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PhD Electronic Systems Engineering

PhD Electronic Systems Engineering

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Full time | Colchester Campus | 4 years | APR-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

4 years

Start date

APR-25

Key information
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Qualification type

PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

Subject areas

Computer Systems Electronic Engineering (General)

Course type

Research

Course Summary

Our research activity and supervision for PhD Electronic Systems Engineering is concentrated in the following principal research areas: audio and video networking, multimedia architectures and applications, data communications and networking, RF engineering, radio, radar and electromagnetics, propagation, video, image processing and computer vision. Our cross-disciplinary projects draw on the expertise of our electronic engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, physicists, and psychologists.

We are one of the largest and best resourced schools in the UK. Our work is supported by extensive networked computer facilities and software aids, together with a wide range of test and instrumentation equipment. Our research covers a range of topics, from semiconductor device physics, the theory of computation and the philosophy of computer science, computational intelligence, and computer games, to artificial intelligence and robotics, with most of our research groups based around laboratories offering world-class facilities. Our impressive external research funding stands at multi-million pounds per year, and we participate in several EU initiatives and undertake projects under contract to many outside bodies, including government and industrial organisations.

We also offer an MPhil and a master’s by dissertation in this subject.

Your future

Studying within our School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering provides both the recent graduate and the practising engineer with the opportunity to gain new skills or enhance existing ones.

Studying within our School provides both the recent graduate and the practising engineer with an opportunity to gain new skills or enhance existing ones. Our graduates have progressed to a variety of senior positions in industry and academia. Some of the companies and organisations where our former graduates are now employed include Electronic Data Systems, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Bank of Mexico, Visa International, Hyper knowledge (Cambridge), Hellenic Air Force, ICSS (Beijing), United Microelectronic Corporation (Taiwan), Alcatel Submarine, BT Group, QinetiQ, Dolby Laboratories, Fujitsu, Royal Air Forces, and within our University and Imperial College, London.

Modules

This module is for PhD students who are completing the research portions of their theses.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£4,786

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£18,750

Entry requirements

You will need a good honours degree and a Masters degree, or equivalent, in a related subject. A well-developed research proposal is also essential.

University information

The University of Essex prides itself on being at the forefront of research innovation and global change. It is a learning institution that fosters a culture of boldness and curiosity, where creativity in academia is encouraged. At Essex, students are taught by world-leading academics in a supportive and research-intensive environment. Over the duration of its sixty-year history, Essex has met and exceeded expectations for success, winning...more