Electronic Systems Engineering

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research: Raman Paranjape, PhD

Graduate Program Coordinator: Abdul Bais, PhD

For more information about Graduate programs, contact engg.grad@uregina.ca.

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Department Description 

Electronic Systems Engineering conducts research and offers graduate courses in selected areas of RF communication, machine learning, smart grid, optimization of electrical systems, wireless sensor networks, signal/image processing, FPGA system design, neural computing and Power Systems Protection. The Program offers a doctoral degree in Engineering/ESE (PhD/ESE), a Master of Engineering/ESE (MEng/ESE) and a Master of Applied Science/ESE (MASc /ESE). Applicants must meet the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research entrance requirements and must be admitted by the Electronics Systems Engineering Program.

Admissions

MEng applicants from non-engineering backgrounds, or from backgrounds lacking course work normally taken by Canadian engineering undergraduates, are welcome. Applicants who lack experience in Engineering design, law, professionalism and ethics, and economics may be admitted as “qualifying students.” Students who satisfactorily complete the qualifying courses in their first year continue in the MEng program.

Normally, applicants to the PhD program will have completed a thesis-based master’s degree in engineering or a closely related field. However, applicants with a MEng degree may be admitted to the PhD program but are required to take at least one additional course in research methodology. All MASc and PhD students must have an identified supervisor from Electronic Systems Engineering.

Students may transfer from the MEng/ESE to the MASc/ESE degree. Transfer to the MASc program must be approved by ESE. Students are expected to satisfactorily complete at least two ENEL graduate level courses before they are eligible to transfer to the MASc program.

Supervision

Each student has one primary supervisor (see FSGR regulations), who must be an accredited faculty member in ESE. A student may, with the permission of their primary supervisor, seek additional research supervisors from within the ESE program, other programs in engineering, other faculties, or industry. Many research supervisors outside ESE have specific expertise that will enhance the student’s research even though students are required to undertake a thesis that falls primarily in the ESE program area.

Each graduate student, together with the primary supervisor will develop and agree on a program of study, select committee members for PhD (within the first year) and forward to the Program Chair. The MEng degree program is a course-based program of which the project is a required course. MEng students will normally be assigned a project supervisor just prior to starting their project or during the first semester of the MEng project course.

Program Requirements and Procedures

Qualifying students must normally complete all qualifying courses within one (1) year of beginning course work at the U of R. Students should refer to the registration requirements section of this calendar to ascertain that they are following registration obligations. ESE will recommend that a student be required to discontinue if they are not performing satisfactorily in course or research work.

Joint International Program

The Faculty of Engineering offers a unique program with international partners in China. In 1998, the University of Regina entered into exchange agreements with Hunan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. The program consists of a first year (maximum of five management courses) of graduate study being undertaken at the partner institutions. The second year of courses, the project and the seminar are undertaken at the University of Regina. Students who successfully complete the program qualify for a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Regina. 

Courses

Course catalogue and current course offerings.