Bringing out potential
St Martin's Institute of IT, in collaboration with the Department of Engineering at Queen Mary College of the University of London, will be launching four Masters Programmes in IT through distance learning.These are the MSc Telecommunications...
St Martin's Institute of IT, in collaboration with the Department of Engineering at Queen Mary College of the University of London, will be launching four Masters Programmes in IT through distance learning.
These are the MSc Telecommunications (Networks), MSc Telecommunications (Internet Computing), MSc Telecommunications (Applications), and the MSc in Wireless Networks.
These MSc degrees enable students to build on their first degree without giving up their full time employment. The subjects for these degrees are topical, enabling graduates to embark on research in areas which are much in demand in the ICT arena in Malta and abroad now, and for the future.
Laurie Cuthbert, head of the Department of Electronic Engineering at Queen Mary, has a clear vision of the outcome of these programmes: "Students should see themselves at being at the head of a division of a company in a few years' time after successfully complete an MSc".
"If we get St Martin's involved in EU research programmes we can develop Maltese potential," he added.
These programmes have already been successfully rolled-out in different countries abroad.
The Networks pathway of Telecommunications MSc degree provides postgraduate training in the principles and applications of telecommunications, particularly in the way the subject is moving towards integrating voice and data applications with the internet.
On the other hand the Internet Computing pathway is designed to equip students with the skills needed to succeed in this area. The growth of the internet has led to the emergence of new industries, services, and products that were unimaginable only a few years ago. This has created the need for employees to have the special skills required to build, and deploy, industrial-strong internet computing systems. Such employees are currently in very short supply.
By the end of the MSc Telecommunications (Applications) programme, graduates will be able to construct software to deliver e-commerce applications over the internet, understanding how different types of infrastructure affect design, and commercial decisions. In the wireless networks stream, students will study the architectures, applications and protocols for modern wireless networks, where we observe a convergence of technologies right now to provide an infrastructure that offers ubiquitous access to information, anywhere, and anytime.
The deadline for the submission of applications is August 24.
These are the MSc Telecommunications (Networks), MSc Telecommunications (Internet Computing), MSc Telecommunications (Applications), and the MSc in Wireless Networks.
These MSc degrees enable students to build on their first degree without giving up their full time employment. The subjects for these degrees are topical, enabling graduates to embark on research in areas which are much in demand in the ICT arena in Malta and abroad now, and for the future.
Laurie Cuthbert, head of the Department of Electronic Engineering at Queen Mary, has a clear vision of the outcome of these programmes: "Students should see themselves at being at the head of a division of a company in a few years' time after successfully complete an MSc".
"If we get St Martin's involved in EU research programmes we can develop Maltese potential," he added.
These programmes have already been successfully rolled-out in different countries abroad.
The Networks pathway of Telecommunications MSc degree provides postgraduate training in the principles and applications of telecommunications, particularly in the way the subject is moving towards integrating voice and data applications with the internet.
On the other hand the Internet Computing pathway is designed to equip students with the skills needed to succeed in this area. The growth of the internet has led to the emergence of new industries, services, and products that were unimaginable only a few years ago. This has created the need for employees to have the special skills required to build, and deploy, industrial-strong internet computing systems. Such employees are currently in very short supply.
By the end of the MSc Telecommunications (Applications) programme, graduates will be able to construct software to deliver e-commerce applications over the internet, understanding how different types of infrastructure affect design, and commercial decisions. In the wireless networks stream, students will study the architectures, applications and protocols for modern wireless networks, where we observe a convergence of technologies right now to provide an infrastructure that offers ubiquitous access to information, anywhere, and anytime.
The deadline for the submission of applications is August 24.