Default track
The standard track in the Joint Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (120 ECTS) consists out of 5 modules:
1) Common compulsory courses (56 ECTS)
2) Compulsory/Elective courses in year 1 (4 ECTS)
3) Master Thesis Electronics and IT-Engineering (24 ECTS)
4) Free elective courses and/or an internship (12 ECTS); at most 6 ECTS can be chosen outside of the list below.
5) One compulsory, masterspecific option package (1 set to accomplish out of 3 sets provided, 24 ECTS each)
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Master year 1
ECTS credits
Compulsory Courses
Communication Networks: Protocols and Architectures
5
Sensors and Microsystem Electronics
5
Control System Design
5
Signal Theory
4
Digital Signal Processing
4
Digital Architectures and Design
4
Analog Electronics
5
Communication Channels
5
Image Processing
5
Microprocessor Architecture
5
Modulation and Coding
5
Measurement and Data Driven Modeling
4
Electives
You select one elective from two options.
Project on sustainable Electronics and ICT
4
Operating Systems and Security
4
Master year 2
ECTS credits
Compulsory courses
Master Thesis Electrical Engineering
24
Master Thesis Electrical Engineering ULB
24
Sustainability and Ecological Economics of ICT
3
Electives
You choose a total of 12 credits of courses from the following options or from outside of this list when sufficiently motivated and subject to approval by the educational council. At most 6 ECTS of electives can be chosen outside of the list below.
Theory and Practice of Advanced Control
4
Artificial Organs
5
Hands-on channel coding - towards maximal capacity
6
Capita selecta Telecom
3
Network Security
3
Multiprocessors and Reconfigurable Architectures
3
CAE-tools for the Design of Analog Electronic Circuits
3
Industrial Measurement Environments
4
Internship (40 days)
6
Internship (60 days)
10
Laboratories in Photonics Research
6
3D Graphics in VR
5
Theory of information, Coding, Computing and Complexity
5
Enterpreneurial Ecosystems
5
Entrepreneurship
3
Machine Learning for the physical layer: design and analysis
6
Lasers
4
Optical Materials
6
Photonic Communication Systems
5
Capita Selecta Multimedia
3
Cryptography
3
Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis
5
Compulsory Option Packages
ECTS credits
This module includes three option packages from which you select one.
Option 1: Nano-, Opto-electronics and Embedded Systems
Nano-Electronic Devices and Technologies
5
High-frequency Electronics and Antennas
5
Photonics
4
Advanced Digital Architectures
5
Software and Engineering for Embedded Systems
5
Option 2: Information and Communication Technology Systems
Machine Learning and Big Data Processing
5
Computer Vision
4
Digital Communications
4
Wireless Communication Channels
4
Mobile and Wireless Networks
4
Image and Video Technology
3
Option 3: Measuring, Modelling and Control
Optimization-based Control Design
4
Model-Based and Data Driven Fault Detection and Isolation
3
Selected Topics in Nonlinear System Identification
3
Identification of Dynamical Systems
5
Machine Learning and Big Data Processing
5
Embedded System Security
5
Advanced Measurement and Data Driven Modeling
4
Total number of ECTS
120