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The University of Edinburgh: Signal Processing and Communications

Institution The University of Edinburgh View institution profile
Department School of Engineering
Web https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying
Study type Taught

Summary

Signal processing and communications provide the theoretical foundations for any application which generates, processes, transmits or stores any type of information. They underpin many of the technological advancements which are currently driving rapid changes in industry, such as artificial intelligence and data science and the Internet of Things.

Our MSc programme in Signal Processing and Communications will enable you to contribute to the industries and research that help make our world smarter, healthier, and more sustainable.

You will be immersed in the most recent and exciting developments such as: - deep learning

  • computational sensing

  • 5G and 6G communication networks

  • numerical Bayesian methods and optimisation.

You will gain an understanding of the theoretical foundations of these subjects, as well as recent advanced topics and how they are applied to solve practical situations.

Through the MSc research project, you will demonstrate applications and delve deeper into the underpinning theory by investigating a solution to a real-world signal processing, machine or deep learning, or communication problem.

Our programme welcomes applications from both professionals and recent graduates in electronics and electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, and cognate fields.

MSc

Edinburgh University

Edinburgh. Extraordinary futures await.

The University of Edinburgh is one of the world's top universities, consistently ranked in the world top 50, and placed 34th in the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Our position as one of Britain’s leading research universities was reaffirmed by the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4th in the UK for research power (Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions), with 90% of our research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research …

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