Program Overview
Graduates will possess a strong foundation in hardware circuit design, data analysis, digital signal processing, and software engineering, preparing them for careers in various industries, including semiconductor companies, telecommunications, entertainment, and research and development. The program also offers an optional Master's degree, providing students with advanced knowledge and research experience.
Program Outline
Electronic engineers create, design, and develop everyday devices like mobile phones, tablets, game engines, and computers. They increasingly design systems at the interface between decision-making systems and actions in the real world, requiring a working knowledge of software engineering. Graduates will possess a strong foundation in hardware circuit design, data analysis, digital signal processing, and software engineering.
Outline:
- Year 1 and 2: Fundamentals of hardware circuit design and data analysis, including analog and digital electronic circuits, high-level chip design, and autonomous vehicle control.
- Year 3: Deepening specialization in digital signal analysis, information coding and transmission in radio links, and software design, including basic analog and digital circuits, machine-level programming (assembly language), and software design fundamentals.
- Year 4: Major individual Capstone project (chosen from an extensive menu or through an industry internship), modules exploring biomedical electronics, entertainment system design, machine learning, and reconfigurable hardware design, and opportunities for industry placements, research group involvement, or study abroad.
- Year 5 (Optional): Master's degree (M.A.I.) in Engineering, involving a major dissertation on a topic of the student's choice, ranging from wireless communications and signal processing systems to biomedical devices and systems, cloud computing management, face-recognition algorithms, and fraud detection in bitcoin transactions.
Careers:
- Potential Career Paths: Circuit design in semiconductor companies, network design and management in telecommunications companies, media engineering in entertainment industries, business and financial management, and research and development in academia and industry.
- Opportunities: Employment opportunities with companies such as Boston Scientific, Universal Robots, Xilinx, Intel, Netflix, YouTube, Disney, Ericsson, Analog Devices, Google, EirGrid, SIG, JumpTrading, and Accenture.
Other:
- Students have the opportunity to choose from a range of modules, including Motion Picture Engineering, Speech and Audio Engineering, Wireless Networks and Communications, Advanced Computer Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, and Realtime Animation.
