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MSc Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing at University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Programme overview

This Masters in Electronics & Photonics Manufacturing introduces you to a broad spectrum of specialist topics in advanced manufacturing and electronics design. These topics involve the fusion of novel nanofabrication and microforming processes with material technologies within a manufacturing context.

Duration: 12 months full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core courses include Advanced Manufacture, Fundamentals of Manufacturing and CAD, Introduction to Advanced Manufacturing and the Integrated Systems Design Project, plus an MSc Project. Optional courses include Nanofabrication, VLSI Design, Quantum Electronic Devices and Materials Engineering.

Career pathways

Our graduates are well represented in manufacturing companies and a wide range of industries in the UK and internationally. You will be well equipped for a variety of industrial career paths in manufacturing, depending on your choice of specialist optional courses. Recent graduates from the School of Engineering have been employed by Apple, Bosch, Dyson, Jaguar Land Rover, BAE Systems, and Rolls-Royce, and in fact technologies developed in Glasgow have founded new spin-out manufacturing companies such as Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global Ltd (now part of Sivers IMA Holdings AB), and Intense Ltd (bought by ORIX USA Corporate Finance, but still manufacturing under the Intense name).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Upper second-class (2.1) honours degree (or non-UK equivalent) in any Engineering discipline, or Physical Sciences, or Mathematics degree, with modules in Electronics and Engineering Mathematics/Mathematics at an average grade of pass. English language (international applicants): IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no subtest less than 6.0 (IELTS One Skill Retake accepted; General Training not accepted); equivalent TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C1/C2, LanguageCert, Duolingo and other listed tests are accepted, taken within 2 years 5 months of the start date; a degree from a majority-English-speaking country may be accepted instead. International applicants for September 2027 entry apply in rounds: Round 1 1 October to 5 November 2026 (decision by 18 December 2026), Round 2 to 17 December 2026, Round 3 to 4 February 2027, Round 4 to 25 March 2027, Round 5 to 13 May 2027, Round 6 14 May to 8 July 2027 (decision by 29 July 2027). UK applicants: 24 August 2027.

Domestic applicants: GBP 13,092 for the whole programme (2027-28). Full-time (Home & RUK) Source

International applicants: GBP 34,815 for the whole programme (2027-28). Full-time (International & EU) Source

Intake: September

Duration: 12 months full-time

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