This theoretical and practical MSc Engineering (Cybernetics and Communications) course combines computer science, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering and management to enable greater understanding of cybernetics and communications.
An innovative and distinctive feature of the course is the cross-disciplinary group design project, which provides a challenging, simulated environment in which to work as a member of a team. The project will encourage you to develop your imagination, creativity and innovation in design solutions. You will also build on your leadership, team building and communication skills, all of which are attractive to potential employers.
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The MSc Machine Intelligence aims to equip students and engineering professionals through a diverse range of research informed learning, with the skills to maintain a future-thinking career. The programme goes beyond current technology, looking at predicting future innovation by equipping learners with the tools to see through media hype and effectively analyse the evolution of future technologies and engage with these technologies as they emerge.
Whether you're looking to deepen and diversify your industrial experience or continue your education through an innovative Master's degree, this programme provides an ideal opportunity to develop your technical and intellectual skills, staying one step ahead.
The programme provides the opportunity to explore: future technologies; robotics; cybernetics and intelligent systems; distributed systems; advanced design and ergonomics; securing future technologies; and future business thinking, all set within a forward-thinking context. This programme offers the opportunity to participate in a highly motivated intellectual environment with research-active tutors and like-minded peers, whilst exploring and engaging with cutting-edge future technologies.
The aims of the programme are to:
Assessments include examinations, coursework, group work and an individual project.
Postgraduate students from this programme will find employment opportunities as futurologists, engineers, scientists and technical managers in the private sector (engineering design firms, engineering consultancy, communications companies, social media companies and similar), in the public sector (local government, town and country planning), an entrepreneur or they may wish to pursue further qualifications such as a PhD within the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Greenwich to become even more specialised. City banks, currency and stocks trading companies, consultancies, government agencies and NGOs will also be interested in employing the type of future orientated intelligent systems engineers that will graduate from this MSc.
Online resources: Students will require access to existing online resources such as Moodle, e-mails, library online resources, databases, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, Internet of Things, Internet of Everything.
Hardware: Computers, laboratory equipment to include but not limited to: experimental and laboratory equipment to support practical based learning (hardware and software development systems, robotic hardware, mobile robots, cybernetics hardware and software, Internet of Things, Sensors and Systems, WiFi development, 3D printers, laser cutters, 3D scanners, cutting edge single board computers)
Software: Matlab, Simulink, C/C++ compilers, development systems, networking and communication protocol monitoring and development.
Robotics: A specialist robotics laboratory has been developed containing a Robothespian industrial robotic arm, mobile robots and other robotic actuators and systems.
This exciting MRes Computer Science course is designed to give you the opportunity to develop research skills in a computing area that meets your interests and career development needs. It allows you to combine material from any of our taught Masters courses in the computing suite with an extended research project over a one-year period.
Current demands are greater than ever for individuals to attain postgraduate levels of qualification in an increasingly competitive jobs market. As a result, the MRes Computer Science has been designed to meet the needs of students and employers, providing superior qualified graduates to national and international employers.
The MRes is divided into a taught element (60 credit points) and a laboratory-based research project (120 credit points).
This MSc Computer Science course offers the chance to study a range of topics in the computer science area, including principles of system design, software engineering, enterprise computing, computing architecture and applications of artificial intelligence. You will also have the opportunity to undertake an individual project, based on subjects that interest you, as well as research at the University or your industrial experience if you do a placement.
Demand for high-level software engineering skills continues to rise. Employers are finding it increasingly hard to recruit suitably qualified programmers and software technologists and so, with its emphasis on the application of the latest research ideas, the course will give you the skills to enjoy a highly rewarding career in the cutting-edge computing industry.
The MSc is divided into 60 credit point taught modules and the research project is worth 60 credit points.
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This technical MRes Electronic Systems Masters course will develop your research skills in electronic systems, enriching your prior learning and giving you the tools to succeed in your chosen specialism. The structure of this course allows you to choose modules and combine material from any of our taught master's courses in the School of Science and Technology and deliver an extended research project over a one-year period.
You will undertake a Research Methods module at the beginning of this course, which is designed to develop knowledge, skills and experience that will provide you with a firm foundation for your main research project. You then have the option to choose two further modules in order to develop specific technical knowledge relating to your research project. These can be selected from the full range of modules delivered across our computing and technology taught Master's courses.
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The School of Design offers a practice-based MRes pathway built on the wide range of our design research exploring the space between society and technology supported by expertise spanning Innovation Design Engineering, Global Innovation Design, Design Products, Healthcare Design, Service Design, Vehicle Design and Intelligent Mobility.
The pathway welcomes a broad approach to design research and encourages experimentation in practice-based methods supported by experienced researchers. Approaches can range from User Centred Design, Ethnographic, Anthropological, Action Research, Participatory Design Research, Cybernetics, Grounded Theory, to Transformation Design, Speculative, and Critical Design. We encourage diverse candidates who want to focus on commercial research, to prepare for doctoral studies and a future career in academic research or use the programme for career change to develop new skills and identify new research interests. Students will be introduced to relevant design research tools, methods, methodologies, theories and epistemologies aimed at supporting the development of a personal research approach. Applicants to the MRes Design pathway will benefit from an advanced practice-based design research culture and enjoy the freedom and autonomy that a self-directed research journey allows.
The School of Design has a long history of design research that can be traced back to Bruce Archer and the NHS hospital bed design in the 1960s through to today’s researchers who are internationally engaged in a broad range of areas from intelligent mobility through to citizen science, the future of making, socio-cultural design, experimental design, design for safety, design policy, service design and artificial intelligence and robotics as well as providing strategic advice to government and agencies. Recent commercial research funding partners have included Huawei, Tata, Airbus, Microsoft, and Intel amongst others with grant-maintained funding from the AHRC, EPSRC and the Lloyds Register Foundation.
We also have an excellent set of visiting experts and a global network of research collaborators that we draw on in our integrated School-wide research culture. These also bring strong synergies with the other RCA Schools and expertise areas including the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design combined with a strong local set of collaborations with the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Design Museum and Imperial College London with whom we share three of our master’s programmes.The pathway encourages experimentation in practice-based research, supported by experienced researchers working on both commercial and grant maintained projects across the School’s major research themes, in areas including mobility, healthcare and the future of making. The training we provide through designing research and researching through design will be suitable for both commercial and academic careers as a stand-alone qualification and act as an accelerator to prepare for doctoral studies.
The School has an excellent set of commercial partners and a global network of research collaborators that we draw on in our integrated School-wide research culture. These also bring strong synergies and collaborations with the other RCA Schools and expertise areas including the Helen Hamlyn Centre and Sustain. Commercial research projects include working with Huawei, Tata, Airbus, Microsoft and Intel amongst others. We also have a strong local network that includes collaborations with the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Design Museum and Imperial College London, with whom we share two of our masters programmes. Applicants to the MRes Design pathway will benefit from an advanced practice-based design research culture and enjoy the freedom and autonomy of a self-directed research journey.
