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MSc Signal Processing and Communications - 1 Year (Full-time)

MSc Signal Processing and Communications - 2 Years (Part-time)

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Email: pgtenquiries@eng.ed.ac.uk; Address: School of Engineering
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This programme provides graduates and working professionals with a broad training in signal processing and communications. It is suitable for recent graduates who wish to develop the specialist knowledge and skills relevant to this industry and is also suitable as advanced study in preparation for research work in an academic or industrial environment or in a specialist consultancy organisation.

Engineers or other professionals wishing to participate in the MSc programme may do so on a part-time basis.

Entry requirements

The minimum entry requirement is a UK 2:1 degree, or its international equivalent, typically in electrical engineering with a specialisation in signal processing and/or communications. Applications from related fields such as computer science, physics or mathematics will also be considered.

Entry into this high-level programme is competitive and high grades are expected in fundamentals such as mathematics, signals and systems, probability and statistics and communications and signal processing.

International students

All applicants must meet our general entry and language requirements. Detailed advice for international students is available here:

Programme description

Our students gain a thorough understanding of theoretical foundations as well as advanced topics at the cutting edge of research in signal processing and communications.

Programme structure

This programme is run over 12 months, with two semesters of taught courses followed by a research project leading to a masters thesis.

Semester 1 courses

Discrete-Time Signal Analysis
Digital Communication Fundamentals
Statistical Signal Processing
Image Processing
Signal Processing Laboratory

Semester 2 courses

Adaptive Signal Processing
Advanced Digital Communications
Array Processing Methods
Advanced Concepts in Signal Processing
Phase 1 project

Career Opportunities

With our excellent employability record and internationally respected reputation, the University of Edinburgh is a reliable choice for developing your engineering career.

This programme will appeal to graduates who wish to pursue a career in a range of industries such as communications, radar, medical imaging and everywhere else signal processing is applied.

Funding

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This article was published on Apr 25, 2013