School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Professor William Scanlon

OPEN DAYS11 – 13 SEPTEMBER 2014

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THE QUEENS EXPERIENCE - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

CURRICULUM

OPPORTUNITIES

ENVIRONMENT

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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT - PEOPLE

Proud of our Ethnic Diversity Staff and Students from all (inhabited) continents and 80 countries 13% of total workforce are international 23% of academic staff

Within School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lecturers from countries such as Brazil, China, Greece, India, Indonesia,

Korea, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Vietnam More than 50% of Professors are from outside NI Students in UG programmes from as far away as Brazil and China

£40m research facility in Titanic Quarter

Also home of CSIT: UK Centre of

Excellence for Cyber Security

FINANCIAL MARKETS

SPACE APPLICATIONS

CONNECTED HEALTH

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (ECIT)

GLOBAL RESEARCH

GLOBAL RESEARCH IMPACT

1st in the UK & Ireland for spinout revenues 60+ spin-out companies created £146M combined turnover 1200 employment £68.5M from outside investors in the spinouts Portfolio includes/included:

ActivWireless; Amphion Semiconductors; Analytics Engines; Andor Technology; APT; Avalon Instruments; Fusion Antibodies; Hughes & Mcleod; Kainos; Lagan Technologies; Maarenco; Meridio; PathXL; Warner Chilcot

GLOBAL CURRICULUM - EEECS

Highest UG intake in the University (435) National Student Survey: 91% CS; 86% EEE (sector average 82%, 83%) Best employability performance in the University, 84% EEE Course more scholarships than any other Queens degree programme

Flagship BEng/MEng Software and Electronic Systems Engineering Developed with industry to meet global demand Societal challenges – Healthcare, Transport, Internet of Things Skills development – team work, practice, entrepreneurship

BELFAST WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE SCANLON - born and bred in North Belfast Attended Belfast Royal Academy Worked for General Electric Company, Siemens and Nortel

(English, German and Canadian) Just completed a 5 year Professorship in the Netherlands

Conduct globally leading research @ ECIT (“wearables”) Completed an international lecture tour for NATO Examined PhDs in Singapore, Australia, Sweden and more Evaluated EU wide funding proposals and also Belgium, Sweden,

Finland, Australia, US, Canada… Worked for global medical device companies, electronics

multinationals, mobile phone multinationals

Because students who study abroad more likely to be either in employment or further study six months after qualifying, with higher than average salaries

INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

600+international

study or work

placement

Our Target:

20% of UG students

£75k International Opportunities

Fund

22nd

in UK for Erasmus

placements (out of 169)

Industrial Advisory Panel – several international companies Dedicated Careers & Placement Adviser and Placement Assistant Currently work with 1200+ employers

57% (691) – NI 29% (359) – National 14% (167) – International

PLACEMENT IN EEECS

Almost 300 students undertaking placement in EEECS (2014/15) Almost 20% of them outside of NI Recent examples include:

Yamaha Motors Amsterdam Unity, Germany IAESTE (Barcelona, Sri Lanka, China)

Global software consulting company - 160,000 employees / US $8bn InStep is Infosys' flagship global internship programme 3-month placement in India Queen’s is only one of 9 universities in the UK (100 worldwide) Queen’s has 6 placements this year (most others 2)

GLOBAL EXAMPLE: InStep

Diane: MEng Computer Science: Level 1 – summer internship with Infosys, India (Summer ‘12) Level 2 – Easter Vacation scheme - Goldman Sachs London (Apr ‘13) Placement – Citi, Belfast (2013/14), 2 week QUB City Scholars

programme New York (June 2014) and QUB London Study Tour (Sept. 14)

Cormac: BEng Computer Science: Level 1 – short Citi Quest, Belfast Easter Vacation Scheme, (Apr ‘12)

Kainos App Camp, Belfast (Summer ‘12) Level 2 – summer internship with Infosys, India (Summer ‘13) Placement – Kainos, Belfast (2013/14) and summer internship with

Generation UK in China (Summer 2014)

CURRENT STUDENT STORIES

A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION ON YOUR DOORSTEP