MSc in Electrical Engineering

Rafmagnsverkfræði MSc

Overview

Electrical engineering is perhaps the most creative and innovative of all engineering disciplines. Over the past decades, electrical engineers have had a great impact on how we live our lives with inventions such as the personal computer, the mobile phone, immersive computing and broadband communications. A graduate of an electrical engineering has the ability to work on his own projects and inventions, continue on a path of research or be employed by companies that require technical competance and creativity. The electrical engineering programme at Reykjavik University covers two main fields of electrical engineering which are Signals and Systems and CAD for Electrical Engineering.

Signals and Systems

A graduate with this emphasis will be an expert in signal analysis, dynamical systems and stochastic processing. There is a high focus on problem solving through practical work with focus on sensors, digital signal processing and computer programming. The student has an option to include subjects ranging from mathematics and computer science to mechatronics and design engineering.

CAD for Electrical Engineering

The Computer Aided Design (CAD) for Electrical Engineering (EE) specialization aims preparing processionals in development of simulation, modeling, and optimization methods and software for various fields of Electrical Engineering ranging from Electrical Machinery Design to Light-wave/Photonics Component and Circuit Design. The student has an option to choose subjects specifically enhancing his/her educational/professional interests.

Career options

A graduate of electrical engineering has three main options: 1) Get employment within industry, 2) start a company or 3) continue studies towards a research degree. All options are encourged within Reykjavik University. Electrical engineers are highly employable and sought after by industry. Electrical engineers can be found in various technical- and management positions within companies that work on everything from robotics and computer services to communications and information technology.

Courses

	Signals and Systems Compulsory	CAD for Electrical Engineering	Electives
1. semester	Measurements and stochastic variables Linear dynamical systems Research methods I	Partial differential equations Advanced circuit design Research methods I	Partial differential equations* Microwave Engineering I Advanced circuit design* Simulation Precision machine design Data mining and machine learning* Theory of computation Measurements and stochastic variables+ Linear dynamical systems+
2. semester	Integrated project Autonomous robots	Integrated project Engineering optimization	Engineering optimization* Optimization applications Biomedical signal & image processing* Stochastic processes Mechatronics II* Data mining and machine learning Solid state electronics Computational electro-magnetics with FDTD+ Autonomous robots+
3. semester	Research methods II Thesis	Research methods II Thesis
4. semester	Thesis	Thesis

*Electives for Signals and Systems only
+Electives for CAD for Electrical Engineering only

Further Information
Kristín Kristinsdóttir, Graduate Administrator, kristinkri(at)ru.is
Sigurður Ingi Erlingsson, Department Head, sie(at)ru.is