The Postgraduate course entitled Electronic Circuit Design and Manufacture (ECDM) commenced operating at Dundee University in 1988 with support for the first four years from the Training Agency. Current applications are approximately 100 per year but the entry is restricted to a maximum of 20 students. The course has been designed to have significant interaction with industry through visits to leading electronic manufacturing companies and by external lecturers. These include all aspect of modern electronic design and manufacturing practice. The course has five modules, with the research project being undertaken either at an industrial site or by completing an industrially related project at the University.
It is current practice to undertake visits to relevant trade exhibitions to obtain up to date information in circuit and manufacturing developments. Students are encouraged to interact with many different organisations during the course to extract modern practice and to include it in their assessments. The ECDM Group organises to have representation at international trade fairs, if possible, where the students have to be sales people and promote the ECDM degree.
The statistical data of graduate employment indicates there are employment opportunities as circuit designers, microelectronic process engineers, silicon designers or manufacturing engineers. The course is directed to the award of a Postgraduate Diploma after 9 months of full time study.
This one-year taught MSc course and 9-month Diploma course has been developed to train participants in the design and production of electronic circuits. The extensive facilities of the Department of Electronic Engineering and Physics are available to support the course. These comprise CAD tools and Pentium PCs for the full design, simulation and layout of electronic circuits. An electronic manufacturing laboratory primarily for the development of surface mount technology contains:
A microelectronic fabrication laboratory is equipped for the complete design and manufacture of integrated circuits with diffusion and plasma processing.
The objectives of the course are as follows:
The broad objective of the course has confirmed that applicants from a wide background can succeed. An honours degree in any of Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Applied Physics or Computer Science is the basic academic requirement for entry to this MSc course, but consideration will be given to technical qualifications supported by relevant industrial experience. For entry to the Postgraduate Diploma the normal requirements are an ordinary degree in a similar technical subject.
Contact: Dr Kazem Dastoori
For more information on this course, please refer to the Electronic Circuit Design and Manufacture page in the University Prospectus.
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