Application Details

Who can apply?

Before applying you should satisfy yourself on six counts:

  1. The equipment at home is adequate. (See Equipment needed at Home).
  2. The internet connection to Bolton is adequate.  This applies in particular if the module you have chosen to study involves remote access to EDA tools. To test if your current Internet Service Provider (ISP) gives an adequate connection for
    remote access to EDA tools, go to Students> IT Configuration > Installing Citrix Metaframe > Test of IP route to Bolton. Alternatively, click here:
    Test of IP route to Bolton
  3. Any prerequisite study for the module in question is complete  (applies to modules involving EDA tools).
  4. Your English language skills are sufficient to benefit from the course.  As well as being able to read technical English without difficulty, you must be prepared to write in English since assignments will only be accepted in that language.
  5. The syllabus for the module is in line with your requirements.
  6. You are prepared to pay the fee for the module(s) or you have a sponsor who has agreed to do so.

Applicants for a Short Course (Associate Students)

If you want to study a module on its own or are not at this stage concerned about completing sufficient modules to gain a postgraduate qualification,  you can enrol as an Associate Student.  There are no specific academic requirements (except for some EDA modules which rely on earlier modules) but you must provide sufficient information for the Admission Tutor to be satisfied that you have the appropriate background training or experience to be able to complete the module you have chosen successfully.  The regulations for modular programmes limit Associate Students to studying one module at a time.

Applicants for a Postgraduate Qualification

The minimum requirement for registration onto the Postgraduate programme is an honours degree in a relevant subject. Registration for a postgraduate award can also take experience into account as well as academic qualifications. See the two links below.

Entry Requirements - Advanced Microelectronics Pathway

Entry Requirements - Electronic Product Development Pathway

 

Enrolments for a Postgraduate qualification is on a staged basis: initially Postgraduate Certificate, then Postgraduate Diploma and finally Master of Science. This means that students undertake postgraduate study in three stages, enrolling first on the Postgraduate Certificate, then the Postgraduate Diploma, and finally on the Master of Science. There is no additional cost involved in making the transfer from stage to stage.

This gives more flexibility in that students can take an interim award but still have the option to continue if they wished.

 

If you would like to speak to an Admission Tutor or visit us at Bolton, please email ami@bolton.ac.uk or call  +44 (0)1204 903020 to make the arrangements.

 

How to apply

An online application form is available and will be directed automatically to the CET Postgraduate Programmes Office.   Alternatively a  paper copy of the form is available from the office on request and may be submitted by post or fax to:

The CET Postgraduate Programmes Office
The University of Bolton
Deane Road
Bolton
BL3 5AB
United Kingdom

Fax:   +44 (0)1204 903088          Email:  ami@bolton.ac.uk

Applications for the MSc, PgDip or PgCert will be considered by the Admission Tutors and if necessary one of them may telephone for a discussion.  Successful applicants will receive a letter formally offering a place on the course.

 

Updated 23.04.10 KS