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Advanced Electronic and Electrical Engineering MSc

Key Information

Course code

H610PADVEENG

Start date

January

September

Subject area

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Mode of study

1 year full-time

14 months full-time

Fees

2024/25

UK £13,750

International £25,000

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Entry requirements

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Overview

Brunel’s MSc in Advanced Electronic and Electrical Engineering is a broad degree of advanced studies in electronic and electrical engineering.

You will study in depth and breadth the key areas of electronic and electrical engineering. These include, sensors and instrumentation; control; photonics; power electronics; telecommunications; intelligent systems; medical systems; digital and analogue electronics; and embedded systems.

Access is available to modern technical facilities including computer, electronics, and power and control laboratories where you’ll work on your lab exercises. The latest industry standard engineering software packages are available for you to use in purpose-built computer laboratories.

During your studies, you will benefit from guest lectures delivered by industry professionals. You’ll participate in conferences and deliver poster presentations on your research work. This allows you to network and exchange ideas with key engineering and technology experts.

At the end their final year, engineering and maths students are invited to showcase their project work at Brunel Engineers +, an event that both celebrates their achievements and gives them the chance to network with industry figures and employers. This video shows some of the projects exhibited at the 2024 Brunel Engineers + event, with explanations by the students themselves.

Our MSc advanced electronic and electrical engineering degree is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). This professional engineering institution ensures that your engineering degree meets the academic requirement to qualify as a professional engineer. This accredited MSc degree in advanced electronic and electrical engineering fully meets the educational requirement for progression to Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. It is studied full-time over one year.

Course content

You will study the taught modules in the first two terms and then spend four months working on your dissertation. The dissertation is an advanced piece of research on a real world challenge relevant to electronic and electrical engineering.

Compulsory

  • Applied Sensors Instrumentation and Control
    This module aims to enable students to focus on particular aspects of sensors, instrumentation and control through the use of real-world examples and hence to acquire knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of sensors and associated systems for monitoring and control, and the skills to evaluate, design and implement them.
  • Engineering Ethics and Sustainability
    This module aim to enable Engineering students to deal with legal, social, ethical and environmental issues and apply professional codes of conduct. Indicative content: Ethics and Legal Aspects, Risk and environment management systems, Risk Assessment and engineering failure methods and sustainability.
  • Advanced Electronic and Electrical Engineering Group Project
  • Advanced Analogue Electronics and Photonics
    This module aims to enable students to focus on photonic systems and electronic systems for sensors in general the use of real-world examples and hence to acquire knowledge and understanding of the characteristics of sensors and associated systems for, and the skills to evaluate, design and implement them.
  • Project and Dissertation
    This module aims to provide experience in defining and organising, executing and evaluating a substantial individual in-depth investigation into a topic related to the appropriate wireless and computer communication networks and presenting the information in the form of a dissertation.
  • Power Electronics and Drives
    The aims of this module are to develop students’ ability to: 1. critically analyse and design advanced power electronic circuits; 2. incorporate state-of-the-art power electronic circuits in electric vehicle machines and drives.

Optional

  • Communication Network Technologies
    This module will focus on advanced communication technologies and networks. Indicative contents: Network Basics: ISO/OSI Reference Model and TCP/IP Reference Model, Network layer operation: TCP/IP, Packet Scheduling and Delay, IP Quality of Services (QoS), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), Integrated Service Model and Differentiated Service Model, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), ATM Networks, Traffic Engineering IP Multicasting Mobile and wireless communication systems: Cellular system, Frequency reuse, 1st and 2nd generation systems, 2 and 2.5 G (GSM, GPRS, EDGE), UMTS-3G, (UTRAN, Core Networks, Handover, Power Control, Rake receiver), 4G (LTE – Advanced, S/P, IFFT, CP, P/S), 5G (Introduction, C-RAN, MIMO), ZIGBEE, UWB, Bluetooth. Ad-hoc and Mesh Networks: Introduction to mesh networks, power spectral efficiency and green radio, Mesh network Components, Ad-Hoc Routing protocols.
  • Artificial Intelligence System Techniques
    The aim of the module is: To understand the full range of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems techniques; To raise critical awareness of the issues affecting the performance of artificial intelligence systems; To develop the skills required to develop artificial intelligence applications; To gain hands-on experiences through learning, applying and implementing artificial intelligence systems to a given simulated system. The indicative content includes, Overview of artificial intelligence systems techniques, Intelligent Computation Techniques (Fuzzy Logic: Concepts, Membership functions, Inference methods and design; Neural Networks (NN): Representations, Topologies, Deep Learning techniques; Neuro-Fuzzy Systems (NF): Design, Topology, Training, Comparison to NN; Genetic Algorithms: Representations, Genetic operators, Selection schemes, Fitness & population evaluation, Constraint handling, Learning and evolution; Swarm Intelligence: Particle swarm, Ant Colony optimisation), Intelligent Data Processing Techniques, Applications (Wireless and computer networks, Bioinformatics, Medical imaging & visualisation, Pattern recognition & biometrics, Computer vision, Future trends).
  • Embedded DSP for Communication Systems
    The aim of the module is develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of real-time signal processing, reconfigurable computing and embedded DSP system architecture and to develop students’ ability to implement real time algorithms on embedded DSP processors for communication applications.
  • Advanced Embedded Systems Design
    The aims of this module are to: 1. provide a detailed knowledge of computing for embedded and control computer systems; 2. illustrate and develop an understanding of the various engineering, scientific and economic trade-offs necessary in the design of embedded systems; 3. understand the principles and the role of embedded systems in real world applications; 4. provide familiarity and experience with a range of architectural and programming techniques for embedded engineering systems and their evaluation; 5. understand the process of implementing algorithms on embedded systems.
  • Radio and Optical Communication Systems
    This module aims to consider the operation of radio and optical frequency systems and their integration into global systems for effective communications.
  • Smart Grid Operation and Management
    The main aims of this module are to teach the students how to: 1. critically analyse and assess smart grid operation and management objectives and functionality; 2. Evaluate and review methodologies and algorithmic structures for operational control of sustainable electrical power systems.

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Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Careers and your future

An advanced electronic and electrical engineering degree from Brunel will equip you with the broad knowledge and skills relevant to the demanding and dynamic electronic and electrical engineering sector.

Brunel’s closeness to the highest concentration of the UK’s information engineering and telecommunications industry – in London and along the M4 corridor – means our careers network is second to none.

Our graduates have gone on to work for high-profile companies including IBM, Intel, Mercedes, Microsoft, National Grid and Siemens. They are in specialist roles in areas such as, telecommunications; mechatronics; sensors and instrumentation; embedded systems; signal processing; intelligent systems; and sustainable systems.

UK entry requirements

  • A 2:2 (or above) UK Honours degree or equivalent internationally recognised qualification in Electrical / Electronic Engineering / Physics or a related subject.
  • Other subjects which involve a high degree of mathematical competence, such as other branches of Engineering with relevant work experience will be assessed on an individual basis.

EU and International entry requirements

English language requirements

  • IELTS: 6 (min 5.5 in all areas)
  • Pearson: 59 (59 in all sub scores)
  • BrunELT: 58% (min 55% in all areas)
  • TOEFL: 77 (min R18, L17, S20, W17) 

You can find out more about the qualifications we accept on our English Language Requirements page.

Should you wish to take a pre-sessional English course to improve your English prior to starting your degree course, you must sit the test at an approved SELT provider for the same reason. We offer our own BrunELT English test and have pre-sessional English language courses for students who do not meet requirements or who wish to improve their English. You can find out more information on English courses and test options through our Brunel Language Centre.

Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants. This information is for guidance only and each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Entry requirements are subject to review, and may change.

Fees and funding

2024/25 entry

UK

£13,750 full-time

International

£25,000 full-time

More information on any additional course-related costs.

See our fees and funding page for full details of postgraduate scholarships available to Brunel applicants.

Scholarships and bursaries

Teaching and learning

All lecture-based modules will be held on campus, allowing you to work with both staff and other students on practical applications. 

All laboratory classes will be held on campus. You will have the opportunity to perform experiments and other hands-on practical activities in the College’s labs and workshop spaces. Small group project work will also be carried out in person on campus, supported by regular on-campus interactive discussion sessions (workshops). 

You will need to come onto campus on most days to participate in all the teaching activities 

The online Wiseflow platform will be used for submitting written course work. All exams will be run in-person on campus. Other forms of assessment, such as presentations, are also expected to be run on campus.

Access to a laptop or desktop PC is required for joining online activities, completing coursework and digital exams, and a minimum specification can be found here.

We have computers available across campus for your use and laptop loan schemes to support you through your studies. You can find out more here.

Our advanced electronic and electrical engineering degree is delivered by an expert team of multidisciplinary academic staff. Many are world-renowned researchers and they feed their active research into the course. There will also be guest lectures from our industrial partners and networking at conferences with key industry specialists.

Study will combine lectures, seminars, workshop sessions, computer simulation, self-study, and individual and group project work.

Should you need any non-academic support during your time at Brunel, the Student Support and Welfare Team are here to help.

Assessment and feedback

Your progress will be assessed via assignments, presentations, technical analytical reports, group reports, exams and your dissertation.