Term dates & deadlines
Winter semester 2019/20
General admission period:
9 July to 5 September
Extended admission period:
6 September to 30 November
The Master’s degree programme Information and Communications Engineering builds on and develops skills acquired in the course of a Bachelor’s degree, such as Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Telematics, or Informatics. The Master’s degree is international in its orientation and is therefore taught entirely in English. In addition to offering broad fundamental knowledge, the branches of study allow students to gain in-depth qualifications for the development and use of modern information and communication technologies.
The branch of study Networks and Communications serves to provide an academic education and qualification for professional activities in the development and operation of modern information and communication technologies, which require the application of scientific insights and methods.
The course content encompasses both sound theoretical principles and practically relevant methodology. In the first instance, students are taught the principles and methodologies of mobile communications, signal processing, and wireless sensor networks. During the course of the degree programme, students can attend additional lectures, courses, and practical laboratory courses on mobile networks, pervasive computing, signal processing, measurement technology, robotics, image processing, and transportation telematics. The programme is further supplemented by a range of courses from technical informatics (e.g. system security, distributed systems), and technical mathematics (e.g. optimisation, stochastics).
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In the first instance, students are taught the principles and methodologies of mobile communications, signal processing, and wireless sensor networks. During the course of the degree programme, students can attend additional lectures, courses, and practical laboratory courses on mobile networks, pervasive computing, signal processing, measurement technology, robotics, image processing, and transportation telematics. The programme is further supplemented by a range of courses from technical informatics (e.g. system security, distributed systems), and technical mathematics (e.g. optimisation, stochastics).
Upon completion of the degree programme, students are qualified to
The admission to the degree programme must take place before the end of the extension period (winter semester: 9 July to 30 November | summer semester: 8 January to 30 April).
The admission to the degree programme must take place before the end of the general period (winter semester: no later than 5 September | summer semester: no later than 5 February).
Bachelor’s degree programme Information and Communications Engineering or a degree programme of equivalent academic value at another post-secondary educational institution.
English language level C1
| SUBJECT | DESIGNATION | ECTS |
|---|---|---|
| Required subjects |
Networks and Communications: Fundamentals | 12 |
| Electives | Networks and Communications: Advanced | 30 |
| Information and Communications Engineering: Supplements | 18 | |
| Technical Complements | 12 | |
| Soft Skills | 12 | |
| Options | 6 | |
| Master thesis |
incl. exclusive research seminar | 30 |
| Total | 120 |
To reinforce the practical and research experience as well as the problem-solving skills, students can complete a practical placement (worth 6 ECTS credits) as part of the elective subject “Soft Skills”. During the research or industrial placement, which must last at least 2 months, students work on a project, defined in advance, under the expert supervision of a university lecturer. The industrial placement can be completed in a company, with a public administrative body, a
non-profit organisation, or a non-university research institution. Research placements are completed at a university.
It is principally recommended that students spend at least one semester abroad. Provided that the equivalence can be established, examinations successfully completed at foreign universities can be recognised in the place of examinations prescribed by the curriculum. The period abroad should be scheduled to take place after the courses in the compulsory subjects have been successfully completed. It is further recommended that students obtain a “pre-notification” from the programme director before commencing the period abroad.
Erasmus+ and Joint Study programs and the good relations of your professors allow students to study at numerous partner universities in Europe and across the globe.
Graduates of the Master’s degree programme are qualified for a wide range of professional activities, for instance in the development or product management for technical systems
The branch of study Networks and Communications also offers the opportunity to acquire specialised expertise, for example in the following areas:
„In choosing a degree programme, it was important for me to find one that not only opened the way into the business world, but also managed to capture my full attention throughout. The combination of Electrical Engineering, Informatics, and Business makes the Information and Communications Engineering degree programme absolutely unique.“
Upon successful completion of the Master’s degree programme Information and Communications Engineering, students can continue their studies in the Doctoral degree programme.
Within the scope of the options and in accordance with the respective curriculum, students can receive credits for individual courses or for entire modules from other subject areas.
General admission period:
9 July to 5 September
Extended admission period:
6 September to 30 November
General admission period:
8 January to 5 February 2020
Extended admission period:
6 February to 30 April 2020
