The Third Year
EEE/ISE
B.Eng. / M.Eng.
Information for students finishing
second year in 2011
Third year organiser EEE: Paul Mitcheson
ISE coordinator: Jeremy Pitt
3rd year - overview
• Years 1 and 2 were about giving you core
knowledge across all of EEE/ISE
• Now you get to specialise and concentrate on
the things that you find the most interesting
• The good news – most people consider year 2
is the hardest
• In year 3 there is a group design and build
project for MEng and individual project for
BEng
What must happen for you to move from
EE/ISE2 to EE/ISE3?
Step 1 - Pass your EE2/ISE2 Exams
• Good luck
• Don’t cheat (don’t take prohibited items into the exam
room – this is an exam offense)
• If you are suspected of cheating, the case is handled by
registry: the dept has little or no say in your fate
• Exam Offenses Policy is available at:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/registry/exams/examoffences
There are 3 options if you are found guilty of cheating:
• Minor reprimand (impossible if you have done anything
other than something totally trivial)
• Fail the year (most likely)
• Expulsion (automatic on second offense)
This Years Exam Results
• 2011 Examiners meeting is Friday 8th July
• Pass/Fail (only) indication available from Monday 11th
July on the dept web site
• Full results from Registry in late July
• Make sure Registry and the U/G Office have an up to
date address for you
What if it all goes wrong?
• If you marginally fail your result is deferred and
you may be given a Supplementary Qualifying
Test (SQT)
• Maths SQT is normally an examination here in
London in early September
• EE SQT will normally be in the form of a re-sit
of selected questions here in London in the
same week
• Problem cases interviewed soon after 11th July
Assuming you pass…..
You need to know and consider:
• The differences between the degree streams
• The lecture courses on offer (you now have
options…)
• The marking and coursework scheme
• The critical times for responses from you
Step 2 - Deciding Streams
Three year courses:
• B.Eng. EE
• B.Eng. ISE
Four year courses:
• M.Eng. ISE
• M.Eng. E&E Eng (Technology Oriented)
• M.Eng. E&E Eng with Management
• M.Eng. E&E Eng with Year Abroad
• M.Eng. ISE with Year Abroad
B.Eng. or M.Eng. ?
• Little difference in first two years – general material
• Choice now is between 1 year or 2 years of specialisation
• 4th year courses are M.Sc. Courses
• about 40 E&E Eng options to choose from
• ISE students can also choose from around 10 DoC
courses
• M.Eng. EEE has an entrance requirement
• >50% in second year overall and >50% in Maths and no
SQTs from EE2
• Year abroad requires higher grade (>55%) and evidence
of language skills for some cases.
• M.Eng. ISE has an entrance requirement
• >50% in second year overall and no SQTs or resits
• Year abroad requires higher grade (>55%) and evidence
of language skills for some cases.
M.Eng. or B.Eng. ?
• M.Eng. necessary for UK Chartered Engineer
• www.theiet.org/careers/profreg/
• Possible to become chartered with 2(ii) B.Eng plus an
approved master degree
• Most countries in the world expect engineering degrees to
be at least 4 years.
• Bologna declaration foresees European norm of 3-year
Bachelor’s degree followed by 2-year Master’s degree for
professional engineers
• A Master’s (M.Eng.) degree as a first degree not always
understood outside UK – although with Bologna and ECTS
this is not really an issue
Year Abroad Scheme
Students go abroad in their final year to one of the following:
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ENST Paris (for students specializing in Communication),
INPG Grenoble,
Ecole Polytecnique,
Politecnico of Milan,
KTH (for students specializing in Power),
LTH (for students specializing in Control),
KU Leuven,
• Final decision to go
abroad is taken during
University of Seville,
the 3rd year
University of Rome "Tor Vergata“
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RWTH Aachen,
technical stream in 3rd
ETH Zurich,
year if in E&E Eng
TU Delft,
ParisTech.
University of California
National University of Singapore.
Tel Aviv University
Information via the intranet and advice from Prof. Astolfi
www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.astolfi/teaching/yearabroad
Step 3 – Choose courses
EEE Eng Autumn Term Subjects (Provisional)
Code
Course Title
3-01
Analogue ICs and
Systems
3-02
Instrumentation
3-03
Communication
Systems
3-07
Digital Signal
Processing
3-09
Control Engineering
3-10
Mathematics for
Signals and Systems
3-14
Power Electronics
3-18
Microwave Technology
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Course Title
3-06
VHDL and Logic
Synthesis
3-14 will clash with 3-06
EEE Eng Spring Term Subjects (Provisional)
Code
Course Title
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Course Title
3-19
Real Time DSP
3-05
Digital system Design
3-11
Advanced Electronic
Devices
3-08
Advanced Signal
Processing
3-12
Optoelectronics
3-16
Artificial Intelligence
3-13
Electrical Energy
systems
3-17
Communication
Networks
3-11 will clash with 3-08, 3-12 will clash with 3-16
Even if lectures do not clash, the exams will…
ISE Subjects Autumn Term (Provisional)
(check DoC's database for details of DoC courses)
All optional
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EE3-03
EE3-06
EE3-07
EE3-09
EE3-10
EE3-15
CO335
CO337
CO343
Communication Systems
VHDL and Logic Synthesis
Digital Signal Processing
Control Engineering
Mathematics for Signals and Systems
User-centred Information Systems
Distributed Systems
Simulation and Modelling
Operations Research
Clashes currently unknown as timetable also depends on DoC
ISE Subjects Spring Term (Provisional)
(check DoC's database for details of DoC courses)
All optional except databases
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EE3-05
EE3-08
EE3-16
EE3-17
EE3-19
CO317
EE4-52
CO526
CO318
CO341
CO527
CO528
Compulsory
Digital System Design
Advanced Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Communication Networks
Real-time Digital Signal Processing
Graphics
Embedded Systems
Databases
Custom Computing
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
Concurrent Programming
Clashes currently unknown as timetable also depends on DoC
Award of Honours for EE3 BEng
Part III is worth 1/2 of your degree
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Each technical module has associated coursework.
Within each module, the coursework weighting can vary but is normally
25% or 40% or 100% with a written examination making up the
remainder of the mark.
Modules that are 100% coursework will normally include a class test
weighted at 15%.
The overall module mark is weighted as 65% of Part 3
The individual project is worth 35% of Part 3
See the award of honours page on the EE web
Award of Honours for EE3 MEng
Part III is worth 5/16 of your degree
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Each technical module has associated coursework.
Within each module, the coursework weighting can vary but is normally
25% or 40% or 100% with a written examination making up the
remainder of the mark.
Modules that are 100% coursework will normally include a class test
weighted at 15%.
The overall module mark is weighted as 80% of Part 3
The individual project is worth 20% of Part 3
See the award of honours page on the EE web
Numbers of Lecture Courses - EEE
Basic Lecture Course Programme
• B.Eng.: 6 Technical + 1 Humanities/Business/Language
• M.Eng. (T, EY or ISE): 7 Technical + 1 H/B/L
• M.Eng. (EM) : 3 Business + 5 Other (Technical or H/B/L)
Extra Subjects
• B.Eng or M.Eng.: 1 extra course (T or B) can be taken (Only 1
humanity allowed per year)
Other Considerations for M.Eng. (EM)
• All 6 Core business courses must be taken across 3rd and 4th year
(minimum of 2 core courses taken in year 3)
• At least 7 technical lecture courses must be taken across 3rd and 4th
year
• 3rd year lecture courses can be taken in 4th year (unlike T and EY)
Numbers of Lecture Courses - ISE
Considerations for ISE
• CO526 Databases is compulsory
• At least one optional technical course from both E&E Eng and Doc:
» B.Eng.(ISE): CO526 + I DoC + 1 E&EEng + 1 H/B/L + 3
DoC/E&EEng
» M.Eng.(ISE): CO526 + I DoC + 1 E&EEng + 1 H/B/L + 4
DoC/E&EEng
Choosing Extra Subjects EEE and ISE
• Each course carries 20 hours of coursework as well as the 20 lectures
• You have to be good to cope with the extra work
• You can start more courses than you intend to finish (but not Business
courses)
• You may only do one Humanities course
• There is a distorted average used when computing marks with an extra
subject
nBase  nExtra
Modifed Exam Average 
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nBase  7 for B.Eng. or 8 for M.Eng.; nExtra  0 or 1
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for B.Eng with an extra course
7.5
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for M.Eng with an extra course
8.5
Modified Exam Average  Exam Mean 
Should I take an extra subject?
Manipulate the formulae on the previous page and you can
show that:
If the mark in your additional subject is less than half the
average of the best 8, you loose.
Don’t take extra subjects unless you are doing well. Better to
just pass 7 subjects than just fail 8
Step 4 – register for courses
• Technical subjects are registered on the EE web
pages
• Humanities subjects are registered on the humanities
web pages and once confirmed you must then register
the course on the EE pages.
• Business school options are also registered first with
BS and then with EE once confirmed
Business School Subjects
• Registration opens in June and runs until
September - but popular courses fill up quickly so
register ASAP after registration opens (first-come, firstserved)
• Details via Business School webpage
• These courses can not be dropped once chosen (i.e.
after the closing date)
• Once you have a place, also register it at E&E Eng.
Registration page
Special Consideration for M.Eng.
• Your choices in third year affect the range of choices you
can make in fourth year
• There are about 40 technical subjects in 4th year
• They are not evenly distributed across the topic areas:
Comms, Sig. Proc. & Control & Power have lots of
courses
• In general, you need third year courses as preparation
for fourth year courses even if they are not strictly prerequisites. This should influence your choice in third
year. Check prerequisites.
Project Work
B.Eng.
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Individual Project
Dr Tom Clarke will give details early next year
You can suggest a project or pick from list
The range of topics is likely to be similar to that shown on the
20010/11 website
M.Eng.
• EEE Group Project – design and build
• ISE Group Project on intelligent agents and multi-agent systems
• ISE students can organise an Industrial Elective if they wish
Project interviews/presentations occur in last
week of Summer term. Do not be away.
Just in case you missed that…
(Group) project
interviews/presentations/
demos occur in last week
of Summer term. Do not
be away.
Step 5 - Programme Advice
• You will have a meeting with tutor in first week of
next academic year
• Look through the course descriptions on the EE
website
• Try to balance subjects sensibly between terms
• Your third year tutor is normally your first or second
year tutor
• Year Group Meeting: (probably) Monday of first week
next year
Critical Times
Humanities registration has opened (first come first serve)
27th May - Course Information meeting
July/August - E&E Eng Dept registration web-page opens
• Confirm your choice of stream
• Register provisional choice of subject options
• You will be emailed when this opens
11th July – Pass Fail info available from web
20th June – BS registration opens
September - Final Registration of Stream (B.Eng. / M.Eng.)
September - Cut-off of Provisional Subject Registration
October - Course Advice Session (register before advice)
Mid February - Final Registration of all E&EEng/DoC Subjects
The IET Power Academy
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An industry and IET initiative to promote careers in the electrical power
industry
Offers bursaries (£2200 p.a. plus £1000 toward fees) plus summer
placements and training – subject to upcoming revision
Talk to Dr Chaudhuri for more information
And look at:
http://www.iee.org/poweracademy/
Industrial Scholarships
 Get connected with employers in the electronics industry and benefit
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An annual bursary of up to £1,500
Paid summer work placements
Industrial mentoring
Professional development and training
UKSEF offers industrial scholarships to students studying BEng and MEng degrees
in electronics or electrical and electronic engineering at UKESF partner universities.
Successful candidates are matched with sponsoring companies for scholarships that
include annual bursaries, paid summer work placements and mentoring.
Further information is available from the UG Office
And Back to Step 1…
Good luck in your exams!