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  • Qualification

    MSc - Master of Science

  • Location

    The University of Edinburgh

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    12 months

Course summary

This industry-focused programme - run jointly by the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow - focuses on the principles, methods, techniques and technologies that underpin a vast range of needs in applications spanning from research to industry to medicine.

The programme is designed for students looking to develop the skills and knowledge that will open up opportunities in the many companies developing sensor and image based solutions.

Sensing and sensor systems are essential for advances in research across all fields of physics, engineering and chemistry and can be enhanced when multiple sensing functions are combined into arrays to enable imaging.

Industrial applications of sensor systems are ubiquitous: from mass-produced sensors found in modern smartphones and cars to the state-of-the-art, specialist high-value sensors routinely used in oil and gas recovery, scientific equipment, machine tools, medical equipment and environmental monitoring.

Career opportunities

Sensor and imaging systems (SIS) underpin a vast range of societal, research and industrial needs. Sensing is essential for advances in capability across all fields of physics, engineering and chemistry and is enhanced when individual sensing units are configured in arrays to enable imaging and when multiple sensing functions are integrated into a single smart system.

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£ 30,240per year

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University information

The University of Edinburgh

  • University League Table

    18th

  • Campus address

    University of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, Old College, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH8 9YL, Scotland

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    16th out of 117 2

    12th out of 72 1

    15th out of 48 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 223
    203 91%

    7th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    92.0 92%

    18th

    2
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.82 70%

    108th

    8
  • Entry standards

    / Max 225
    196 87%

    6th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    94.0 94%

    9th

    8
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.82 70%

    65th

    19
  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    213 95%

    7th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    84.0 84%

    24th

    6
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.82 71%

    44th

    9

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