The Department of Automatic Control & SystemsEngineeringThe Department was established in 1968 in response to the growing importance of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering to all branches of industry world-wide. We have since grown to become the largest Control and Systems Engineering Department in Europe. Our growth has been due to both the increasing demand for education in the area and the effects of rapid changes in engineering, computing and technology.

Contact:The Department of Automatic Control & Systems EngineeringThe University of SheffieldMappin StreetSheffield, S1 3JDUnited Kingdom

W: sheffield.ac.uk/acseT: +44 (0)114 222 5644E: pgtacse@sheffield.ac.uk

“We provide students who come from non-engineering backgrounds the support they need to seamlessly make the move to engineering. This MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering would be an ideal fit for students from a maths, physics, or relevant science background, looking to transition into a career in engineering.”

- Dr George Panoutsos, Director of Learning and Teaching in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Engineering Does

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“Coming from a background in Mathematics and Physics I didn’t realise that engineering was evenan option for me. My learned Maths and Physics skills transferred seamlessly to the MSc in Control and Systems Engineering and the scope of my future career opportunities hasgrown dramatically”

- Michael Pelegrinis, ACSE Alumni, MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering

Research Scholarship is awarded to the most promising graduate from this programme to stay in the department and study for a PhD. This scholarship includes both fees and maintenance.

Key Facts

Duration: 12 months

Entry requirements: First or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent).

Alternatively you might be an experienced professional, thinking about updating your knowledge of the subject.

Please note: You will need to have excellent mathematical notation and basic computer programming skills to thrive on this course.

Language requirements: IELTS 6.5(6 in each competency)

Fees: UK/EU: £10,700International Students: £19,500

Our flagship MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering is fully accredited by the Engineering Council UK, IET and InstMC.

How to Apply: Seewww.sheffield.ac.uk/acse/masters/apply

Course Structure

Careers andFurther Study

Our MSc is designed to ensure a gradual introduction to the subject of control and systems engineering, for the benefit of students who may not have an engineering background (e.g. students with degrees in Physics, Maths or other relevant Science subjects). A pre-arrival short online course is available to assist students in this transition, and includes a number of self-evaluation and self-study materials. We have also developed a number of support sessions to help students prepare for the start of the course, which can be accessed during intro week.

At the start of the course, the first module (worth 30 credits) includes a comprehensive introduction to systems and control engineering, from fundamental mathematics to modelling and simulation, as well as control. All modules in the first semester are taught in continuous short blocks, aiming to provide the fundamentals of control and systems engineering, while the modules in the second semester are taught over the whole semester to let students specialise in more advanced subjects. An emphasis will also be placed on the development of your practical and transferable skills, through the practice of laboratory work, working with advanced control and systems software packages and project work.

Control and systems lie at the heart of engineering. Whether you are developing the flight control system for the latest aircraft, controlling a chemical plant or developing automation for the latest manufacturing system, our flagship MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering is the ideal start to a very exciting career in engineering.

Each student on the course will work with their own ‘take-home kit’. This is a portable piece of equipment that enables you to work with meaningful hardware in a time and place of your choosing, thus removing many of the limitations of traditional lab based teaching.

As part of your final year assessment you will work on a major project, which will be comprised of a mix of theoretical, practical, and industry-related work. The project is an ideal opportunity for you to focus on an area of particular interest to you.

All students will take the following core modules:• Foundations of Control Systems• State-Space, Non-Linear and Optimal Control• Signal Processing and Estimation• Embedded Systems and Rapid Control Prototyping• Control Systems Project and Dissertation• Advanced Industrial Control

Students can select two of the following optional Modules:• Intelligent and Vision Systems or Nonlinear and Hybrid Systems• Robotics and Autonomous Systems or Multisensor and Decision Systems

Our flagship MSc has been running for over 40 years. During this time our graduates have achieved stellar positions, world-wide, in both industry and academia.

ACSE graduates are well placed to pursue a career in a variety of engineering fields, such as manufacturing, power generation, sustainable energy and science and commerce. You could go on to work for a large international organisation or company such as; British Airways, IBM, Rolls-Royceand Unilever.Alternatively you may decide that a career within research or academia is right for you. Many of our graduates continue at the University of Sheffield to pursue a PhD, and each year the Harry Nicholson Postgraduate

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