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Robotics and Autonomous Systems MSc

Robotics and Autonomous Systems MSc

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Full time | University of Sussex | 1 year | 23-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Computer Cybernetics

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

The world of robotics is exciting and fast paced - revolutionising the way we live, work and play.

This is a conversion course designed for non-engineering graduates wishing to work for engineering companies. This MSc will give you the skills needed to work for employers developing or applying:

  • devices and systems for robotics and automation
  • smart systems with autonomous capability
  • ubiquitous and wearable devices.

You build on your individual responsibility, critical awareness, and creative thinking, and examine issues such as:

  • project management, planning and scheduling
  • resourcing
  • documentation and communication.

You will be supervised by research-active faculty and be part of our vibrant international community. We have strong links with industry, well-equipped research, and teaching laboratories, and we help you with your professional development.

We also offer this MSc with an industrial placement year, making it a two-year course, or with a master’s industrial placement.

Careers

An MSc in Robotics and Autonomous Systems could be your passport to a career in a wide range of established and rapidly developing areas that are changing our lives including:

  • smart technologies
  • driverless vehicles
  • vehicle design
  • renewable energies
  • film and television
  • car production manufacturing
  • space or underwater exploration
  • precision agriculture
  • medical diagnosis
  • remote and minimally invasive surgery
  • crime prevention.

Modules

This module introduces the concepts of autonomous vehicles focusing on control systems engineering issues related to decision making in autonomous operation. The module covers several topics including navigation, communication, path planning, obstacle avoidance, simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM), modelling and simulation of autonomous systems. Case studies demonstrating real world applications of the techniques used in the development and deployment of autonomous systems are also included in this module.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,950

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£25,000

Entry requirements

Degree requirements: You should normally have a lower second-class (2.2) undergraduate honours degree or above. Subject-specific requirements: You are suited to this course if you are a non-engineering graduate and your degree-level qualification is in a subject including or related to mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, agricultural engineering, and a subject with a high analytical content such as economics, experimental psychology, and physical geography. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.