Digital Electronics (H651)

The pace at which digital technology is advancing is breathtaking: what can be achieved in an integrated circuit is doubling every eighteen months and this is evident in recent advances in personal computers. Modern electronic system design, in this increasingly digital world, is based on an understanding of a wide range of subjects ranging from electrical network behaviour through signal processing and programmable systems to the programming languages which are used to design hardware circuits. The M.Eng. Digital Electronic s degree seeks to provide a student with this wide range of competencies in a rapidly changing world.

In the first two and a half years of the degree programme, you will study a range of fundamental electronic engineering topics that will equip you to work as a practising engineer – underpinned by programming in `C´, digital design and computer organisation. In the last year and a half, you will study a set of advanced topics that are focused more towards digital systems and design (digital signal processing, advanced computer architectures, VLSI design, hardware description languages, computer communication, operating systems) and the management of engineering.

Practical design work is an important part of these studies and takes place at all levels – preparing you for working in industry. Engineers with the skills and understanding that this degree programme confers are in great demand in industry and graduates can expect a fulfilling and rewarding career.