Azhar Raja

Lecturer

Digital, Tech, Innovation & Business

Experienced University Lecturer and Registered Professional Engineer with over 20 years of combined academic and industry experience. Specialist in Electrical, Electronics, Embedded, Communications and Signal Processing Systems with a strong record of teaching across undergraduate, postgraduate, distance learning, apprenticeship and international academic exchange programmes. My experience in academia includes working both on UK National and International landscape. Internationally I have taught on level 4 and 5 courses at Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications (XUPT) China. Recognised for effective curriculum delivery, academic mentoring and industry-aligned teaching.

Professional memberships and activities

  • Registered with Pakistan Engineering Council PEC.
  • Outreach Activity Coordinator
  • Academic Mentor to Apprentices

Academic qualifications

  • BSc Electrical Engineering (Electronics & Communications)
  • MSc in Mobile, Personal & Satellite Communications

Expertise

  • Embedded Systems: Programming & Applications
  • Circuit Design
  • Signal Processing
  • Undergraduate development of communication and group work strategies.
  • Engineering design solutions.
  • Outreach Activity Coordination

Research interests

  • Internet of Things
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Healthcare research
  • Data scheduling

Enterprise and commercial interests

  • Outreach Activity Coordination
  • Academic mentoring and industry-aligned teaching

Teaching

Levels 3-7

  • Applications of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronics Circuit Design & Simulation
  • Embedded Systems: Programming & Applications
  • Electronics Fundamentals
  • Control System Analysis
  • Signal Processing
  • Procedures for product Design
  • Engineering Design and Practice
  • Systems Engineering and System Quality
  • Applied Digital Signal Processing
  • Advanced Communication System Design
for Career Prospects

Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2025

for Social Inclusion

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026

for First Generation Students

The Mail University Guide 2026

in the UK for Games Education

Rookies Games Design and Development 2023, 2025

TIGA Best Games Institution 2024, 2025

of Research is “Internationally Excellent” or “World Leading”

Research Excellence Framework 2021

of Research Impact is ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Very Considerable’

Research Excellence Framework 2021