School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Professor William Scanlon
OPEN DAYS11 – 13 SEPTEMBER 2014
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THE QUEENS EXPERIENCE - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
CURRICULUM
OPPORTUNITIES
ENVIRONMENT
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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT - PEOPLE
Proud of our Ethnic Diversity Staff and Students from all (inhabited) continents and 80 countries 13% of total workforce are international 23% of academic staff
Within School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lecturers from countries such as Brazil, China, Greece, India, Indonesia,
Korea, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Vietnam More than 50% of Professors are from outside NI Students in UG programmes from as far away as Brazil and China
£40m research facility in Titanic Quarter
Also home of CSIT: UK Centre of
Excellence for Cyber Security
FINANCIAL MARKETS
SPACE APPLICATIONS
CONNECTED HEALTH
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (ECIT)
GLOBAL RESEARCH
GLOBAL RESEARCH IMPACT
1st in the UK & Ireland for spinout revenues 60+ spin-out companies created £146M combined turnover 1200 employment £68.5M from outside investors in the spinouts Portfolio includes/included:
ActivWireless; Amphion Semiconductors; Analytics Engines; Andor Technology; APT; Avalon Instruments; Fusion Antibodies; Hughes & Mcleod; Kainos; Lagan Technologies; Maarenco; Meridio; PathXL; Warner Chilcot
GLOBAL CURRICULUM - EEECS
Highest UG intake in the University (435) National Student Survey: 91% CS; 86% EEE (sector average 82%, 83%) Best employability performance in the University, 84% EEE Course more scholarships than any other Queens degree programme
Flagship BEng/MEng Software and Electronic Systems Engineering Developed with industry to meet global demand Societal challenges – Healthcare, Transport, Internet of Things Skills development – team work, practice, entrepreneurship
BELFAST WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE SCANLON - born and bred in North Belfast Attended Belfast Royal Academy Worked for General Electric Company, Siemens and Nortel
(English, German and Canadian) Just completed a 5 year Professorship in the Netherlands
Conduct globally leading research @ ECIT (“wearables”) Completed an international lecture tour for NATO Examined PhDs in Singapore, Australia, Sweden and more Evaluated EU wide funding proposals and also Belgium, Sweden,
Finland, Australia, US, Canada… Worked for global medical device companies, electronics
multinationals, mobile phone multinationals
Because students who study abroad more likely to be either in employment or further study six months after qualifying, with higher than average salaries
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
600+international
study or work
placement
Our Target:
20% of UG students
£75k International Opportunities
Fund
22nd
in UK for Erasmus
placements (out of 169)
Industrial Advisory Panel – several international companies Dedicated Careers & Placement Adviser and Placement Assistant Currently work with 1200+ employers
57% (691) – NI 29% (359) – National 14% (167) – International
PLACEMENT IN EEECS
Almost 300 students undertaking placement in EEECS (2014/15) Almost 20% of them outside of NI Recent examples include:
Yamaha Motors Amsterdam Unity, Germany IAESTE (Barcelona, Sri Lanka, China)
Global software consulting company - 160,000 employees / US $8bn InStep is Infosys' flagship global internship programme 3-month placement in India Queen’s is only one of 9 universities in the UK (100 worldwide) Queen’s has 6 placements this year (most others 2)
GLOBAL EXAMPLE: InStep
Diane: MEng Computer Science: Level 1 – summer internship with Infosys, India (Summer ‘12) Level 2 – Easter Vacation scheme - Goldman Sachs London (Apr ‘13) Placement – Citi, Belfast (2013/14), 2 week QUB City Scholars
programme New York (June 2014) and QUB London Study Tour (Sept. 14)
Cormac: BEng Computer Science: Level 1 – short Citi Quest, Belfast Easter Vacation Scheme, (Apr ‘12)
Kainos App Camp, Belfast (Summer ‘12) Level 2 – summer internship with Infosys, India (Summer ‘13) Placement – Kainos, Belfast (2013/14) and summer internship with
Generation UK in China (Summer 2014)
CURRENT STUDENT STORIES
A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION ON YOUR DOORSTEP