MSc(Eng) Wireless Communication Systems

About the course

1 year full-time

You'll cover all the key design aspects of a modern wireless communication system in particular cellular mobile systems.

There is a current shortage of communication engineers with a comprehensive appreciation of wireless systems. At the end of your course, you'll be ready both for employment in industry research and development or for further academic study.

Entry requirements

You'll need at least a 2:1 honours degree in electronic engineering, computer science or a similar field from a good UK university or an equivalent international degree qualification. If you have a 2:2 or equivalent, or industrial experience, we'll give your application individual consideration.

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

Core modules

• Antennas and Propagation
• Communication Principles
• RF and Optical Telecommunications
• Mobile Networks and Low Level Protocols
• Advanced Signal Processing
• Broadband Wireless Techniques
• Wireless Packet Data Networks and Protocols
• Research Techniques and Thesis Preparation
• Mathematics for Communications
• Individual Research Project

Optional modules

Two from the following:

• Electromagnetic Compatibility
• Antennas, Radar and Navigation
• High Speed Circuit Design
• Visual Information Engineering
• Applied Electromagnetics
• Digital Communications

Teaching

You'll carry out an individual research project as part of the course

Assessment

• Examinations
• Coursework
• Project dissertation with oral examination

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

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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