Telecommunications engineering is a combination of electrical engineering and computer science, and covers the design, installation and maintenance of networks and equipment, allowing for the interconnectivity of devices and people. It's one of the world's most rapidly developing industries and our course has been designed to meet the growing demand for skilled graduates. Our strong links with companies like Microsoft and Siemens have enabled us to develop a practically focused course which is highly relevant to the needs of the industry and right up-to-date with the latest technology and developments. If you're not already in work, you'll have the option of doing a placement for up to 12 weeks, during which you'll work on your independent research project. We are very proud of our award-winning technology centre and our telecoms laboratories, built specially for this course. The labs are equipped with specialist software from National Instruments, including six PXIs which we've used to build our own GSM network, telecoms trainer kits, IP telephones and software including MATLAB, Simulink, Cisco Packet Tracer, OPNET and Modeller 17.0. We also have our own WSN lab, called Senso LAB, which attracts researchers from far and wide – we're currently hosting three professors and a research fellow from two Italian universities.

This course provides you with the opportunity to develop the skills and personal qualities required to support your career profile in the telecommunications field. Well qualified telecoms engineering graduates are in high demand and as a graduate, you will be able to pursue careers involving in: Design and development of the latest communication networks Maintenance, upgrade and validation of existing telecommunications infrastructure Research in Wireless Communications and Networking You will also be ideally placed to explore a variety of roles such as Wireless Professional (LTE/Advanced-LTE/5G), Smart Monitoring Graduate Engineer (IoT), Technology Analyst, Application Analyst, Technical Support Engineer/Consulting Engineer or Software Engineer. The majority of our graduates are in roles directly related to their studies and working in programming, telecommunications engineering, and network management. Equally, you may wish to pursue a career in academia or do further research. You could also consider starting your own business. Our graduates have gone onto achieve many successes since leaving Middlesex and a number have even started working for such companies as: IBM L'Oréal Hutchinson 3G Halcrow Group Cyberspace Network AK Electronics One Hundred Computers Pilat Media F5 Networks