University of York, MEng, Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology

Year 1: Introduction to nanotechnology; computing; communications; electromagnetic field and transmission lines; circuit design (analogue and digital); major circuit components design and application; physics; mathematics; laboratory practical; 1st year project; team building and project management skills. Year 2: Nanofabrication; digital circuit design and programming; communication networks; electromagnetic waves; distributed circuits; analysis of frequency and oscillators; analogue circuitry; noise and interference in circuits; solid state devices; environmental engineering; control theory; laboratory practical. Year 3: Quantam mechanics and nanoelectronics; photonics and nanophotonics; analogue / digital filters; control; digital engineering; software engineering project; analogue ECAD; communications ECAD; laboratory practical; Options: Accounting and finance; communication systems; optical communications, components and systems; wireless modems; neural networks; project management; marketing techniques; people and quality; antennas and propagation; digital and computing ECAD. Year 4: Electron devices; growth and characterisation; advanced information storage; major industrial project (2 terms); Options: Signal processing; personal and mobile communications; advanced modulation and coding; automatic flight control systems; transducers, sensors and actuation; enterprise; embedded computer systems; strategic management; biologically inspired computation; radio frequency and microwave circuit design.