Electronic Engineering (Master)
This course information is for local students only
Year
2012
Award
Master of Electronic Engineering
Length
1 year
Campuses
Melbourne
Course description
This course enables students to upgrade their skills and specialise in rapidly-developing high-technology areas. Students can choose components that best suit their chosen specialisation, as listed below.
Biomedical Engineering: biomedical instrumentation and signal processing, hospital safety, computerised medical imaging, artificial organs and life support systems, and many other aspects of technology as applied to medicine.
Electronic Systems Engineering: distributed control systems, embedded systems, fuzzy systems, neural nets, signal processing, image processing, advanced computer architecture and hardware, and parallel computing and instrumentation.
Optical Engineering: photonic networks and devices, optical fibre communication systems, and advanced optoelectronic devices and circuits.
Communications Engineering: signal processing for voice and data, networking, multimedia, integrated broadband systems (ISDN, ATM), mobile and personal communications, data superhighways, communications theory, communication systems simulation, digital receiver design, and advanced radar systems.
Course structure
Students study current experimental practice in electronics and advanced subjects in their chosen specialisation, and complete an engineering design project.
Subject details
Overseas study opportunities
Overseas study opportunities are available.
Please see
www.latrobe.edu.au/international/exchange
for more information
Fee type
Fees (Fee-Help available)
Annual (or Total) Tuition Fee (AUD)
23 360
Scholarships
A variety of scholarships and prizes are available for postgraduate students at La Trobe. Visit the postgraduate scholarships webpage for details http://www.latrobe.edu.au/scholarships/postgraduatesSelection
IELTS (Academic) - minimum overall band score of 6.5 with no individual band score less than 6.0; or
TOEFL Computer-Based Test - A minimum score of 233 with a score of 5 in essay writing; or
TOEFL Paper-based Test - A minimum score of 575 with a score of 5 or more in the test of Written English; or
TOEFL Internet-based Test - A minimum score of 88 with no individual score less than 22; or
Completion of the English for Further Studies Advanced Stage 5B certificate at PG (postgraduate) level available from La Trobe Melbourne; or
Approved equivalent.
Academic entry requirements
A four-year Australian Bachelor's degree in engineering or an Honours degree in an appropriate field of science, or an approved international equivalent. Candidates who do not meet these requirements may be considered for admission following successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic Engineering.
Semester starts
Semester 1 and 2 (February and July)
Additional information
This course may be offered under a different program in semester 2, 2012 subject to CRICOS approval. International students need to check the course status before making an application. Please click on Enquire now below under How to apply.
Career opportunities
Graduates can operate in advanced technology positions at the cutting edge of electronic engineering applications, including research and development. Graduates of this program have careers in communications industries, microelectronics industries, automotive industries, defence organisations, electronic equipment design and manufacturing, hospitals and medical equipment industries, and quality control positions.