The provision of first-rate health care and the prevention of disease are priorities for the 21st century. Advances in medicine in recent years have been assisted by new technology, including advanced electronic applications. Communication engineering Rapid and extensive developments have been taking place in all aspects of telecommunications over the last few years. For example, mobile phones have become readily available, the introduction of optical fibres has improved long distance communications, and the move to digital techniques has allowed many new features to be introduced to the telephone network.
Communications is now of great importance to organisations of all sizes and to all people.
As a result, communications is now the fastest growing industry sector in the world. Electronic systems engineering New developments in the field of electronics continue to appear at a dramatic rate. An immense amount of computing power can now be provided by microprocessors for embedded systems and robotics. The microprocessor has made an impact in nearly every aspect of our lives. Modern scientific and industrial instrumentation relies heavily on electronic techniques of measurement, storage, processing and display of information.