Wireless Communications and RF Systems, Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering

We live in a world where not only people but also machines, vehicles and infrastructure communicate wirelessly. The Internet of Things, the Industrial Internet, and 5G/6G mobile networks are the forerunners of a connected and programmable world having an impact on a wide range of industries, such as energy, transportation, defence, healthcare, logistics and manufacturing. Seamless communication and energy-efficient solutions pave the way for sustainable future.

Another prevailing trend in society and industry is robotisation. Modern inventions, such as autonomous cars and drones, strongly rely on efficient and reliable wireless communications while also utilising radio-based positioning and sensing/radar technologies. Wireless communications and radio frequency (RF) technologies enable a wide variety of applications ranging from everyday consumer products to high-end industrial machines, robots and space systems. Artificial intelligence and machine learning tools are used more and more to process RF signals in transceivers as well as in various modelling and circuit design environments.

What Will You Learn?

Wireless Communications and RF Systems combines solid theory with hands-on experience in flexible manner. You can tailor your studies to your interests by choosing from a broad selection of courses covering topics such as:

• Wireless communication systems (including 5G/6G networks)
• Radio-based positioning sensing, radar and space systems
• Radio-frequency integrated circuits design
• RF and antenna engineering

Key courses
Students have the flexibility to tailor their studies to their interests, and the courses below provide a glimpse of the diverse topics available. 

• Communication Theory
• Communication Systems Laboratory Course
• Digital Communication
• Multicarrier and Multiantenna Techniques
• Satellite Navigation Signals and Receiver Design
• Wireless Positioning, Radar and Sensing Technologies
• Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits
• Digital Integrated Circuits
• RF Circuit Design
• Antenna Design 

Telecommunication engineering is the highest-ranked subject at Tampere University in the Shanghai Ranking. We provide a highly professional, but at the same time friendly and inclusive, learning environment for Wireless Communications and RF Systems.

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Tampere Wireless Research Centre is internationally well-established, multidisciplinary team of ten professors and about a hundred researchers. 

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Career Opportunities in Wireless Systems

Our graduates are typically employed by mobile network network operators, R&D houses, wireless chipset, device and network vendors, positioning technology companies, defence industry, governmental agencies, consulting companies and research institutes. Overall, the global mobile communications industry is a massive employer with an annual volume over one trillion USD. The field offers excellent career prospects worldwide. 

With the utilisation of the communications infrastructure relevant to all industry sectors because of digitalisation, experts in communications engineering also have a broad range of career prospects, for example, in the smart energy, transportation and automotive industries, defence industry, as well as in different production and manufacturing industries which are outside the basic ICT field. Following the successful completion of the programme, our graduates are ready to pursue both industrial and academic career paths in Finland or abroad.

Wireless Communications and RF Systems (MSc Tech) is one of the engineering specialisations in the Master’s Programme in Computing Sciences and Electrical Engineering.