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Accredited by:Optional placementWe offer a great opportunity to boostyour career prospects through anoptional one year placement aspart of your postgraduate studies.We have a dedicated PlacementUnit which will help you obtain this.Once on your placement, you will besupported by your visiting tutor toensure that you gain the maximumbenefit from the experience.Placements begin after the taughtcomponent of the course – usuallyaround June – and last for one year.When you return from your workplacement you will beginyour dissertation.Teaching and asseSSMentIncludes formal lectures coveringthe different concepts, analysisskills and design methodologiesthat are relevant to communicationsengineering. Most of the modules willhave a laboratory component whereyou will be able to experiment to gaina more in-depth understanding ofthe theory covered in lectures. Youwill also be expected to undertakeindependent study and researchto support individual assignmentsand your dissertation. Assessmentwill be based on exams, projects,presentations and written reports.ExpertiseThe course has achievedaccreditation by the Institutionof Engineering and Technology(IET) to CEng level for the full fiveyear period. The course is hostedby the Centre for Electronic andCommunications Engineering(CECE) (dmu.ac.uk/CECE). TheCentre spans a wide range of areasranging from semiconductor physicsto signal processing. The expertiseof the Centre covers data networks,multimedia communications, errorcontrol coding, image and videocompression, and pattern recognition.Graduate careersBy emphasising the practicalcomputing and electronics skillsneeded to use current technology,graduates are in a strong position foremployment in a variety of industrieswhere software and hardwareengineers with this knowledge baseare in high demand. These include:TelecommunicationsConsumer electronicsElectronic publishingDefenceSimilar couRSesElectronic EngineeringMicro Electronicsand Nano TechnologiesTECHNOLOGYSince I have graduated from my BEng degree, I was looking aroundfor courses that put me up to date with Communications engineeringfast movement. I have found what I was looking for in this course. Themodules are up to date with the most recent technologies. The academicstaff have a vast knowledge in their fields as well as an industrialexperience. The labs are well equipped to help practical learning.Now I am completely up to date with Communications technologyAbdullah Almuttiri,graduate243