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M.Sc. Digital Systems Engineering
University of Portsmouth
| Start date: | September 2013 |
| Duration full-time: | 12 months |
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| Delivery mode: | On Campus |
| Educational variant: | Part-time, Full-time |
Description
This course is designed to respond to a growing skills shortage of people with core knowledge in advanced digital systems engineering. It provides relevant, up-to-date skills that will enhance your engineering competencies. You will broaden your knowledge of digital electronic systems engineering and ability to apply new technologies in the design and implementation of modern systems.
Example units are:
VHDL and Digital Systems Design
Advanced DSP Techniques
Mixed Signal Processors
Real Time Embedded Systems
GPU Architecture and Programming
Communication System Analysis
The course concludes with a four-month individual project in which you apply your knowledge to a significant, in-depth piece of analysis or design. Your projects will be tailored to your individual interests and may take place in our own laboratories or, by agreement, in industry.
Contents
Teaching and assessment
You will be taught using a mixture of lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions and project work. Lecturers generally spend part of the scheduled time in tutorial sessions to help you with any technical aspects of the course of which you are unsure. Assessment is geared towards the subject matter in a way that encourages a deeper understanding and allows you to develop your skills. It includes examinations, assessed coursework, laboratory work and a dissertation that can often be linked with industry.
Career prospects
On successful completion of the course, you will have gained the skills and knowledge that will make you attractive to a wide variety of employers with interests ranging from overall system design to the more detailed development of subsystems. It is an excellent preparation for a successful career in this expanding and dynamic field.
Requirements
A second-class honours degree, or equivalent, in relevant subject. Applicants who do not meet the minimum entry requirements but have extensive relative work experience may also be considered.
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 or equivalent.
English Language Requirements
| CAE score: | 75(Grade B) |
IELTS
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