Electrical & Information Sciences

Electrical and Information Sciences covers a very broad area. Modules cover a wide range of electronic circuits and devices, digital representation and processing of signals, and the manipulation of data in computers. A student in this area will be seeking to gain a broad overview of systems from the signals that flow through them to the hardware platforms that implement them. 

Third Year

Students intending to qualify in this Engineering Area in the third year must include at least eight of the modules listed below:

Number and title of module
3B1Radio frequency electronics
3B2Integrated digital electronics
3B3Switch-mode electronics
3B4Electric drive systems
3B5Semiconductor engineering
3B6Photonic technology
3F1Signals and systems
3F2Systems and control
3F3Signal and pattern processing
3F4Data transmission
3F5Computer and network systems
3F6Software engineering and design
3G4Medical imaging and 3D computer graphics
3M1Mathematical methods

Although many students will choose to do mostly B modules or mostly F modules depending on their inclination towards the electrical or information side, students who prefer to specialise exclusively in one or the other should consider one of the other relevant Engineering Areas (Electrical and Electronic or Information and Computer Engineering).

Recommended Engineering Area Extension Activity: Investigation of the design of CD players

Fourth Year

Students intending to qualify in this Engineering Area must include at least six of the modules listed below, in their fourth year:

Number and title of module
4B2Power microelectronics
4B5Nanotechnology
4B6Solid state devices and chemical/biological sensors
4B7VLSI design, technology and CAD
4B11Photonic systems
4B13Electronic sensors and instrumentation
4B14Solar-electronic power: generation and distribution
4B19Renewable electrical power
4B20Display technology
4B21Analogue integrated circuits
4C3Electrical and nano materials
4C15MEMS: design
4F1Control system design
4F2Robust and non-linear systems and control
4F3Optimal and predictive control
4F5Advanced communications and coding
4F7Digital filters and spectrum estimation
4F8Image processing and image coding
4F10Statistical pattern processing
4F11Speech and language processing
4F12Computer vision and robotics
4F13Machine learning
4M6Materials and processes for microsystems (MEMS)
4M12Partial differential equations and variational methods
4M17Practical optimization
4M20Robotics