Electronic Engineering with Professional Postgraduate Year MSc - 2023/4
Awarding body
University of Surrey
Teaching institute
University of Surrey
Framework
FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
Final award and programme/pathway title
MSc Electronic Engineering with Professional Postgraduate Year
MSc Electronic Engineering with Professional Postgraduate Year (with placement)
Subsidiary award(s)
| Award | Title |
|---|---|
| PGDip | Electronic Engineering with Professional Postgraduate Year |
| PGDip | Electronic Engineering with Professional Postgraduate Year (with placement) |
| PGCert | Electronic Engineering with Professional Postgraduate Year |
| PGCert | Electronic Engineering with Professional Postgraduate Year (with placement) |
Modes of study
| Route code | Credits and ECTS Credits | |
| Full-time | PFA71037 | 240 credits and 120 ECTS credits |
| Full-time with work placement | PFA71036 | 240 credits and 120 ECTS credits |
JACs code
100165
QAA Subject benchmark statement (if applicable)
Engineering (Master)
Other internal and / or external reference points
Uses Engineering Council (EC) document UK-SPEC as benchmark. EC document “Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes in Engineering”; IET Handbook (on the interpretation of EC documents in the context of electronic engineering programmes)
Faculty and Department / School
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences - Computer Science and Electronic Eng
Programme Leader
BROWN Tim (CS & EE)
Date of production/revision of spec
31/03/2023
Educational aims of the programme
- This MSc programme in Electronic Engineering with a Professional Postgraduate Year aims to provide specialist multidisciplinary knowledge and skills required for a career working in electronic engineering. Student will be able to choose the combination of modules that will best suit their desired personal development and career aspirations. Students will be able to choose a combination of modules, which may be closely related to a specific discipline area such as space systems, communication systems, wireless technologies, signal processing, or nanotechnology. The extended project dissertation will be chosen by the student is complemented with professional studies in the areas of patent searching, intellectual property, IP exploitation and a writing of a user manual, to assist with professional career development within the relevant industry or to serve as a precursor to academic research.
- To ensure that our MSc programmes completely satisfy the educational requirements for Chartered Engineer status thereby allowing our graduates to obtain professional recognition.
- To produce graduates equipped with subject specific knowledge and transferable skills aligned to the Surrey Pillars of graduate attributes and graduates capable of planning and managing their own life-long learning to equip them for roles in industry, in research, in development, in the professions, and/or in public service.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and application of mathematical, scientific, and engineering principles.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and application of engineering concepts and tools in analysis of engineering problems.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and application of design principles in the creation and development of innovative products to meet a defined need.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and application of engineering practice including the importance of project management, teamwork, and communication within an engineering context.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to enhance their global and cultural intelligence through working with students from around the world and working on a rich variety of assignments and projects appropriate to their programme.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to enhance their digital capabilities through the use of assignments and projects making various use of programming languages as well as enhancing their general transferable information technology skills in the analysis of data, and via the preparation of assignments, reports and presentations.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to enhance their employability skills via use of a training needs analysis which students complete for their individual project to understand how they need to build both their technical and transferable skills.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to enhance their resourcefulness and resilience skills via use of authentic style coursework and assignments, working in teams and undertaking a major individual project. This will build up a student¿s personal confidence as they advance from well-structured problems to open-ended problems and their individual project.
- To provide opportunities for masters students to enhance their knowledge and awareness of sustainability via consideration of sustainability issues such as the UN¿s Sustainability Development Goals appropriate to their programme.
Programme learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | Awards | Ref. | |
| Apply a comprehensive knowledge of mathematics, statistics, natural science and engineering principles to the solution of complex problems in electronic engineering. | KC | PGDip, MSc | M1 |
| Formulate and analyse complex problems in electronic engineering to reach substantiated conclusions. | KC | PGDip, MSc | M2 |
| Select and apply appropriate computational and analytical techniques to model complex problems in electronic engineering, discussing the limitations of the techniques employed | KCT | PGDip, MSc | M3 |
| Select and critically evaluate technical literature and other sources of information to solve complex problems in electronic engineering | CT | PGDip, MSc | M4 |
| Design solutions for complex problems in electronic engineering that evidence some originality and meet a combination of societal, user, business and customer needs as appropriate to include consideration of applicable health & safety, diversity, inclusion, cultural, societal, environmental and commercial matters, codes of practice and industry standards | CP | PGDip, MSc | M5 |
| Evaluate the environmental and societal impact of solutions to complex problems in electronic engineering (to include the entire life-cycle of a product or process) and minimise adverse impacts | CP | PGDip, MSc | M7 |
| Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader of a team. Evaluate effectiveness of own and team performance | PT | MSc | M16 |
| Communicate effectively on complex engineering matters with technical and non-technical audiences, evaluating the effectiveness of the methods used | PT | MSc | M17 |
| Apply knowledge of mathematics, statistics, natural science and engineering principles to the solution of complex problems in electronic engineering. | KC | PGCert | |
| Formulate and analyse problems in electronic engineering to reach substantiated conclusions. | KC | PGCert | |
| Select and apply appropriate computational and analytical techniques to model problems in electronic engineering | KCT | PGCert | |
| Select and evaluate technical literature and other sources of information to solve problems in electronic engineering | CT | PGCert | |
| Design solutions for problems in electronic engineering that evidence some originality and meet a combination of societal, user, business and customer needs as appropriate to include consideration of applicable health & safety, diversity, inclusion, cultural, societal, environmental and commercial matters, codes of practice and industry standards | CP | PGCert |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Programme structure
Full-time
This Master's Degree programme is studied full-time over two academic years, consisting of 240 credits at FHEQ level 7*. All modules are semester based and worth 15 credits with the exception of project, practice based and dissertation modules.
Possible exit awards include:
- Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits)
- Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits)
*some programmes may contain up to 30 credits at FHEQ level 6.
Full-time with work placement
This Master's Degree programme is studied full-time over two academic years, consisting of 240 credits at FHEQ level 7*. All modules are semester based and worth 15 credits with the exception of project, practice based and dissertation modules.
Possible exit awards include:
- Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits)
- Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits)
*some programmes may contain up to 30 credits at FHEQ level 6.
Programme Adjustments (if applicable)
N/A
Modules
Year 1 (full-time) - FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
Module Selection for Year 1 (full-time) - FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
A full-time student must choose:
FOUR in Semester 1
FOUR in Semester 2
Students must not choose more than two FHEQ Level 6 modules in total.
Year 2 (full-time) - FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
| Module code | Module title | Status | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EEEM053 | ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 1 | Compulsory | 15 | 1 |
| EEEM055 | ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 2 | Compulsory | 15 | 2 |
| EEEM056 | 90-CREDIT EXTENDED PROJECT | Core | 90 | Year-long |
Module Selection for Year 2 (full-time) - FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
EEEM053 is compulsory for mode without placement
Year 1 (full-time with placement) - FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
Module Selection for Year 1 (full-time with placement) - FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
A full-time student must choose:
FOUR in Semester 1
FOUR in Semester 2
Students must not choose more than two FHEQ Level 6 modules in total.
Year 2 (full-time with placement) - FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
| Module code | Module title | Status | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EEEM054 | ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 1 WITH INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT | Compulsory | 15 | 1 |
| EEEM055 | ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 2 | Compulsory | 15 | 2 |
| EEEM056 | 90-CREDIT EXTENDED PROJECT | Core | 90 | Year-long |
Module Selection for Year 2 (full-time with placement) - FHEQ Levels 6 and 7
EEEM054 is compulsory for mode with placement
Opportunities for placements / work related learning / collaborative activity
| Associate Tutor(s) / Guest Speakers / Visiting Academics | Y | |
| Professional Training Year (PTY) | N | |
| Placement(s) (study or work that are not part of PTY) | Y | Yes |
| Clinical Placement(s) (that are not part of the PTY scheme) | N | |
| Study exchange (Level 5) | N | |
| Dual degree | N |
Other information
Part-time students must study at least two taught technical modules per academic year, until a total of eight is reached. These eight taught technical modules must include all the compulsory taught technical modules. Arrangements for carrying out the project are flexible, and may be adapted to the circumstances of the student, subject to the rule that the student must have satisfactorily completed the taught portion of his or her programme (including the Engineering Professional Studies (EPS) modules), before being allowed to submit his/her final project report for assessment. The EPS modules are partly linked to project activities, and the related assignments need to be carried out whilst the project is in progress.
Quality assurance
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Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2023/4 academic year.