Electronic And Electrical Engineering

MSc Part-time

Course Overview

UCAS code:
Duration: 6 trimesters - 2 years or 2 and a half years (depending on the intake trimester).
Study type: Part-Time
Napier code: 52761MM

Energy and the environment are increasingly taking their place as a major issue in today’s world. With this qualification, you will build on your current credentials in the field, or take the first step into this vital industry.

The course emphasises renewable energy technologies and theories, while also addressing the scientific background associated with sustainable construction and renewable and alternative energies.

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With a wide range of applications - from signal processing and digital circuit design to power distribution and electrical drive systems - electronic and electrical engineering offers a number of specialist career options. Add this postgraduate degree to your toolkit, and you'll have the qualification and practical experience you need to make the most of these opportunities.

You'll add to your existing engineering skills and develop advanced knowledge and technical abilities in digital design, embedded systems, motor drives and more. You'll also carry out practical tasks that will equip you with the experience you need to hit the ground running in any new role.

This advanced degree also gives you the management and strategic thinking skills you need to successfully compete in the workplace at a specialist level. You'll graduate with a well-rounded package of experience and abilities that will show prospective employers that you're switched on and ready for action.

The skill-set you gain from this advanced course reflects the needs of industry employers. You'll study a blend of engineering subjects designed to maximise your confidence and employability. You'll learn to utilise industry standard software and hardware tools to implement digital designs, design and develop embedded systems to predetermined specifications, and critically analyse and understand the operation and control of motor drives in a range of applications. In addition, you'll learn to evaluate the specifications of generators, optimisation of distributed networks and their control options. By completing an advanced research and design project, you'll also have the opportunity to apply your learning in a practical setting and critically analyse your progress.

Of course, employers expect more from senior employees than purely technical abilities. To take your skills to the level required for higher level positions, you'll also learn advanced communication and management skills.
  • Automotive industries
  • Manufacturing industries
  • Renewable energy industries
  • Engineering research
  • Engineering design and development
  • Engineering management
  • Engineering consultancy

What's it like?

Show prospective employers that you're switched on and ready for action.

Career prospects

We are one of the top universities in Scotland for graduate employability, with over 93% of our graduates in jobs or further study six months after graduating.

As Edinburgh's top university for Graduate Employability (HESA 2010) and one of the top in the UK for Graduate Prospects (The Independent and The Times University Guides for 2009), we can offer you a valuable head-start in your chosen career.

Electronic and electrical engineering can be applied to a vast range of industry applications. As such, you'll find your abilities will be in demand.

 Ongoing study to gain Chartered status with the various professional institutions can open doors to even higher level positions. You may also choose to take on advanced study and research, perhaps culminating in a Doctoral research degree.

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What's involved

Modular learning

Our courses are structured by modules which gives our students a flexible learning programme. Modules covered by this course:

On offer

Campus life

World class facilities


Developing our students, both professionally and personally, is at the heart of all learning at Edinburgh Napier and is embedded in our approach to Learning, Teaching and Assessment. We put the employability of our graduates at the core of everything we do and we are regarded as one of the Top 10 Universities in the UK for graduate employability.

We are proud to be investing £100m to provide some of the very best teaching and learning facilities and there are plans for a new student union in 2012/13.


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Requirements at a glance

Entry to the course

International students

Full-time study (per year)

The fees listed are stated per annum.

Part-time study (per year)

The fees listed are stated per annum.

Part-time study

The number of modules studied is dependant on the exit that you wish to achieve, for example:

  • A Grad Cert is 60 Credits (3 modules)
  • A Cert HE/Grad Dip/ HND is 120 credits (6 modules)
  • A Dip HE credit is 240 credits (12 modules)
  • A Degree is 360 credits (18 modules)
  • An Honours Degree is 480 credits

Please note that some part-time courses give modular exemptions for previous study and vocational experience. Advice is available during application.

Part-time study (per module)

  • A Postgraduate Certificate is 60 credits (3 modules)
  • A Postgraduate Diploma is 120 credits (6 modules)
  • MBA is 180 credits

Fees Table

Fees displayed are correct at the time of publication but the University Court reserves the right to make changes in fees at any time, and without notice, before or after the student's admission to the University.

Tuition fees are reviewed annually and will rise each year during your programme of study, at least in line with inflation.

Funding your study

We have lots of funding options available such as the postgraduate tuition fee loan for Scottish & EU students, specific scholarships for students from India and Africa, as well as bursaries & grants for those closer to home in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Visit our funding pages to find out what you could be eligible for.

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