About ten per cent of our higher degree students work externally, employed full-time. The school's Research Assessment Excercise rating is 4. Research facilities include clean rooms for fabricating power hybrid and thick film power electronics devices, and microwave devices, a 10-kW induction motor test rig for developing new AC drive strategies, two microwave anechoice chambers, a large network of Sun workstaions, and the superconducting and laser ablation facilities described below. We also have Wolfson units for computer-controlled thermal measurements on semiconductor devices and for development of underwater transducers and systems. The degree requirements allow also for entry based on comparable ability, as indicated by a good UK MSc performance or a lower first-defree performance plus substantial relevant experience.
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