Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Robotics (with an industrial placement year) MEng
Master
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
4 Years
Robotics is 'one of the UK's eight great technologies', as identified by the UK Government.
On this course, you have the opportunity to develop specific expertise in robotics alongside skills in electrical and electronic engineering. You’ll study in our £12-million Future Technologies Labs, dedicated to teaching and research in computing, robotics, electronics and mechatronics.
As a graduate, you’ll be ideally placed to develop or apply systems for robotics, automation, smart systems with autonomous capability, or ubiquitous and wearable computing.
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About this course
Recent Engineering graduates have gone on to jobs as:
equipment design engineer, Digital Pixel
user experience designer, IBM
software engineer, Lloret.
You should also have a broad range of GCSEs (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.
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Subjects
- Computing
- Signal processing
- Teaching
- Electronic Engineering
- Project
- Global
- Electrical
- Mathematics
- Communications
- GCSE Mathematics
- Systems
- Engineering
- Team Training
- Embedded Systems
- Managerial skills
- Automation Mechatronics
Course programme
Autumn teaching
- Electrical Circuits & Devices
- Engineering Maths 1A
- Materials and Manufacturing Processes
- Programming for Engineers
- Electromechanics
- Electronic Devices and Circuit Prototyping
- Engineering Maths 1B
- Engineering Thermodynamics
- Global Design Challenge
You gain a good grounding in the fundamentals of engineering, looking at topics including electrical circuits and devices, engineering mathematics, and programming for engineers.
Global Design ChallengeYou join all first-year students in the School of Engineering and Informatics in a team-based, week-long activity, the Global Design Challenge. Each team designs a solution to a problem faced by a community in the developing world. You develop transferable skills, benefiting both your studies and your future employability
Year 2 at sussex
- Digital Systems and Microprocessor Design
- Electronic Circuit & Systems Design
- Engineering Mathematics 2
- Mechanics of Mechanisms and Robots
- Embedded Systems
- Industrial Automation Mechatronics
- Professional and Managerial Skills
- Systems Analysis and Control
You cover topics such as digital systems and microprocessor design, mechanics of robots and CAD, embedded systems and industrial automation mechatronics. You continue to develop your mathematics knowledge.
Year 3
- Business and Project Management
- Control Engineering
- Electrical Power Systems
- Robotics Individual Project
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Electrical Drive Systems
- Robot Design and Implementation
You’ll work on a two-term individual project focusing on robotics. This includes training in project planning and management.
Taught topics include:
- autonomous vehicles
- robot design and implementation
- control engineering
- power systems.
Autumn teaching
- Cybernetics and Neural Networks
- Robotics Group Project
Autumn teaching
- Advanced Digital Signal Processing
- Advanced Electronic Systems
- Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
- Internet-of-Things
- Mobile Communications
- Real Time Embedded Systems
- Advanced Topics in Control of Electromechanical Systems
- Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
- Fibre Optic Communications
- Image Processing
- Reconfigurable System on Chip
- Satellite and Space Systems
- Strategic Management - Engineering module
You study advanced Masters-level modules and choose from a number of options, allowing you to specialise in your own areas of interest.
You join an interdisciplinary team of fellow students to undertake a substantial robotics group project. This robotics project may be part of an international challenge or competition. Recent projects include modification of a quadcopter into an aerial vehicle for video reconnaissance.
Year 4 at sussexAutumn teaching
- Cybernetics and Neural Networks
- Robotics Group Project
Autumn teaching
- Advanced Digital Signal Processing
- Advanced Electronic Systems
- Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
- Internet-of-Things
- Mobile Communications
- Real Time Embedded Systems
- Advanced Topics in Control of Electromechanical Systems
- Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
- Fibre Optic Communications
- Image Processing
- Reconfigurable System on Chip
- Satellite and Space Systems
- Strategic Management - Engineering module
You study advanced Masters-level modules and choose from a number of options, allowing you to specialise in your own areas of interest.
You join an interdisciplinary team of fellow students to undertake a substantial robotics group project. This robotics project may be part of an international challenge or competition. Recent projects include modification of a quadcopter into an aerial vehicle for video reconnaissance.
Additional information
Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Robotics (with an industrial placement year) MEng