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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

COURSE STRUCTURE FOR MASTERS IN SCIENCE (MSc) MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

One of the prime objectives to offer Master in Microelectronic Engineering is to prepare students to design microelectronic circuits. Throughout the duration of Microelectronic Engineering studies students will be exposed to various types of analogue circuit design techniques and analysis, understanding operations of fundamental semiconductor device models and design the sythesizable RTL digital logic circuits. In addition students will be given opportunities to use state- of- the- art industrial standard EDA software for the respective projects. The students that have enrolled in this program will develop the maturity level and ready take on a more complex mircoelectronics circuit design.

Name of programme:
Masters in Science (MSc) Microelectronic Engineering by Mixed Mode.

Study mode: Full time mixed mode.                 

Duration: Minimum 2 semesters, maximum 6 semesters.

Package of study: 30: 70 – 12 credit units of courses (8 credit units of core courses and 4 credit units of elective courses) and 28 credit units of dissertation.


Requirement of admission

  i. A Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or equivalent with minimum CGPA of 2.75, or

     A Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or related fields with CGPA lower than 2.75 will also be considered if they have vast experience in some specific areas of specialisation and approved by the School Board.

 ii. For international students, there is an additional English language requirement, which is:   

Exemption is given to candidate if:

  • English is the candidate’s mother tongue or National Language; or
  • Candidate graduated from an Institution of Higher Learning in which the medium of instruction at Bachelor and/or Master degree level is English (statement of proof required)

Course structure

Core courses

No Courses Credit unit Semester offered
1 Analogue circuit design 4 Semester 1
2 Digital Integrated Circuit Design 4 Semester 1
3 Dissertation 28 Semester 2

Elective courses

No Courses Credit unit Semester offered
1 Semiconductor Devices and Solid State Technology 4 Semester 1


Requirement of graduation:
  i. Fulfil total minimum credit unit of 40 units.

 ii. Pass all core and elective courses with at least Grade C+.
iii. Pass the dissertation.
iv. Obtain at least a CGPA of 3.00.
 v. Fulfill the minimum duration of candidature (i.e. 2 semesters) .
vi. Obtain a minimum Grade C for LKM100 prior to graduation for international students  


Special programme:

To promote sustainability and lifelong learning, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering offers MSc ESDE enrolment to engineers from related industries. This program is a collaborative MSc programme between School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering and USAINS Infotech Sdn Bhd. Classes will be held only in the weekends in order not to conflicts with students working hours. The course structure remains the same.


Interested candidate can applied on line via:
http://www.ips.usm.my/index.php/prospective-students/admission