Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering with a Year in Industry

The Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering with a Year in Industry degree offered at Cardiff University aims to produce specialists with essential expertise in electronic and microwave engineering, and to develop an awareness of the rapidly growing application space for these technologies.

This Wireless and Microwave Communication Engineering with a Year in Industry course delivered by Cardiff University , which gives you the opportunity to undertake a year working in industry, will help you gain advanced level knowledge and key skills that will allow you to succeed in the rapidly growing wireless and microwave communication industry. You will also develop technical, intellectual and research skills that will enhance your general engineering competency and employability, providing you with an excellent platform for career development, whether that be within industry or academic research.

Key facts

Distinctive features

This industry-focussed course has a number of special features which include:

• The opportunity to learn in a research-led teaching institution, taught by staff in one of the highest ranked university units in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).

• The opportunity to work in modern facilities commensurate with a top-class research university.

• The opportunity for students to learn in an environment graded as Silver in the first TEF assessment, meaning that the University “consistently exceeds rigorous national quality requirements for UK higher education”.

• The participation of research-active staff in program design and delivery.

• MSc teaching complemented by guest lectures given by industrial professionals.

• An industrial placement which enables the program to meet the Bologna requirements for a Master’s program length of 2 years.

• Specialist academic support from your designated MSc Tutor during your program.

• A research group atmosphere where students are able to enhance each other’s learning and become a vital part of our research community.

Courses include:

• RF Circuits Design and CAD

• Research Study

• Advanced Communication Systems

• Advanced CAD, Fabrication and Test

• Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Integrated Circuit Design and Technology