Program Overview

MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Course summary

The MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering course is designed to provide students with the up-to-date knowledge and skills required of modern electrical and electronic engineers, with an emphasis on hands-on learning. The course prepares students for a career primarily in electrical and electronic engineering, alongside related careers.

How you learn

Students learn through a combination of core technical modules, project-based activities, laboratory work, workshops, tutorial examples, and an optional placement. The course also focuses on building wider professional skills, such as planning, research techniques, and promoting innovation.

Modules

Compulsory modules

• Digital Signal Processing And Communication Engineering (40 credits)
• Modern Electrical & Electronic System Design (40 credits)
• Project And Dissertation (40 credits)
• Research Methodology And Practice (20 credits)
• Systems-On-Chip (Soc) Architectures And Fpga Prototyping (20 credits)

Elective modules

• Artificial Intelligence Concepts And Applications (20 credits)
• Robotics And Autonomous Systems (20 credits)

Future careers

The course prepares students for a career primarily in electrical and electronic engineering, alongside related careers, such as electronic or electrical design engineering, electronic or electrical test engineering, electronic or electrical installation engineering, research and development, control engineering, telecommunications engineering, digital signal processing engineering, and field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) design engineering.

Equipment and facilities

The course has specialist labs and technical resources, including electronics, communications, embedded systems, electronic Computer-Aided Design, power systems, and control systems. Students also use industry-standard software such as LabVIEW, Matlab, and ARM embedded system development kits.

Where will I study?

Students study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars, and practical sessions, as well as access to digital and online resources to support their learning.

Entry requirements

• An honours degree in an appropriate science or engineering subject, usually at least second-class
• Suitable professional qualifications in a field appropriate to engineering
• A degree in any relevant discipline plus at least one year of relevant industrial experience
• A diploma in a technological area, with at least three years of relevant experience
• IELTS 6 or equivalent with a minimum of 5.5 in all tasks

Fees and funding

• Home students: £10,940 for the course
• International/EU students: £18,600 for the course
• Postgraduate student loans: up to £12,858 is available in 2025/26 for home students on most masters courses

Additional course costs

• General course additional costs
• Additional costs for School of Engineering and Built Environment (PDF, 607KB)