Program Overview

Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering (MET)

The master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering is a training proposal adaptable to the needs of two types of students: those who wish to focus on a professional career and those who wish to pursue a doctoral degree in the area of telecommunications engineering.

Motivation

This master's degree provides graduates with a broad profile that includes skills and expertise in communications systems, networks, electronics, and audiovisual systems to ensure that they have the professional competencies that they need to practise as telecommunications engineers. After the first, compulsory subject area, students can choose from a wide variety of subjects to acquire a general profile, specialise in a field, or engage in research and pursue a doctoral degree.

Professional Opportunities and Competencies

The areas in which graduates of this master's degree may find employment are similar to those for graduates of the five-year degree in Telecommunications Engineering, although their profiles are enhanced by an extra academic year. The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork, and proper use of information resources.

Given the cross-disciplinary nature of telecommunication, graduates of this degree may pursue careers in a broad range of sectors related to telecommunication technology. Their careers may lead them to practise as:

• Telecommunications operations and equipment industry
• Semiconductor industry
• IT consulting firms
• Regulatory bodies
• Software editing firms

Courses

Master MET offers 3 types of academic paths:

• Academic path without specialization
• Academic path with specialization
• Academic path with double-degree

The program includes:

Bridge subjects

30 ECTS

Intensification subjects

15 ECTS

Specialization subjects

30 ECTS

Compulsory Subjects

45 ECTS, including:

• Advanced Analog Circuit Techniques (5 ECTS)
• Advanced Digital Systems (5 ECTS)
• Innovation Based Service Management (5 ECTS)
• Instrumentation and Sensors (5 ECTS)
• Management of Telecommunications Projects (5 ECTS)
• Micro and Nano Electronic Design (5 ECTS)
• Micro and Nanotechnologies (5 ECTS)
• Power Control and Processing (5 ECTS)
• Signal Processing for Electronic Engineering (5 ECTS)

Elective credits

15/30 ECTS

Master's Thesis

30 ECTS

Admission

Duration and start date

Two academic years, 120 ECTS credits, starting September and February

Fees and Grants

Information about fees and payment options is available.

Timetable and delivery

Afternoons, face-to-face.

Language of instruction

English.

Location

Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSETB)

Student Profile

Holders of a degree, or students in the last year of studies of a degree, can apply for admission to the master in Telecommunications Engineering. An official degree certificate is necessary the day of registration, in September. Please check the general academic requirements for master's degrees at UPC-Barcelona Tech.

Academic Information

Academic Calendar

The Academic year consists of 2 semesters.

Timetables

Subjects are taken on afternoons.

Elective Subjects

If the student does not want to follow any of the intensification tracks, any of the available elective subject can be chosen. In case of following an intensification track, the student must do a minimum of 20 ECTS of elective subjects from the chosen intensification track. Elective subjects include:

• Advanced Analog System Design (5 ECTS)
• Advanced Control of Sensors and Actuators (5 ECTS)
• Analog and Mixed-Signal System-On-Chip Design (5 ECTS)
• Applied Convex Optimization (5 ECTS)
• Automotive Embedded Systems (5 ECTS)
• Biomedical Instrumentation Design (5 ECTS)
• Building Your Career. From Academia to Startups & Beyond (2.5 ECTS)
• Control Theory and Applications (5 ECTS)
• Critical Thinking and Creativity (5 ECTS)
• Custom Smart Adaptive System (5 ECTS)
• Earth and Cosmos (5 ECTS)
• Edison: Energy Management for Distributed and Integrated (5 ECTS)
• Electric Motor Drives (5 ECTS)
• Electronic Devices Modelling (5 ECTS)
• Electronic Systems for Internet of Things (5 ECTS)
• Electronics for Communications Systems (5 ECTS)
• Electronics Instrumentation Systems for Marine Applications (5 ECTS)
• Emc in Electronic Design (5 ECTS)
• Fabrication and Characterization Technologies for Micro and Nano Devices (5 ECTS)
• Fiber Optic Infrastructure for 5G Networks (2.5 ECTS)
• Fibers and Telecommunications (3 ECTS)
• Financial Engineering: Applications to Information Technology Projects (2.5 ECTS)
• Fundamentals of Discrete-Time Signal Processing (2.5 ECTS)
• GPS and Galileo Data Processing: From Fundamentals to High Accuracy Navigation (5 ECTS)
• Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes Introduction and Fundamentals (2.5 ECTS)
• Integrated Photonics (3 ECTS)
• Interdisciplinary Innovation Project (5 ECTS)
• Introduction to Biomedical Electronic Systems (5 ECTS)
• Introduction to Microelectronic Technologies (5 ECTS)
• Introduction to Power Electronics (2.5 ECTS)
• Introduction to Research (15 ECTS)
• Laser Applications in Remote Sensing: Lidar (3 ECTS)
• Lidar Processing and Inversion: Applications to Remote Sensing of Physical Parameters (2.5 ECTS)
• Lidar Remote Sensing (2.5 ECTS)
• Marine Technology Instrumentation (5 ECTS)
• Matlab Programed Arduino for Control Applications (2.5 ECTS)
• Matlab: Fundamentals And/Or Applications (5 ECTS)
• Mems. Microelectromechanical Systems (5 ECTS)
• Microwave Circuits (5 ECTS)
• Microwave Photonics (2.5 ECTS)
• Mosic. Modelling, Simulation and Control of Power Electronic Systems (5 ECTS)
• Optical Fiber Telecommunications (5 ECTS)
• Optoelectronics and Photovoltaic Technology (3 ECTS)
• Photonic Systems in Telecommunications: Lidar (Laser Radar) (3 ECTS)
• Photonics Systems in Telecommunications (3 ECTS)
• Photovoltaic Systems (5 ECTS)
• Power Control for Renewable Energy Systems (5 ECTS)
• Power Electronic Circuits (5 ECTS)
• Printed Circuit Board Design (2.5 ECTS)
• Programmable Electronics (5 ECTS)
• Radiofrequency Integrated Circuits and Systems (5 ECTS)
• Sensors, Instruments and Measurement Systems (5 ECTS)
• Software-Based Digital Control Applications (2.5 ECTS)
• Solar Cell Engineering (5 ECTS)
• Solar Cells for Dummies (2.5 ECTS)
• System on Chip Physical Design (5 ECTS)
• Systems Based on Microprocessors (5 ECTS)
• Technology Asset Management (5 ECTS)
• Telecommunication Markets (5 ECTS)
• Telecommunications and Electronics Seminar (2.5 ECTS)
• The Connected Vehicle (2.5 ECTS)
• Ultrasonic Systems. Instrumentation and Applications (5 ECTS)

Elective Credits

These credits can be divided between:

• Elective subjects
• Introduction to research subjects
• Seminars
• Internships in companies or laboratories (15 ECTS)
• Recognized for professional experience (10 ECTS)

Master Thesis

The Master's Thesis is 30 ECTS. Students can check the different research groups where they can develop their thesis in the Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica.