Hello, we would like to welcome you to this MSc course. This MSc award offers an exciting opportunity to explore a mixture of theoretical and practical topics surrounding Internet of Things technologies to access and interact with objects in the physical world. This will prepare you through the chance to conceive, design, implement, operate and maintain Internet of Things devices for real world experience within skilled jobs.

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Key dates

Academic Calendar: Trimesters [15 Week]

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Welcome and Induction

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Welcome

Our team at the School of Engineering, Technology and Design is committed to providing you with a broad base to increase the employability and long-term career prospects of MSc Internet of Things Engineering students, locally and globally in sectors. The development of the MSc Internet of Things Engineering has taken place alongside industry partners, which means that students will graduate as industry ready engineers.

The awards embrace the latest advances in research and development and offer students a variety of practical and workshop-based learning opportunities which use authentic industry projects and challenges so that students are exposed to the various dimensions of front-line engineering that they will experience in the workplace.

Getting started

Within this course, there is only one pathway which provides in-depth learning in multidisciplinary subject areas, such as data intelligence, network communication systems, smart mechatronics, industrial systems, working with AI and specific Internet of Things devices.

Trimester 1 & 2 will consist of taught modules and hand in practice laboratory experiments and Trimester 3 will be focused on research project and dissertation/thesis. Below is the module overview:

Core Modules:

MSc Internet of Things Engineering (All compulsory):

Trimester 1:

  • Principles of Data Intelligence Programming
  • Internet of Things
  • Smart Mechatronics Systems and Design

 Trimester 2:

  • AI for Data Intelligence
  • International Project Management
  • Industry 4.0/5.0

 Trimester 3:

  • Professional Research Methods and Project 

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 15th September 2025 - we look forward to meeting you then.

Community

On the social side, the Student Union (CCSU) has a huge range of clubs and societies – all of which have unique social calendars of their own and offer endless opportunities to make lifelong friends and discover new hobbies. And you can always create your own society and cultivate your own community!

CCSU will be hosting their Welcome Fayre on Wednesday 17th September 2025. Make sure you keep checking the CCSU website for further details and how to get involved.

We understand that you may be nervous about your first few weeks on campus but rest assured - you'll be joining a nurturing and supportive environment where diversity, equality and individuality are part of everything we do.

You can find out more about our welcoming community and making friends here at CCCU.

If you are an International Student joining us then please see our International Student Support pages for further information and guidance.

Pre-course reading

  • Atzori, L., Iera, A., Morabito, G. (2010) The Internet of Things: A Survey. Computer Networks, 54(15), 2787-2805.
  • Fell, M. (2014) Roadmap for the Emerging "Internet of Things", Carré and Strauss.
  • Kortuem, G et al. (2010). Smart objects as building blocks for the Internet of things. IEEE Internet Computing, 14(1):44-51.
  • Schwab, K., 2017. The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Crown Business.
  • Ustundag, A. and Cevikcan, E., 2017. Industry 4.0: Managing The Digital Transformation. Springer.
  • Budynas, R.G., Nisbett, J.K. and Tangchaichit, K., 2021. Shigley's mechanical engineering design (pp. The-McGraw). New York: McGraw Hill. 11th Edition Bolton, W., 2018. Mechatronics: electronic control systems in mechanical and electrical engineering. Pearson Education.
  • Craig, J.J., 2013. Introduction to robotics: mechanics and control, Pearson
  • Bolton, W., 2021. Instrumentation and control systems. Newnes.
  • Welbourne, E et al. (2009). Building the Internet of Things Using RFID. IEEE Internet Computing, 13(3):48—55.
  • Fernandes, E., Jung, J., & Prakash, A. (2016, May). Security analysis of emerging smart home applications. In Security and Privacy (SP), 2016 IEEE Symposium on (pp. 636-654). IEEE.
  • Ciaburro, G. and Venkateswaran, B., 2017. Neural Networks with R: Smart models using CNN, RNN, deep learning, and artificial intelligence principles. Packt Publishing Ltd.
  • Rothman, D., 2018. Artificial Intelligence by Example: Develop machine intelligence from scratch using real artificial intelligence use cases. Packt Publishing Ltd.
  • Al-Fuqaha, A., Guizani, M., Mohammadi, M., Aledhari, M. and Ayyash, M. (2015). Internet of Things: A Survey on Enabling Technologies, Protocols, and Applications. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 17(4), pp.2347-2376.

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.

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