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Communications Engineering MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert – (M.Sc.)
De Montfort University
Faculty of Technology
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,263 - ≈ € 10,658 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Leicester / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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This course is ideal if you want to further enhance or develop your career prospects by studying multimedia systems with a distinctive focus on communications and signal processing aspects.
Through exposure to advanced concepts in several areas relevant to multimedia communications, you will improve your understanding of the capabilities and potential applications of relevant state-of-the-art technologies (IPTV, video telephony, video conferencing, digital cinema and 3D video). Gain hands-on experience through practical sessions using different tools to enhance your ability to apply advanced concepts.
Career opportunities
By emphasising the practical computing and electronics skills needed to use current technology, graduates are in a strong position for employment in a variety of industries where software and hardware engineers with this knowledge base are in high demand.
These include:
* Telecommunications
* Entertainment
* Medicine
* Defence.
Contents
First semester (September to January)
* Programming and Software Engineering - A programming approach to software engineering is used with an emphasis on the development of practical programming skills. In addition, the principles of object-oriented programming are discussed
* Digital Signal Processing considers methods for processing digital signals in the time and frequency domains and their applications in the communication of signals such as audio and speech
* Data Networks introduces and explains the principles, protocols, services and standards used for data communication and internet networking
* Telecommunication Systems discusses the principles of modern telecommunication engineering and the application of these to communication system design and performance determination
Second semester (February to May)
* Multimedia Communications explains the principles, algorithms, techniques, and standards used in lossless and lossy multimedia compression. It also presents the methods used to address quality of service and experience requirements for real-time multimedia transmission over best-effort networks
* Mobile Wireless Communications gives an advanced coverage of the principles and techniques used in mobile wireless communications. It focuses on 2.5G and 3G packet-switched systems and describing the state-of-the-art in industry and research
* Digital Image Processing considers the reconstruction, enhancement and interpretation of images using a digital computer. It also explores the wide variety of software techniques that are currently available and provides a unified approach to processing and analysing digital images
* Research Methods introduces and develops the concepts, organisational structure, and deliverables of a research project. It prepares you for the completion of the dissertation in the third semester.
Third semester (June to September)
You will complete a dissertation on a topic in communications engineering. An important aspect of the project is that the selected topics will be either sponsored by industry or linked to industry-relevant problems.
Teaching/assessment
Teaching includes formal lectures covering the different concepts, analysis skills and design methodologies that are relevant to communications engineering. Most of the modules will have a laboratory component where you will be able to experiment to gain a more in-depth understanding of the theory covered in lectures. You will also be expected to undertake independent study and research to support individual assignments and your dissertation. Assessment will be based on exams, projects, presentations and written reports.
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Requirements
You should have the equivalent of a British Honours degree (2:2 minimum) in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or any other relevant subject. If you don't have formal academic qualifications but have extensive industry experience you will be considered individually.
Students whose first language is not English and/or have not been taught and examined solely in an English medium will generally need to provide evidence of their English language in the form of an IELTS or recognised equivalent examination The score required is typically IELTS 6.0 for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught courses within the Faculty of Technology.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
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