take different approaches to solving problems. You will be able to communicate accurately and will have the qualities needed for employment requiring the exercise of some personal responsibility.
Level 5 (Diploma of Higher Education) will allow you to develop a sound understanding of the principles in Telecommunication Engineering, and to apply these more widely. Through this, you will have learnt to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems. At this level will have the qualities necessary for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making.
Level 6 will provide you with an understanding of a complex body of knowledge, some of it at the current boundaries of Telecommunication Engineering. Through this, you will have developed analytical techniques and problem-solving skills that can be applied in many types of employment. You will be able to evaluate evidence, arguments and assumptions, to reach sound judgements and to communicate them effectively. Finally, you will have the qualities needed for employment in situations requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making in complex and unpredictable circumstances.
Level 7 (Integrated Master’s degree-MEng) will enable you to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgements in the absence of complete data, and communicate your conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Finally, you will have the qualities needed for employment in circumstances requiring sound judgement, personal responsibility and initiative in complex and unpredictable professional environments.

You will experience a wide range of teaching and learning methods. This will include lectures, smaller group tutorials, laboratory sessions, problem based or design tasks, and individual and team activities. In the laboratory sessions you will learn about radio theory by using TIMs telecommunicaiton and signal processing equipment. The work place often utilises software for analysis and it is therefore vital that you are both comfortable and able to work with suitable packages. We will introduce you to specialist software, such as MATLAB, LABVIEW, MULTISIM, QUALNET and MENTUM PLANET.
You will analyse the results of your practical and simulation experiments and therefore understand and develop solutions to problems which are either too time consuming or too complicated to attempt by hand. We will help you to develop transferable skills, such as giving presentations, writing reports, working in groups and time management. Group work provides you with the opportunity to interact with others, organise and manage meetings, understand team roles and work effectively within a team environment. These skills will enable you to present yourself with confidence and communicate effectively. These are essential attributes that will make you ready for the workplace. An important aspect of the teaching, learning and assessment experience is who you will be taught by. The Telecommunication staff here are very friendly, experienced, and approachable.

Additional information

Telecommunication engineering is a fast-paced sector where graduates can work with cutting edge technology and have a global impact. The main objective of the telecoms industry is to allow people to communicate, whether they're talking on traditional fixed-line telephones, or using mobile devices to send and receive data from the cloud. Employers include BT, Virgin Media, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, Nortel, Vodafone, O2 and EE, as well as IT consultancy providers such as Accenture and IBM. The sector is broadly split into vendors and carriers: vendor companies such as Metaswitch, Broadsoft and Ericsson sell the hardware and software products that carrier companies such as BT, AT&T and Yahoo! use in their networks. Activities vary by company and industry sector, but generally include research and development of hardware or software, technical sales and marketing, and installation and technical support. Companies that run large networks and data centres are also involved in infrastructure and networking activities. The key features of this course are: The participation of research-active staff in course design, delivery and project supervision - giving you the oppurtunity to solve real-world problems in Telecommunication Engineering. The opportunity for you to work in very well equipped industry standard facilities including: TIMs hardware and software equipment which provides you with hands-on experience in modelling telecommunication theory to enhance your understanding through practical experiments by using a unique block diagram approach; MENTUM PLANET software package for cellular network planning; QUALNET Discrete Event Simulator used for simulating the behaviour of real-time (Person to Person) and non-real-time (Person/Machine to Machine) traffic across wired/wireless networks at the protocol and physical levels; SKYRADAR system will allow you to gain real-life experience in identifying real targets and providing real-time tracking and...

Telecommunication Engineering MEng

£ 9,000 + VAT