Course Length: 3 years full-time, 4 years with placement. Mobile computer systems are part of one of the fastest growing fields of engineering and one that has a very visible impact on modern life. More than half of the UK population currently owns a smart phone and over one billion are in use worldwide, a figure that could easily double within the next three years. One of the major driving forces behind the explosion of mobile computing is the desire to be connected to the internet. People are no longer satisfied travelling to technology; they want it to travel with them and to have the wealth of knowledge provided by the internet available at their fingertips. This is just the beginning. There many opportunities for mobile systems and communications engineering from sensors on buildings in earthquake zones that can wirelessly monitor movements and give advanced warning signals, to devices in cars that can automatically contact a recovery service, amongst many others. During this course you will develop the whole range of skills and technical understanding needed to test, design, build and code fully operational mobile systems that are exciting and valuable to society, business, industry and everyday quality of life.

It is advances in mobile computing that will truly dictate the way that people live their lives in the technological age. Graduates from our Mobile Systems and Communication Engineering degree are fully equipped with the technical and analytical skills needed to secure jobs in this growing field. Mobile Systems and Communication Engineering graduates have progressed onto the masters course or have secured jobs with global companies in wireless and digital design, network design and implementation, network planning, mobile internet applications and services development. Six months after graduating, 100% of graduates are in postgraduate study or have entered a professional role with an average full time salary of £20,000 (according to the 2009-10 Destination of Leavers in Higher Education survey).