Master of Science (MSc)Wireless CommunicationsNext Generation Wireless (NGW)School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS)University of SouthamptonSouthampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Our MSc Wireless Communications (MScWComms) systematically equips students with theknowledge required for a career in industry and withthe skills indispensible for independent research inthe field of wireless communications and wirelessnetworks. Having successfully completed this pro-gramme, you will be able top demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the

scientific and technological principles of wirelesscommunications & networks;

p directly employ your skills to analyse wirelesscommunications techniques & networks;

p exploit your knowledge in industrial design or tocarry out in-depth research.

Under the auspices of our MSc WComms (previ-ously MSc RF), we have successfully graduated over600 students, who are now making their mark playingkey roles in both industry and academia worldwide.

Programme StructureThis is a full-time programme taught over one aca-demic year, which consists of eight taught moduleswith four in Semester 1 and four in Semester 2, com-plemented by a three-month project in Semester 3.

Taught ModulesThe programme consists of some compulsory andsome optional modules, allowing students to tailor thestructure to suit their individual interests. These aresome examples of the taught modules.

l Digital Coding and Transmissionl Radio Communications Engineeringl Research Skills and Practicel Signal Processingl Project preparationl Wireless and Mobile Networksl Advanced Wireless Communications Networks

and Systemsl Future Wireless Techniquesl Machine Learning for Wireless Communicationsl Advanced Systems and Signal Processingl Cryptography

Career OpportunitiesMSc WComms provides an excellent platform forfurther research in either industry or academia. Grad-uates of our MSc WComms are employed world-wide in leading companies at the forefront of tech-nology. Furthermore, the School of ECS runs a ded-icated careers hub which is affiliated with over 100renowned companies like IBM, ARM, Microsoft Re-search, Imagination Technologies, Huawei, Nvidia,Samsung and Google, just to name a few.

Ms Yusha Liu (MSc in WComms(2016), currently a PhD student ofNGW) said: “ Studying here gainedme access to the excellent lab facili-ties, world-leading research achieve-ments as well as the prospective jobopportunities during the Msc year.While enjoying challenging lecturesevery day, I was able to conduct pro-ductive research under the supervi-sion of both academics and final-yearPhD candidates.”

Dr Panagiotis Botsinis (MSc inWComms (2011), PhD from NGW(2015), and currently a research fel-low at NGW) said: “The coursesof MSc WComms were taught byworld-class, inspiring and knowl-edgeable academics. They were chal-lenging but enjoyable, where team-work and determination were keys tosuccess. These are some of the rea-sons that the vast majority of the MSc

WComms alumni are able to secure their next career step, eitherin industry or academia, even before the end of the MSc pro-gramme. I highly recommend the MSc WComms and I am surethat next year’s graduates will be feeling likewise.”

School of ECS

The School of Electronics and Computer Science(ECS) at the University of Southampton, which wasone of the first departments of its kind in the world,was founded in 1946 by Professor Erich Zepler, thepioneering contributor to radio receiver development.Today ECS is the UK’s largest research groupingin the area, with around 250 academic and researchstaff, 270 PhD students, as well as about 800 under-graduate and over 300 MSc students. Innovation andcreativity make ECS a great place for our students tothrive. Excellent facilities, key partnerships with ma-jor industries and a world-leading research base en-sure that studying with us is productive, challengingand enjoyable - it would set you on the road to futuresuccess.

Ü The Guardian University Guide 2017 league tablesshow the University of Southampton first in the UKfor Electronics and Electrical Engineering and ourComputer Science programmes have been in thetop ten in this guide for more than 10 years.

Ü The Times Good University Guide 2016 shows ourElectrical and Electronic Engineering ranked thirdin the UK, and Computer Science in the top ten

Ü We are first in the UK for the volume and quality ofour research in Electrical and Electronic Engineer-ing and 100% of our Computer Science researchimpact is recognised as world-leading or interna-tionally excellent (REF 2014)

Next Generation Wireless (NGW)

MSc WComms is taught by the world-leading pro-fessionals of Next Generation Wireless (NGW)(http://www.wireless.ecs.soton.ac.uk/). This teamhas played a key role in advancing wireless commu-nications since the early 1980s. Its research spansa rich spectrum of diverse areas in RF and opticalwireless communications, classic and quantum sig-nal processing as well as wireless networking. Thegroup has been actively involved in the research of allprior generations of mobile communications systems,and has made well-recoganised contributions both tolong-term communications theory as well as to indus-trial implementations.

Academics from NGWProf. Lajos Hanzo (www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/lh, Head of NGW, Wolf-son Fellow of the RS, FREng, FIEEE,FIET, Fellow of EURASIP, DSc) has40 years of experience in telecommu-nications, and has held various re-search and academic posts in Hun-gary, Germany and the UK. Since1986 he has been with ECS, UoSoton,where he heads NGW. He has suc-cessfully supervised 100+ PhD stu-

dents and co-authored 20 books on mobile radio.Prof. Sheng Chen (users.ecs.soton.ac.

uk/sqc/, FREng, FIEEE, FIET, CEng,DSc, PhD, BEng) has had a 35-yeardistinguished academic career in theUK. Since 1999, he has been with theSchool of Electronics and ComputerScience, the University of Southamp-ton. In March 2004, Prof. Chen wasnamed an ISI (Institute for ScientificInformation) highly cited researcherin engineering. He was elected to a

Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering of the UK in 2014.Associate Professor Mohammed El-

Hajjar (www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/meh) has been a lecturer in Southamp-ton Wireless since January 2012.He worked as a design engineer-ing for Imagination Technologies be-tween 2008 and 2012. He has pub-lished a Wiley-IEEE Press book andin excess of 70 papers. His researchfocuses on the design of intelligentwireless communications systems.

Associate Professor Soon Xin Ng(www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/sxn) re-ceived the B.Eng. degree (First class)in electronic engineering and thePh.D. degree in telecommunicationsfrom the University of Southamp-ton, in 1999 and 2002, respectively.His research interests include vari-ous transceiver designs for radio fre-quency channels as well as quantumcommunications. He has published

over 200 research papers in these fields.Prof. Robert G. Maunder (www.ecs.

soton.ac.uk/people/rm) has graduatedfrom ECS and earned his PhD in2007. He has been a member of aca-demic staff since 2007. His researchinterests include the joint design ofsignal processing algorithms and theirhardware implementation. He has re-cently launched a spin-out companyAccelerComm to commercialise thisresearch. He is an active participant

in the standardisation of 5G.Prof. Lie-Liang Yang (users.ecs.

soton.ac.uk/lly/, PhD, FIEEE, FIET,Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEEVehicular Technology Society) has 26years of research and academic expe-rience in the field of telecommunica-tions. His research interests are inwireless communications, networks,signal processing for wireless com-munications, and molecular as well asnano-scale communications. He has

published 350+ research papers and three books.Dr. Rong Zhang (www.ecs.soton.ac.

uk/people/rz) is an Assistant Profes-sor in the School of ECS of the Uni-versity of Southampton. He is alsoa RAEng Industrial Fellow at BritishTelecom. He is a senior member ofthe IEEE, a member of the IET, a fel-low of the HEA, a member of the EP-SRC Associate College, a member ofthe Tommy Flowers Institute for ICTand a member of the Isaac Newton In-

stitute for Mathematical Science.

Contacts/Links for Further InformationProgramme Leader: Mohammed El-Hajjar (meh@ecs.soton.ac.uk)Admission: fpas-student@soton.ac.ukApplication: www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/postgraduatetaughtSouthampton Wireless: www.wireless.ecs.soton.ac.ukSchool of ECS: www.ecs.soton.ac.ukUniversity of Southampton: www.southampton.ac.uk