Engineering Science - Telecommunications University of New South Wales

Overview

Engineering Science - Telecommunications from University of New South Wales offers you a collection of facilities and labs that support research to enhance your learning experience.

You can expand your career opportunities in this booming industry by gaining a competitive edge with this in-depth postgraduate degree. As the largest electrical engineering school in Australia, with over 1800 students and 43 academic staff, our degree provides advanced telecommunications training in the latest industry theory and application.

This degree focuses on recent advanced aspects of telecommunications engineering, including protocols used in networks such as the internet, the operation and control of networks and the design and operation of switches and routers. It also covers aspects of advanced wireless communications, such as modulation and coding techniques, and information theory.

Careers

With the rapid technology evolution occurring across the telecommunications industry, you’ll be poised to secure a role working with the newest and upcoming telecommunications systems upon completion of this highly specialised degree. The requirement for skilled graduates is growing as technology advances and its uses become broader. Demand for skilled graduates has been boosted in Australia by huge infrastructure projects like the National Broadband Network (NBN).

When you complete your degree, you could work for telecommunications service providers such as iiNet or Skype or major equipment and device manufacturers such as Cisco, Apple or Huawei. You could also work for a wide range of start-up companies such as Airhop Communications, Cloudscaling, Devicescape or UNSW's own Zedelef.