Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering

Entry requirements

2.1 Honours degree or equivalent.

Research proposal

Candidates are required to provide a single page outline of the research subject proposed (approximately 1000 words). This need not be a final thesis proposal but should include:

• a straightforward, descriptive, and informative title
• the question that your research will address
• an account of why this question is important and worth investigating
• an assessment of how your own research will engage with recent study in the subject
• a brief account of the methodology and approach you will take
• a discussion of the primary sources that your research will draw upon, including printed books, manuscripts, archives, libraries, or museums
• an indicative bibliography of secondary sources that you have already consulted and/or are planning to consult

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

The Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering research division is home to more than 70 research students working in fields as diverse as atomic force microscopy, quantum sensors, high speed optical devices and atomistic device simulations.

You will have access to the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre (JWNC) and the Kelvin Nanocharacterisation Centre. The JWNC holds a number of world records in nanofabrication including for the performance of nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices.

Over 250 international companies have worked with the JWNC in the last five years. Over 90 different universities from around the globe collaborate with us in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Research areas

The Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering research division carries out leading-edge research in the following areas:

Electronics

• High Frequency Electronics
• Microwave and THz Electronics
• Communications, Sensing and Imaging
• Microsystem Technology
• Microelectronics
• Intelligent Devices and Systems
• Advanced Semiconductor Materials & Devices
• Ultrafast Systems
• Bendable Electronics and Sensing Technologies

More information: Electronics

Photonics

• Novel Light Sources
• Structured Photonics
• Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics
• RF and Microwave Photonics

More information: Photonics

Quantum & Nano Technologies

• Quantum Sensors
• Quantum Circuits
• Spin Electronics and Photonics
• Nanotechnology
• Device Modelling
• Semiconductor Devices

More information: Quantum & Nano

Information for international students

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)

• 6.5 with no sub-test under 6.0.
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.