Wireless Communications

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This popular, intensive programme, taught in our world-leading Communications group, covers all the technologies that contribute to mobile speech and data communications. Our graduates have found employment in the industrial and academic sectors, with many undertaking PhD research.

Careers: Further research; industry; management

Semester 1: Digital transmission; Radio communications engineering; Research methods; Signal processing; Wireless and mobile networks

Semester 2: Cryptography and data compression; Integrated radio frequency transceiver design; Personal multimedia communications; Radio communications networks and systems

Semester 3: 3-month, independent, individual research project, culminating in a dissertation

Please note: modules may change, as syllabus is updated every year.

Duration: 1 year (full-time)

Assessment: Examinations, written full-time project (design, development or research), dissertation

Duration: 1 year (full-time)

Assessment: Examinations, written full-time project (design, development or research), dissertation

First- or upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline (eg mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science); additional entry requirements for MSc Web Technology are given on our website. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 580 TOEFL iBT® test: 92 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.