The University of Sheffield
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

MSc. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering Course Structure

This programme is designed to give students a solid understanding of an area of Electronic and Electrical Engineering of their choice.

Of the 180 credits, students are required to take 70 compulsory credits and 110 elective credits. Table 1 and Table 2 list the approved compulsory and elective modules.

Table 1: M.Sc. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering Core Modular Units

Code Title Credits Semester Assessment
EEE6480 Research Techniques and Thesis Preparation 10 2 Dissertation
EEE6602 MSc Individual Project 60 Summer Dissertation/Oral

Linking

We assess your performance on the basis of the average result in the module pairs listed in table 2. This allows you some leeway to compensate a poor result in one half of a linked pair by doing well in the other half.

It is recommended that you select 4 linked pairs (80 credits) and 3 further modules (30 credits) from the complete list of modules in Table 3 to form the 110 elective credits.


Table 2: Linked modules, 10 credit each

Code Semester Title   Code Semester Title
EEE6021 1 Energy Utilisation Link to EEE6140 2 Machine Design
EEE6022 1 Motion Control & Servo Drives Link to EEE6120 2 Modelling of Electrical Machine
EEE6010 1 Electromagnetic Compatibility Link to EEE6084 2 Engineering Electromagnetics
EEE6035 1 High Speed Circuit Design Link to EEE6040 2 High Speed Electronic Devices
EEE6082 1 Computational Vision Link to EEE6081 2 Visual Information Engineering
EEE6042 1 IC Technology Link to EEE6393 2 Microsystem Packaging
EEE6400 1 Communication Principles Link to EEE6410 2 Digital Communications
EEE6037 2 Analogue Electronics Link to EEE6023 2 Power Electronics
EEE6011 2 Antennas and Propagation Link to EEE6012 2 Antennas, Radar and Navigation
EEE6041 1 Optical Comms Devices and Systems Link to EEE6008 1 Reliability and Failure
 

Table 3: M.Sc. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering Approved List

Code Title Credits Semester Assessment
EEE6004 Design Projects 10 1 Continuous
EEE6008 Reliability and Failure 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6009 Advanced Instrumentation 10 2 Continuous
EEE6010 Electromagnetic Compatibility 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6011 Antennas and Propagation 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6012 Antennas, Radar and Navigation 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6021 Energy Utilisation 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6022 Motion Control and Servo Drive Systems 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6023 Power Electronics 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6031 Advanced Computer Architectures 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6032 Operating Systems 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6033 Digital Signal Processing 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6034 Internetworking and Mobility 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6035 High Speed Circuit Design 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6036 VLSI Design 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6037 Analogue Electronics 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6040 High Speed Electronic Devices 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6041 Optical Communication Devices and Systems 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6042 IC Technology 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6081 Visual Information Engineering 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6082 Computational Vision 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6083 Multi-Sensor Data Fusion 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6084 Engineering Electromagnetics 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6120 Modelling of Electrical Machines 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6140 Machine Design 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6393 Microsystem Packaging 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6400 Communication Principles 10 1 Exam/Coursework
EEE6410 Digital Communications 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6430 Mobile Networks and Low-Level Protocols 10 2 Exam/Coursework
EEE6491 Systems Architecture Design 20 1+2 Continuous

Module constraint

Students graduating with a BEng from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University Of Sheffield, however are not allowed to select modules they have previously taken in their BEng. These modules are listed in Table 4.


Table 4: Level 6 and level 3 equivalent modules.

Level 6 code Level 3 code Title
EEE6012 EEE334 Antennas, Radar and Navigation
EEE6023 EEE307 Power Electronics
EEE6033 EEE309 Digital Signal Processing
EEE6034 EEE346 Internetworking and Mobility
EEE6036 EEE310 VLSI Design
EEE6037 EEE331 Analogue Electronics
EEE6084 EEE345 Engineering Electromagnetics
EEE6140 EEE305 Machine Design
EEE6400 EEE317 Communication Principles