MSc/PgDip Data Telecommunications Networks
- Part-time study available
- Alternative start dates available
- International students can apply
A variety of delivery methods are adopted in the course
- Lectures are used to acquire concepts
- Projects and assignments enable you to apply what you have learned to a realistic problem and make decisions in uncertain situations
- Tutorial work is used to develop team working and professional skills
- Supervised laboratories encourage you to develop practical as well as theoretical skills
- Site visits and seminars encourage you to relate material delivered in the classroom to the professional world
- Formal presentations develop your communication skills
Full time students can start the programme at either semester 1 (September) or semester 2 (January).
Part time students may only start in September and are required to take 60 credits of taught modules in each year.
Assessment
Over the programme, the assessment of the taught modules is as follows:
- Examinations - 50%
- Coursework and Assignments - 50%
Staff Profile
Professor Nigel Linge
Professor Linge obtained a PhD in the development of Local Area Network bridges in 1987 and since then has been actively involved in computer networking and multimedia applications research. This has included EPSRC, European and industrially funded research investigating high speed networking, the development of new traffic routing mechanisms and the integration of networks using ATM over satellite.
He is the current Director of the Centre for Networking and Telecommunications Research and has been a member of academic staff at the University of Salford since October 1986.
As a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) he has been an active committee member since the mid-1980s and has held a number of positions at both a national and regional level. Professor Linge is presently the Junior Vice Chairman of the IEE Manchester Branch.
Professor Linge has a broad range of research interests and he is currently supervising PhD research investigating new traffic routing algorithms, the application of active network techniques to network traffic management and firewall access security, networking aware multimedia applications and next generation mobile services.