Digital Signal and Image Processing (MSc option)

(Option of MSc in Computational and Software Techniques in Engineering)

Digital Signal and Image Processing is at the forefront of information technology. It forms the basis for a growing variety of applications including medical diagnosis, remote sensing, geophysical prospecting, space exploration, molecular biology, microscopy and machine vision, and is particularly important in the manufacturing and defence industries.

Cranfield University’s MSc option in Digital Signal and Image Processing is designed to equip you with the skills required to develop a successful career working in the rapidly expanding engineering IT industry sector, in the UK and overseas. 

Excellent career opportunities

Graduates in this option choose from a wide range of careers embracing telecommunications, the automotive industry, medical imaging and, again, software houses and industrial research where demand for skills is high. 

Focus on your interests

Following a series of core modules providing grounding in computational and software techniques, you can select optional modules and a research project to tailor the course to your specific interests and career aspirations.

Meet the needs of employers

This course is directed by an industrial advisory panel who ensure that it provides generic hands-on skills and up-to-date knowledge adaptable to the wide variety of applications that this field addresses. And with 95% of Cranfield graduates securing relevant employment within six months of graduation, you can sure that your qualification will be valued and respected by employers.

Benefit from our expertise

Cranfield University is a leader in applied mathematics and computing applications. Our staff are practitioners as well as tutors, with clients that include Jaguar Cars and Texas Instruments.  Knowledge gained working with our clients is continually fed back into the teaching programme, to ensure that you benefit from the very latest knowledge and techniques.

Access unique facilities

As a Cranfield student you will have access to our range of outstanding research facilities for research work. These include the Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility and Centre of Grid Computing facilities.

Study full or part-time

This course is also available on a part-time basis, enabling you to combine studying alongside full-time employment. This is enhanced by a three-stage programme from a Postgraduate Certificate to Postgraduate Diploma through to an MSc .