On the four-year MEng version of this course, you achieve a masters-level qualification, pushing your abilities to develop a more thorough technical knowledge of communication engineering. You cover the same wide range of communications as studied on the BEng, including: Radio frequency circuits and systems The transmission of digital signals over analogue links The transfer of audio-visual information In addition to these areas, you then have the further opportunity to investigate more advanced topics in communication engineering, including: Mathematics and modern communication systems The architecture and technology of a telecommunication network Multi-user communications Circuit, packet and cell-switching

The profession offers a range of careers from design and development to marketing, management, production engineering and applications engineering. Graduates also find employment in other disciplines because of the highly numerate nature of the subject. Our department has a large pool of external contacts, ranging from companies providing robots for the media industry, through vehicle diagnostics, to electronic system design and circuit design and manufacture, who work with us and our students to provide advice, placements and eventually graduate opportunities. Many of our graduates have gone on to work with BT, whose research centre is located just 30 minutes from the Colchester campus. Other recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including: National Instruments Circad Design Ltd The McClaren Formula One Team B&W Group IBM Visa Google