UC3M - Double Master Degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Space Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering and Basic Sciences
- Direction
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Prof. José Manuel Sánchez Pena, / SPACE ENG.: Prof. Manuel Sanjurjo Rivo
- Language
- Spanish, English
- Attendance
- On-campus
- Credits
- 138
- Campus
- Leganes, Madrid - Puerta de Toledo
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- Departments
- Electronic Technology Department, Signal and Communications Theory Department, Telematic Engineering Department, Bioengineering and Aeroespace Engineering Department, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Systems Engineering and Automation Department, Mechanical Engineering Department
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MASTER IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING Master in Space Engineering The UC3M offers you the possibility of jointly studying the Master in Telecommunications Engineering, along with the Master in Space Engineering. The former allows you to acquire the training to practice as a Telecommunications Engineer. This study option means you will obtain a high level of specialization and research training that will put you in prime position regarding employment and / or access to Ph.D. studies.
VERSIONS
Two versions of the Master in Telecommunications Engineering are offered: a bilingual version taught on the Madrid-Puerta de Toledo Campus and a Spanish version taught on the Leganés Campus.
Students may select whichever one of the two versions they wish to follow during the admissions process. This choice only affects the first course.
The Master in Space Engineering is bilingual and is taught in Leganés Campus.
Master in Telecommunications Engineering
The Master in Telecommunications Engineering is a professional Master to replace the Telecommunications Engineering undergraduate degree and enables you to practice as a Telecommunications Engineer, under the provisions of Order CIN / 355/2009 of 9th February.
The Spanish Association of Engineers requires professionals, from companies in the telecommunications field (major manufacturers of telecommunications equipment or telephone service providers) and from other companies, institutions or organizations that need qualified personnel to design and maintain their own telecommunications systems.
The overall aim of the Master in Telecommunications Engineering is to train professionals who are competent to practice as Telecommunications Engineers. The Master is geared towards advanced training and enhancing employability
Master in Space Engineering
The Master of Space Engineering provides the comprehensive and specialized training required by the space industry. This is a booming sector with growth in Europe and Spain of almost 10% per year in the last decade. The labor market of this industry is dynamic, with a high demand for master-level graduates in engineering, in particular, from the areas of aerospace and telecommunications.
The Master's program in Space Engineering responds to the international, integral, and multidisciplinary nature of the space projects and missions according to three vectors. First, the teaching of the master's degree is entirely in English. Second, it provides a complete training in design and systems engineering with a teaching methodology aimed at the development of space projects. Third, the key topics in space technologies and applications are covered theoretically and practically. These includes both the space vehicle, understood as the platform on which different subsystems are integrated, and its orbital and attitude dynamics, as well as the disciplines related to control, communications, data transmission, as well as the most relevant technological applications.
The UC3M has the appropriate means to provide the necessary multidisciplinary training, through the Departments involved in the fields of Aerospace, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Automation, etc. Finally, it has been established a close collaboration with the industrial sector for both lecturing and internships.
MASTERS IN NUMBERS
◉ TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
- ☛ 40 students per class
- ☛ 80% of professors are PhD
- ☛ 4th Master Degree in Engineering according to the “Ranking de El Mundo” (2015/16)
- ☛ Employment rates for Telecommunication Engineering and Computer Engineering above 91% and unemployment rates equal to or less than 5% (INE, 2014)
- ☛ The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is the 2nd sector according to the number of job offers generated with an increase of 11% (European Job Index, Robert Walters, first quarter 2016)
- ☛ The ICT sector is the 4th with better wages (INE, 2014)
- ☛ Training Telecommunication Engineers since 1995 (Master according to RD 1393/2007, 29 of October, since 2010)
- ☛ 6 Double Degrees with Academic/Professional and Research Master's degrees
◉ SPACE ENGINEERING
- ☛ 90% of doctors or renowned professionals in faculty
- ☛ Minimum 40% continuous evaluation
- ☛ Maximum of 40 students per class
- ☛ More than 10% of employment growth in the last 5 years in Europe (ASD)
- ☛ The size of the Spanish space sector has doubled in the last decade (TEDAE)
- CURRICULUM
- CURRICULUM
STRUCTURE
The Double Master's Degree Curriculum is structured around two academic years in which you will take 78 ECTS from the Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering and 60 ECTS from the Master's Degree in Space Engineering.
The 138 total credits from the dual curriculum is broken down as follows:
- In the first year, students take subjects for the Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering (30 ECTS in each semester). Each semester you will take five core subjects of 6 ECTS each.
- During the second year of teaching, you will take specialty subjects in Space Engineering (42 compulsory ECTS and 6 elective ECTS), 1 final Telecommunications Engineering subject and the Master's Thesis.
- The third year is reserved for the completion of the Master's Thesis of the specialty in Space Engineering.
You will have 42 validated ECTS credits, and on completion you receive two Official Master's Degree qualifications.
Academic Year 1 - Semester 1
Master in Telecommunications Engineering Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Design and Operation of Communication Networks 6 C 
Advanced Multimedia Services 6 C Electronic Circuit Design for Communication 6 C Radio Frequency and Antenna Subsystems 6 C Data Processing 6 C Academic Year 1 - Semester 2
Master in Telecommunications Engineering Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Design of Telematics Applications 6 C Electronic Instrumentation and Optoelectronics 6 C 
Design and Simulation of Communication Systems 6 C Advanced Techniques in Signal Processing and Communications 6 C Project Management and Telecommunications Policy 6 C Academic Year 2 - Semester 1
Master in Telecommunications Engineering Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Multidisciplinary Applications of Information Technology and Communications 6 C Master in Space Engineering Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Space Environment 3 C Onboard spacecraft software 3 C Orbital dynamics 3 C Attitude dynamics and Guidance Navigation and Control 3 C Space Propulsion 3 C Elective Complements to aerospace engineering * 6 E Academic Year 2 - Semester 2
Master in Space Engineering Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Spacecraft Pre-design 3 C Space Systems Engineering 3 C Onboard data handling and telemetry 3 C Ground Segment and Operations 3 C Spacecraft Structure 2 C Power Subsystem 2 C Thermal Subsystem 2 C Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Telecommunication Systems 3 C Remote sensing, and scientific missions 3 C Space Safety 3 C Master in Telecommunications Engineering Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master Thesis Master Thesis. Telecommunications Engineering 12 C Academic Year 3 - Semester 2
Master in Space Engineering Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master Thesis Master Thesis. Space Engineering 12 TFM * The students of the double degree must take this course necessarily.
C) Compulsory
E) Elective
TFM) Master's Thesis
course Programs
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Telecommunications Engineering
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
☛ First year offered: 2010
- Information about Master´s Degree
- Verification Report
- Monitoring of Official Degrees
- International seal of quality EURACE
Graduate Profile and Competences
PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE
The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).
QUALITY INDICATORS
SPACE ENGINEERING
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
☛ First year offered:
PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE
The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).
QUALITY INDICATORS
- CURRICULUM
- ADMISSION
- ADMISSION
Application
The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please, read the following information:
Requirements
Check the requirements of the Master in Telecommunications Engineering.
Check the requirements of the Master in Space Engineering.
Admission criteria
Check the admission criteria of the Master in Telecommunications Engineering.
Check the admission criteria of the Master in Space Engineering.
Language requirements
Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.
STUDENTS with foreign university degrees
Check the requirements of the Master in Telecommunications Engineering for students with foreign university degrees.
Check the requirements of the Master in Space Engineering for students with foreign university degrees.
Important
The admission process is carried out by the commission of each master independently and therefore, to access the double degree, it is necessary to have been previously admitted in both master's degrees
- ENROLLMENT
FEES *
2022-2023 Academic year
Telecommunications Engineering Reservation fee1 €450 Price EU students €29.78 / ECTS Price Non EU students €154.80 / ECTS Credits enrolling 78 ECTS Credits that are recognized (without cost)2 12 ECTS SPACE ENGINEERING Reservation fee1 €450 Price EU students €45.02 / ECTS Price Non EU students €84.07 / ECTS Credits enrolling 60 ECTS Credits that are recognized (without cost)2 30 ECTS 1 Admission to the double master's program implies payment of the two reservation fees, one for each master's, within 10 calendar days of receiving notification of admission (this amount will be deducted from the first tuition payment). The reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled. [+] information
NOTE: The enrolment fees do not include the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.
* Pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the academic year 22/23IMPORTANT
2 Admission and registration on the double master's degree course will provide exemption from ECTS credits which will be recognized according to the curriculum (see Program). Having obtained credits from both syllabuses, together with recognition of 42 ECTS you will be able to obtain two official master's qualifications in little more than a year and a half.
☛ Enrollment completely registers the student in the Master's Degree.
☛ A minimum enrollment of 25 students will have to be reached for each elective subject to be taught.
Additional information
- You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
- When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment.
- The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
- Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.
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