Program Overview

Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Technologies and Services Engineering + Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering

The Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Technologies and Services Engineering provides a solid grounding in the fundamentals of ICT engineering and the specific skills pertaining to each of the majors that are offered. It produces versatile professionals who are able to change work environments and meet the sector's future challenges and those that will occur in industrial sectors that employ these technologies.

Majors

• Audiovisual Systems
• Telecommunications Systems
• Network Systems

General Details

• Duration: 4 academic years (bachelor's) + 2 academic years (master's)
• Study load: 360 ECTS credits (including the bachelor's thesis)
• Delivery: Face-to-face
• Admission mark: 11,260
• Language of instruction: Check the language of instruction for each subject (and timetable) in the course sheet in the curriculum
• Fees and grants: Approximate fees per academic year: €1,061 (€1,800 for non-EU residents)
• Location: Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSETB)
• Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

• Places: 40
• Pre-enrolment code: 31111
• Places via a change of degree: 2
• Admission mark: 11,260
• Weighting: University entrance examinations (PAU)
• Registration and enrolment: What are the requirements to enrol in a bachelor's degree course?
• CFGS credit transfer: Consult the university studies search engine of the Universities Channel of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille

Curriculum

First Semester

• Calculus 6
• Fundamentals of Computers 6
• Fundamentals of Electronics 7
• Fundamentals of Physics 5
• Linear Algebra 6
• Introduction to Mathematics and Telecommunications Engineering 3

Second Semester

• Introduction to Networks 6
• Linear Circuits and Systems 6
• Mathematics for Telecommunications 6
• Object-Oriented Programming 6
• Vector Calculus 6

Third Semester

• Digital Design 6
• Electromagnetism 6
• Introduction to ICT Engineering 6
• Probability and Statistics 6
• Signals and Systems 6
• 3D with Kinect, Hands-On Seminar 2
• Circuit Simulation and Analysis Using PSpice 2
• Cooperation Project with Wifi Technologies 2
• Create Your Future: Just a Job or Your True Passion 2
• Ethics for Engineering 2
• Learning with Python 2
• Linear Algebra, Linear Codes and Secret-Sharing Schemes 2
• Linux System Administration 2
• Machine Learning for Satellite Imagery 2

Fourth Semester

• Electromagnetics Waves 6
• Electronic Functions and Systems 6
• Introduction to Audiovisual Processing 6
• Introduction to Communications 6
• Network Applications and Services 6

Fifth Semester

• Audiovisual and Communication Signal Processing 6
• Basic Engineering Project 6
• Data Transmission 6
• Design of Microprocessor-Based Systems 6
• Radiation and Propagation 6
• Introduction to Deep Learning 2
• Machine Learning: from Theory to Practice 2
• Music Signal Processing 2
• Problem Solving with Artificial Intelligence: a Practical Approach 2

Sixth Semester

• Economics and Management 6
• Acoustics and Electroacoustics 6
• Advanced Digital Communications 6
• Antennas 6
• Audio and Speech Processing 6
• Description and Retrieval of Audiovisual Content 6
• Earth Observation Systems and Remote Sensing 6
• Image and Video Processing 6
• Information Security and Privacy 6
• Internet Transport, Control and Management 6
• Matlab and its Applications in Engineering 6
• Microwaves 6
• Mobile Communications Laboratory 6
• Multimedia Communications 6
• Network Analysis and Evaluation 6
• Network Infrastructure 6
• Optical Communications 6
• Programming of Multimedia Applications 6
• Radar 6
• Sensors, Actuators and Microcontrollers in Mobile Robots 6
• Smart Electronics 6
• Smart Optical Networks 6
• Software for Distributed Applications 6
• Space Telecommunications 6

Seventh Semester

• Advanced Project in Audiovisual Systems Engineering 12
• Advanced Project in Network Systems Engineering 12
• Advanced Project in Telecommunication Systems Engineering 12
• Audiovisual Coding 6
• Audiovisual Technology and Production 6
• Blockchain Technologies 6
• Challenge-Based Innovation 6
• Data Science in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 6
• Introduction to Research in Data Science and Engineering 6
• Mobile Communication Support Systems 6
• Network Application Design 6
• Radio Communications 6
• Reinforcement Learning and Deep Learning 6

Eighth Semester

• Advanced Communications for Wireless Systems 5
• Communication Networks 5
• Electronic Instrumentation and Optoelectronics 5
• Electronic System Design for Communications 5
• Innovation-Based Service Management 5
• Overlay Networks 5
• Telecommunications Systems 5
• Wireless Communication Links and Antennas 5
• Advanced Telecommunication Technologies Seminar 3
• Antennas and Microwaves 5
• Configurable Digital Electronics 5
• Data Transmission Protocols 5
• Digital Communications 5
• Fundamentals of Telecommunication Systems 5
• Graph Signal Processing 3
• Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Communications for 6g 3
• Signal Processing 5
• The Way to 6g: Future Trends in Mobile Communications 3
• Work Placement 0
• Bachelor's Thesis 18

Ninth Semester

• Management of Telecommunications Projects 5
• 5G Mobile Communications Systems 5
• Advanced Human Language Technologies 5
• Advanced Signal Processing: Tools and Applications 5
• Ai and Big Data for Earth Observation 5
• Alternative Computing Strategies with Emerging Nanoelectronic Devices 3
• Antennas and Microwaves for Communication Systems Laboratory 5
• Applied Convex Optimisation 5
• Array Processing and Smart Antennas 5
• Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (Iot) 3
• Artificial Intelligence-Enabled 5G Radio Networks 5
• Automotive Embedded Systems 5
• Beam Propagation and Fourier Optics 5
• Big Gnss Data: from Remote Sensing to Space Weather 3
• Biometrics 5
• Blockchain 5
• Computer Vision with Deep Learning 5
• Control and Applications in Power Electronics 5
• Critical Thinking and Creativity 5
• Cybersecurity Management 5
• Cybersecurity Use Cases 5
• Data Privacy 5
• Data Protection 5
• Deep Learning for Artificial Intelligence 5
• Design of Analogue Microelectronic Circuits 5
• Digital Audio and Speech Processing 5
• Digital Image and Video Processing 5
• Digital Nanoelectronic Design 5
• Electronic Measurement Science and Technology 5
• Entrepreneurship for World Challenges 5
• Fibre Optic Telecommunications Laboratory 5
• Fibres and Telecommunications 3
• Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices 5
• High-Level Digital Design 5
• Information Theory 5
• Integrated Photonics 3
• Interdisciplinary Innovation Project 5
• Internet and Network Economy 5
• Introduction to Measurement Systems 5
• Introduction to Microelectronic Design 5
• Introduction to Photonics: Optics and Lasers 5
• Introduction to Research I 5
• Introduction to Research II 5
• Introduction to Research III 5
• Machine Learning from Data 5
• Matlab: Fundamentals And/Or Applications 5
• Microwave Imaging for Remote Sensing 5
• Microwave Photonics and Terahertz Research and Applications 5
• Modern Channel Coding 3
• Nanotechnologies and Electronic Devices 5
• Network Science 5
• Network Security 5
• Network Security: Authentication and Authorisation 5
• New Telecommunications Markets 3
• Numerical Methods for Electromagnetic Engineering 5
• Optical Fibre Telecommunications 5
• Optical Networks 5
• Optical Remote Sensing: Lidar (Laser Radar) 5
• Optimisation and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Network Management 5
• Optoelectronics and Photovoltaic Technology 3
• Practicals in Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence 3
• Principles of Control and Power Electronics 5
• Printed Circuit Board Design 2.5
• Quality of Service in Networks 5
• Quantum Communication and Computation 3
• Quantum Cryptography 5
• Quantum Optical Communications 5
• Radar and Radionavigation and Location Systems 5
• Remote Sensing for Earth Observation 5
• Short Range Communications 5
• Social Networks: Theory and Implementation 5
• Software Architecture 5
• Speech and Language Processing with Deep Learning 5
• Technology Asset Management 5
• Telecommunications and Electronics Seminar 2.5
• Ultrasound Electronics Laboratory 3
• Web and Mobile App Development 5
• Wireless Access Networks 5
• Wireless Laboratory 5

Eleventh Semester

• Master's Thesis 30

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