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School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

'RANKED NO.1 IN THE UK FOR RESEARCH'

Originally founded in 1898, the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering rapidly established an international reputation for excellence in both teaching and research. Over one hundred years later, the School continues to lead the way. This is underlined by high ratings for both teaching and research.

In the latest UK government Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the School is ranked number 1 in the UK with an impressive 80% of research activity rated as internationally excellent or world leading. These high ratings enable the School to attract the best staff and to invest in excellent facilities. This wealth of expertise and investment ensures that you receive the best quality of education.

So we welcome the very best postgraduate students from around the globe, and while our standards are very high, if you think that you might be up to the challenge then we encourage you to join us here at Leeds.

FIRST-CLASS FACILITIES

We have an enviable array of multi-million pound research laboratories equipped with cutting edge technology. Major investment has been made in new facilities in the areas of high frequency and wireless communications. The RF and microwave facilities include a range of network analysers - operating to 325 GHz; wafer probing, RF and microwave circuit laser prototyping, ceramic circuit fabrication equipment and six digital modulation workstations for the generation and analysis of IQ modulated signals up to 3GHz. In the digital communications and positioning systems area a complete suite of new offices and laboratories has recently been established.

In the nanotechnology and photonics areas, we have new laboratories and clean rooms for terahertz electronics, photonics, molecular electronics and bio-electronics research. We have also developed a Molecular Beam Epitaxy facility to fabricate advanced compound semiconductor optoelectronic devices.

The work is underpinned by a strong theory and modelling group in the quantum electronics area.

STRONG INDUSTRIAL LINKS

All of our MSc courses are delivered by academic staff who are research active and maintain close links with industry. The course contents reflect the latest developments within research laboratories and current industrial applications. An Industrial Advisory Board ensures that industrial partners provide input into the ongoing development of the courses. At least one module is taught exclusively by staff from industry and we host talks and seminars by invited guest speakers.

All our MSc courses provide an excellent base from which to pursue a PhD.