Postgraduate Study

The School

The School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering is part of the UK’s largest engineering university. We develop and nurture the world’s top engineering talent to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex world.

We have a strong research programme with state-of-the-art facilities, designed to meet three key challenges for the 21st century: Communications, Energy, and Systems.

In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, 95% of our research was awarded international status and as a result we enjoy especially strong links with industry.

Rated 6th for Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The Sunday Times University League Tables 2011

We carefully integrate our research and education programmes in order to support the technical and commercial needs of society and to extend the boundaries of current knowledge. Consequently our graduates are highly sought after by industry and commerce worldwide, and our programmes are consistently ranked as excellent in student surveys (e.g. National Student Survey) and independent assessments.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) currently supports our research projects with a value of over £3M. Other significant funding comes from close partnerships with some of the world’s leading technology companies – BAE Systems, BP, Jaguar Land-Rover, nPower, QinetiQ, Siemens are all examples – and Government organisations, the European Commission and international agencies.

Courses for industry

We offer numerous Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses. These courses are advantageous to employers and employees because:

• they initiate improvements in business/individual knowledge and skills
• they provide access to university facilities and expertise
• employees are only away from the workplace for short periods, often only one week.
• they are linked to a Postgraduate qualification

Each of our short courses are modules on one or more of our MSc Programmes. If a course is taken ‘with assessment’, successful delegates can gain module credits towards a Postgraduate qualification.

Entry requirements In order to get the most from our courses, you need to be a science or engineering graduate, or equivalent who is working in a relevant industry.

For further details see http://cpd.lboro.ac.uk/