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Why study MSc Mobile Telecommunications Engineering at Middlesex?
We believe our course to be the most up-to-date and relevant Mobile Telecoms Engineering MSc in the UK. We run it in partnership with training and consultancy company mpirical, the only academically-certified training provider in the field. Your lecturers and tutors will be people who work at the cutting edge of the industry as advisors and consultants, giving you access to the very latest academic thinking and research. And the course covers not only technical knowledge, but commercial and strategic thinking too, to ensure you can operate at the highest echelons.
The course is taught by distance learning through our award-winning, interactive Web2.0 Learning Zone. Lectures and tutorials take place live, with two-way audio and video and interactive options theyre also recorded so you can watch them again. Online forums allow you to interact with staff and fellow students, test your understanding, give presentations and submit work.
Course highlights
* The course materials are updated in real-time to reflect technical advances and commercial changes so you can be sure your knowledge is absolutely at the cutting edge and the university cloud allows you to access them anywhere in the world for free.
* We expect you to learn as much from your fellow students as from your lecturers, and we pick our students most of whom are experienced professionals -with this in mind.
* Youll be in constant communication with your course mates and will receive regular feedback, support and grading from your lecturers youll never feel like its a solo effort.
How can our MSc Mobile Telecommunications Engineering support your career?
With more than 6.8 billion mobile phones now in use across the world, its hard to imagine a sector in which the demand for highly-skilled graduates could be greater than in mobile telecoms. There is an enormous need for graduates with genuinely up-to-date, in-depth specialist knowledge, combined with business acumen and a love of innovation. The EU estimated in 2012 that there were 700,000 unfilled IT jobs across the continent, a number predicted to increase by three per cent each year while the number of suitably qualified graduates shrinks.
We envisage you taking your pick of roles including network systems engineer, network administrator, and applications or technical communications engineer. Some graduates from our computer communications department have founded their own companies. Others have held roles as diverse as director, network administrator, training specialist, systems dispenser, business analysis manager and lecturer, or worked in programming, telecommunications engineering or network management, with employers including IBM, LOréal, the Halcrow Group, Cyberspace Network, AK Electronics, One Hundred Computers, Pilat Media and F5 Networks. Further study is also a popular choice.
As well as in-depth knowledge of your subject, our course will provide you with many transferable skills. It will improve your research, data collection and interpretation, communication, presentation and teamwork skills, as well as your confidence and your ability to work under your own initiative and manage your own time.
Teaching and learning
The course starts in October and is taught through a series of live online lectures and tutorials. No matter where you are in the world youll be able to participate fully, thanks to our award-winning, interactive Web2.0 Learning Zone. The classes feature two-way audio and video and interactive options, and are recorded so you can watch them again at your leisure. Youll also use the Learning Zone to interact with staff and fellow students, test your understanding, give presentations, access the course materials and submit exercises and portfolios of work.
The course lasts two years and consists of five modules: the foundation module, Business Evolution, Cutting Edge Radio and Wireless Access, and Core Networks and Network Intelligence, plus a research methods module accompanying your dissertation. All five modules are taught by distance learning.
The foundation module looks at 2G, 3G and 4G networks and the design, operation, and technical and commercial implications of different technologies: GSM, GPRS, UMTS, LTE, LTE Advanced, EDGE, Evolved EDGE, HSPA and HSPA+. Youll cover the fundamental structure of a mobile network, and look at different interfaces, protocols, signalling scenarios, methods of operation, types of switching and wireless technologies, as well as network security.
Business Evolution looks at the economics of a mobile service providers business: marketing, strategy, forecasting, finance, regulations, legal issues and industry structure. Cutting Edge Radio and Wireless Access deals with the impact of radio and radio access on network operation and performance, including the TDMA, CDMA and OFDMA interfaces, cell planning, RAN optimisation and emulation software. Finally, Core Network and Network Intelligence covers service delivery through an IMS, IP for next generation networks, the advantages of IP technologies and network convergence.
A major part of the course, worth a third of your overall mark, is your independent project. Youll produce a piece of original research thats relevant to the industry: anything from designing a new kind of telecommunication network to investigating the quality of service in 3G and 4G networks or security in GSM networks. You can choose your own topic or we can recommend one, and youll be supervised by both a member of academic staff from Middlesex and a consultant from mpirical. The research methods module covers research techniques, data collection and analysis, academic writing, referencing and citation, and how to develop a research proposal.
Scholarships include: * The Arthur Silver Award
* The BPR Scholarship for Interior Architecture and Design
* The Conygar Opportunity Scholarship
* IBM Achievement Scholarship
* The Michael Rosen Prize for Marketing
* The Middlesex University Food Safety Prize
* Santander Academic Excellence Scholarship
* Santander Formula Scholarship
* Santander Mobility Scholarships
* Santander Work Based Learning Scholarship
* Sports Scholarship
* Study4Success Award
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There are many ways we support our local communities, from offering students and staff volunteering opportunities to our considerable contribution through our research, teaching, business and community partnerships.
As a charity, it's our privilege to be able to provide a university education to anyone interested in furthering their study, and we offer a staggering wealth of activity to support it.
Critical to our success is continuing to develop a lasting and supportive relationship with the Council, and the wider community, of the London Borough of Barnet. Fostering these partnerships is also one of our main key strategic objectives.
With more than 25,000 students studying at our campus in London, we're helping to contribute more than £242m to the local economy (according to latest figures), while supporting an estimated 3,000 jobs.
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