Double Master Degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Multimedia and Communications
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MASTER IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING Master in Advanced Communications Technologies The UC3M offers you the possibility of jointly studying the Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, along with the Master's Degree in Advanced Communications Technologies (formerly Master in Multimedia and Communications). 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.
Therefore, students can choose the subject route that best suits their training needs or specific interests within the framework of this dual qualification. They can achieve a much higher level of expertise than if they only study the Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, without the need to forego a degree that will enable them to practice as a Telecommunications Engineer.
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's Degree in Advanced Communications Technologies is taught exclusively in English on the Leganés Campus.
Master in Telecommunications Engineering
The Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering is a professional master's degree 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's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering is to train professionals who are competent to practice as Telecommunications Engineers. The Master's Degree is geared towards advanced training and enhancing employability
Master in Advanced Communications Technologies
The Master's Degree in Advanced Communications Technologies is a research Master's Degree which explores data and signal processing technologies, multimedia processing and advanced digital communications. The subjects offered in both Master's Degrees enable students to achieve state-of-the-art training in the following areas:
- Advanced mobile communication: In this course students will review in depth many of the technologies that they have been unable to fully cover in the Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering. Thus, students will acquire state-of-the-art training in this area that will contribute decisively to better professional practice, covering aspects such as high spectral efficiency modulation, adaptive load, channel estimation, synchronization strategies, 4G, LTE , MIMO, etc.
- Antennas and radio frequency (RF) subsystems, microwaves and millimeter waves. Technologies are reviewed and outlined for the development of modern radio system transmitter and receiver modules at microwave, millimeter and THz frequencies. These include: broadband antennas, antenna arrays, active antennas, linear and non-linear amplifiers, oscillators, mixers and passive subsystems. In addition, numerical techniques for the electromagnetic analysis of the above subsystems are also presented.
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 Masters degrees
◉ ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
- ☛ 25 students per class
- ☛ 100% taught by doctors
- ☛ Multicultural environment, students from many different countries
- CURRICULUM
- CURRICULUM 2019/20
IMPORTANT
The Master in Advanced Communications Technologies was previously called Master in Multimedia and Communications.
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 42 ECTS from the Master's Degree in Advanced Communications Technologies.
The 120 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 the specialty subjects in Advanced Communications Technologies, 1 final Telecommunications Engineering subject, and 2 Master's Theses.
You will have 30 validated ECTS credits, and on completion you receive two Official Master's Degree qualifications.
Course 1 - Semester 1
Master's Degree 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 Course 1 - Semester 2
Master's Degree 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 
◉ For the Master in Advanced Communications Technologies, you must choose a total of 27 optional ECTS from among all offered (both in the first and second semester)
Course 2 - Semester 1
Master in Telecommunications Engineering Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Multidisciplinary Applications of Information Technology and Communications 6 C Master in Advanced Communications Technologies Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Fundamentals on Radar and Radionavigation 6 E Technologies and Architectures for the New Terrestrial and Space Commmunications 6 E High Frequency Technology * 6 E Enabling Technologies For Broadband Communications 6 E Course 2 - Semester 2
Master in Advanced Communications Technologies Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Antenna Technology 6 E Simulattion and Optimization of Communication Systems * 6 E Fundamentals on Computational Electromagnetism Apllied to Communications I 3 E Fundamentals on Computational Electromagnetism Apllied to Communications II 3 E Advanced Communications 6 E Compulsory subject Introduction to scientific methodology 3 C Master Thesis Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master Thesis. Master in Telecommunications Engineering 12 C Master Thesis. Master in Advanced Communications Technologies 12 C Changes pending confirmation for the 2019-20 academic year
* You must choose one among the two subjects.
C) Compulsory
E) Elective course
TFM) Master's Thesis
course Programs
- CURRENT 2018/19
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 42 ECTS from the Master's Degree in Advanced Communications Technologies.
The 120 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 the specialty subjects in Multimedia and Communications, 1 final Telecommunications Engineering subject, and 2 Master's Theses.
You will have 30 validated ECTS credits, and on completion you receive two Official Master's Degree qualifications.
Course 1 - Semester 1
General subjects Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering 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 Course 1 - Semester 2
General subjects Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering 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 You must choose 5 subjects (30 ECTS) among all offered (first and second semester) in the Master in Multimedia and Communications.
Course 2 - Semester 1
General subjects Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering Multidisciplinary Applications of Information Technology and Communications 6 C Master's Degree in Multimedia and Communications Applications of Signal Processing 6 E Information Theory 6 E Advanced Signal Processing 6 E Speech and Audio Processing 6 E Digital Communications * 6 E Course 2 - Semester 2
General subjects Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master's Degree in Multimedia and Communications Multimedia Information Management 6 E Computer Vision 6 E Machine Learning Applications 6 E Broadband Mobile Communications 6 E High Frequency Technology * 6 E Advanced Communications 6 E TFM Subjects ECTS TYPE Language Master's Thesis Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering 12 C Master's Thesis Master's Degree in Multimedia and Communications 12 C * You must choose one among the two subjects.
C) Compulsory
E) Elective course
TFM) Master's Thesis
course Programs
- QUALITY
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
Advanced Communications Technologies
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
☛ First year offered: 2013
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
- CURRICULUM 2019/20
- ADMISSION
- ADMISSION
Application
The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process it is important to consult the supporting information that we offer below:
Requirements
Check the requirements of the Master in Telecommunications Engineering.
Check the requirements of the Master in Advanced Communications Technologies.
Admission criteria
Check the admission criteria of the Master in Telecommunications Engineering.
Check the admission criteria of the Master in Advanced Communications Technologies.
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 Advanced Communications Technologies for students with foreign university degrees.
IMPORTANT
Students are expressly notified that admission to the Master's degree in Multimedia and Communications does not presuppose nor does it automatically lead to admission to the master's degree in Telecommunications.
- ENROLLMENT
FEES *
2020-2021 Academic year
Telecommunications Engineering Reservation fee1 €450 Price EU students €29.78 / ECTS Price Non EU students €154.80 / ECTS Credits enrolling2 78 ECTS Advanced Communications Technologies Reservation fee1 €450 Price EU students €45.02 / ECTS Price Non EU students €84.07 / ECTS Credits enrolling2 42 ECTS 1 Reservation fee will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment.
2 Admission and registration on the double master's degree course will provide exemption from ECTS credits which will be validated according to the curriculum (see Program). Having obtained credits from both syllabuses, together with validation of 30 ECTS you will be able to obtain two official master's qualifications in little more than a year and a half.
* Pending approval by the Regional Government of Madrid for 2020/2021NOTE: The enrolment fees do not include the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate
Important
☛ Enrollment in the Master's Degree will occur when the application stage has been passed and after completion of the admission process.
☛ 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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