Internet of Things (IoT) MSc

Overview

Smart Cities, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Self-Driving cars, Smart Grids, Smart Homes and Buildings, Smart Infrastructure, Smart Agriculture, Smart Health, Smart Mobility are some of the application areas driving the phenomenal growth of IoT.

Businesses are already exploring how to adopt IoT for their operations, but they lack IoT skills and knowledge among employees and management.

This unique full-time Master's programme is designed by experts in the field with wealth of research and development experience in IoT to address this shortage of professionally qualified specialists.

This MSc offers a unique advantage to its graduates in an increasingly competitive job market with highly-sought expertise.

The teaching on the course is research-led, and you will have opportunity to learn from the real-world, cutting-edge live projects.

Learning and assessment

The programme utilises a range of learning methods to offer a personalised, research-led, and digitally rooted learning experience with a holistic, international focus.

At the centre of this strategy is the focus on problem-solving through the use of creative, analytical, logical and innovative thinking, and through networking and communicating effectively with peers.

The teaching delivery team includes internationally-renowned researchers and practitioners from all the relevant IoT areas, including sensors, communication, data engineering, data storage, big data analytics, cyber security and visualisation. We have secured multi-million-pound funding in IoT related projects, ensuring you’ll be exposed to cutting-edge knowledge and case studies. Our teaching is research-led, and you will have opportunity to learn from these real-world, cutting-edge live projects.

Career prospects

A lack of IoT skills and knowledge among employees and management is viewed by the businesses as the biggest obstacle to using the IoT more extensively (Economist Intelligence Unit).

This programme will give you the skills you need to launch a career in this exciting, fast-growing international sector.