Course details

There is a great need for suitably qualified engineers to fulfill the existing and future needs of the global smart economy. This course addresses that need by providing an exciting range of topical modules and a state-of-the-art engineering facility. The programme also offers the student a chance to develop their research skills in a full-time three month project.

Entry Requirements

At least an honours degree grade 2.2 in Electronic, Electrical, Computer, or Telecommunications Engineering. Other qualifications evaluated on an individual basis. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.

Minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
  • TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
  • TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
  • PTE (Pearson): 62

Module

Year 1

  • ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS
  • POWER ELECTRONICS
  • PROJECT
  • APPLIED COMPUTING FOR ENGINEERS (ON CAMPUS ATTENDANCE REQUIRED)
  • KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
  • OPTIMIZATION THEORY
  • MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION (BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING)
  • DATA MODELLING & ANALYSIS
  • SPEECH TECHNOLOGY
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Maynooth University

This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.

Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.

  • In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
  • Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.  
  • Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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