The MEngSc (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) offers three separate streams within a full-time programme running for 12 months (or in the case of Stream 3 within a 15 month period) or within a part-time programme running for 24 months from the date of first registration for the programme.
Candidates must have a BE (Hons) Degree in Electrical and/or Electronic Engineering, or equivalent engineering qualification, with a minimum grade 2H1 or equivalent minimum 3.0 GPA. Decisions on eligibility will be taken by the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, subject to the approval of the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science.
Candidates from Grandes Écoles Colleges are also eligible to apply if they are studying a cognate discipline in an ENSEA or EFREI Graduate School and are eligible to enter the final year (M2) of their programme.
Students take 90 credits as
follows:
Full-time
Three optional Streams are possible:
Stream 1: Coursework with Research Project (subject
to performance)
In Part I students take a minimum of five core modules from Group One
(to the value of 50 credits), including EE6019 Research Report, and
modules from Groups One and Two to the value of 10 credits. Students
should take no more than 40 credits in any one Semester. Part II
consists of a Research Project (EE6022) to the value of 30 credits,
completed over the summer months.
Stream 2: Coursework and Industry Placement (subject
to availability and performance)
In Part I students take a minimum of five core modules from Group One
(to the value of 50 credits), including EE6019 Research Report, and
modules from Groups One and Two to the value of 10 credits. Students
should take no more than 40 credits in any one Semester. Part II
consists of an Industry Placement (EE6021) to the value of 30 credits,
completed over the summer months. Where the number of available
industry placements is less than the number of applicants for such
placements, unsuccessful applicants for industry projects will have a
choice of following either Stream 1 or Stream 3.
Stream 3: Coursework only (subject to performance)
In Part I students take a minimum of five core modules from Group One
(to the value of 50 credits), these five modules not to include EE6019
Research Report, and modules from Groups One and Two to the value of
10 credits. Students should take no more than 40 credits in any one
Semester. In Part II, students take additional modules to the value of
30 credits from Group One and Group Two in Semester 1 of the following
academic year.
The choice of modules in all three Streams is subject to the approval
of the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering.
A student is required to select either Streams 1/2 or Stream 3 when applying to enter the programme. A student who enters Streams 1/2 may elect at any time to change to Stream 3. A student who enters Stream 3, takes module EE6019 Research Report and satisfies the requirements to progress from Part I to Part II of Streams 1/2 may elect to change from Stream 3 to Stream 1 or Stream 2 (subject to availability) in Part II. As the number of industry places will be limited, a student who satisfies the performance criteria to proceed to Part II is not guaranteed an industry placement.
Part-time
The programme of study for part-time students must be approved in
advance by the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering.
Group One (choice of core modules)
Students take a minimum of 50 credits from the following:
EE6101 Advanced Analogue and Mixed Signal Integrated
Circuit Design (10 credits)
EE6102 Advanced RF Integrated Circuit Design (10
credits)
EE6103 Advanced VLSI Architectures (10 credits)
EE6104 Intelligent Sensors and Wireless Sensor
Networks (10 credits)
EE6105 Wireless Communications (10 credits)
EE6106 Robotics and Mechatronics (10 credits)
EE6107 Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Drives
(10 credits)
EE6108 Optoelectronics (10 credits)
EE6019 Research Report (10 credits) (note: Students
taking Stream 3 cannot take this module)
Group Two (choice of elective modules)
Students may select up to 10 credits of modules from across the
university, subject to timetabling constraints, including the
following:
Technical
CS4617 Advanced Computer Architecture I (5 credits)
CS6311 Mobile Networks Protocols (5 credits)
CS6322 Optimization (5 credits)
EE4001 Power Electronics, Drives and Energy
Conversion (5 credits)
EE4002 Control Engineering (5 credits)
EE4004 Telecommunications (5 credits)
EE4007 Optical Electronics (5 credits)
EE4008 Digital Signal Processing (5 credits)
EE4010 Electrical Power Systems (5 credits)
EE4011 RF IC Design (5 credits)
EE4012 Biomedical Design (5 credits)
ME4001 Engineering Management (5 credits)
UE4001 Digital IC Design (5 credits)
UE4002 Analogue IC Design (5 credits)
UE4008 Processing of Integrated Circuits (5 credits)
UE6005 Nanoelectronics (5 credits)
UE6008 Microsystems Technology and Applications (5
credits)
UE6013 Advanced Topics in Microelectronic Engineering (5 credits)
UE6022 Packaging and Reliability (5 credits)
Innovation, Commercialisation and Entrepreneurship
AC6301 Innovation Finance (5 credits)
AC6302 Early Stage Capital (5 credits)
IS6306 Technology Business Planning (5 credits)
IS6307 Creativity and Opportunity Recognition (5
credits)
LW6104 Intellectual Property Law for High-Tech
Entrepreneurs (5 credits)
MG6704 Internationalisation and Sales (5 credits)
MG6705 Marketing for High Technology Entrepreneurs (5
credits)
MG6706 Entrepreneurial Strategy and Leadership (5
credits)
MG6707 Building the new Venture Team (5 credits)
Part II
Students choose one of the following depending on their stream:
EE6021 Industry Placement (30 credits)
or
EE6022 Research Project (30 credits)
or
Additional modules to the value of 30 credits from Group One and Group
Two above (only modules offered in Semsester 1 are available).
Module Semester Information may be found here.
Module
Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme
will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2015 Book and
for each module in the Book
of Modules 2015/2016.
Postgraduate Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Candidates who pass individual modules to the value of 60 credits in
Part I but fail to achieve the requisite average grade of 50% at the
first attempt across all modules in Part 1 will be eligible for the
award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Electrical and Electronic
Engineering. Candidates passing Part I of the programme who do not
wish to proceed to Part II may opt to be conferred with a Postgraduate
Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Programme Learning Outcomes for MSc (Electrical and
Electronic Engineering), NFQ Level 9, Major Award
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able
to: