The University of Sheffield
Prospective Postgraduates

MSc(Res) Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering

This is where brilliant ideas are turned into advanced technology. Our staff are experts at the top of their game.

About the course

1 year full-time

You'll undertake a research project in a specialist area of electronic and electrical engineering alongside taught modules that will help you succeed in your project. Subject areas include semiconductors, electrical machines and drives, and antennas and wireless communications.

Entry requirements

You'll need at least a 2:1 honours degree in Electronic Engineering or related course, or an equivalent international qualification. If you have a good degree in science or engineering subjects such as physics or maths, we'll consider your application.

English language requirements

Overall IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

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Core modules

  • Research Techniques and Thesis Preparation
  • Individual Research Project

Optional modules

Seven or eight from the following:

  • Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
  • Design Projects
  • Reliability and Failure
  • Advanced Instrumentation
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Antennas and Propagation
  • Energy Utilisation
  • Motion Control and Servo Drive Systems
  • Advanced Computer Architectures
  • Operating Systems
  • High Speed Circuit Design
  • High Speed Electronic Devices
  • Optical Communication Devices and Systems
  • Integrated Circuit Technology
  • Visual Information Engineering
  • Computational Vision
  • Video Analysis and Processing
  • Modelling of Electrical Machines
  • Microsystem Packaging
  • Digital Communications
  • Mobile Networks and Low Level Protocols
  • Advanced Signal Processing
  • Systems Architecture Design

Teaching

  • Lectures
  • Tutorials
  • Small-group work
  • A supervised dissertation

Assessment

  • Examinations
  • Course and project work
  • Poster presentations
  • Oral presentations

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Any questions?

If you'd like to know more about any aspect of our courses, contact us:

MSc Admissions Secretary

E: infoeee@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 222 5355

Francis Ryder, MSc(Res) Electronic and Electrical Engineering


Our graduates are in demand

Many go to work as engineers for large national and international companies, including Rolls Royce, Vodafone and Intel. Others go into research and an academic career.

Real-world applications

This is a research environment. What we teach is based on the latest ideas. The work you do on your course is directly connected to real-world applications.

We work with government research laboratories, industrial companies and other prestigious universities. Significant funding from UK research councils, the European Union and industry means you have access to the best facilities.

Excellent preparation for a career in industry.

First-class facilities

Our state-of-the-art semiconductor growth and processing equipment is housed in an extensive clean room complex as part of the EPSRC’s National Centre for III-V Technologies.

Semiconductor Materials and Devices

  • LED
  • Laser photodetectors and transistor design
  • A high-tech field-emission gun transmission electron microscope (FEGTEM)
  • A focused ion beam (FIB) milling facility
  • Electron beam lithographic equipment

Electrical Machines and Drives

  • Specialist facilities for the design and manufacture of electromagnetic machines
  • Dynamometer test cells
  • A high-speed motor test pit
  • Environmental test chambers
  • Electronic packaging and EMC testing facilities
  • Rolls Royce University Technology Centre for Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives

Communications

  • Advanced anechoic chambers for antenna design and materials characterisation
  • Outdoor free-field range facility at the Buxton site
  • A lab for calibrated RF dosimetry of tissue to assess pathogenic effects of electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones
  • Extensive CAD electromagnetic analysis tools

Vision and Information Engineering

  • Wide ranging area of 'information' from numerically generated holograms for lithographic applications to image processing, computer vision, and machine learning

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You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

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