MASTEAM: Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering & Management

Objectives | Skills acquired | Organization | Syllabus | International relations | Students' admission

MASTEAM is based on the Master Degree on Telecommunication Engineering given at EETAC since year 2001. This master was awarded in 2004 with the most significant award given by the Catalan government to academic institutions, the "Jaume Vicens Vives", in recognition of its quality and organization completely based in Cooperative and Project Based Learning methodology. While maintaining the same quality level of the professional skills given to students, MASTEAM is completely integrated to the EHEA and able to host doctoral students and students oriented to research activities.

MASTEAM is an official academic master from UPC (Technical University of Catalonia) that offers students both options: an improvement of their professional skills or a good preparation to carry out advanced research, in the field of the Information and Communication Technologies. It is completely lectured in english.

Objectives

Because the application of ICTs continues to expand in a growing number of industries, universities need to produce graduates that can assume technological leadership roles in this process. This master's programme aims to train professionals who know how to plan complex multidisciplinary projects and create new technologies, who master the most advanced technologies, who can broaden the use of existing technologies by creating new fields of application, and who can provide advice to sectors that traditionally have not used telecommunications very much, such as small and medium-sized businesses, the government and society at large.

According to this mission, MASTEAM offers two specialisations:

As well as an specific itinerary oriented to research and PhD to elaborate a Doctoral Thesis obtaining an European PhD degree. This itinerary is organised in collaboration with PMT (Mediterranean Technology Park) Research Institutes and several research university departments and research groups.

The first two semesters are devoted to core subjects and are common to all students. During the second year students choose between one professional specialization and the research itinerary.

Skills acquired

On finishing the Master's Degree, the graduates will be able to:

• Telecommunications Services and Networks

• Telecommunication policies and business management

• Research

• General or transverse skills

Organization

Duration: Two academic years.

Number of credits: 120 ECTS credits, depending on the previous training of the student

Convalidations: a maximum of 60 ECTS depending on previous studies.

This two year, 3000 hour program (1500 hours per year), of which some 1800 are devoted to project development, is organized in four semesters. Typically, one semester is formed by two blocks or learning units, each block formed by a multidisciplinary project and one or two courses closely connected with the project. A student normally takes the two blocks, but part time study is allowed for those students who work.

All blocks are given every semester, so that a student can begin his or her studies either in September or in February.

Each class is formed by several groups of five students each which work in a PBL context. The advantages of PBL are well known, being some of them:

• Increases students' participation and motivation.

• It is an ideal scenario for achieving many professional abilities as team working, self learning and leadership, and of course oral and written communication in a multidisciplinary context.

• Improves academic qualifications.

Syllabus

The curriculum is broken down into four semesters: 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B. Total students' workload is described in ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System). One credit amounts to 25 hours, and one full semester 30 cr.

HPre: Weekly classroom/lab hours

HPro: Weekly project hours

(*) Select a course for detailed information

• Research and Doctorate orientation.

The professor being the director of the research activity of the student will orient him/her to specific courses related with his/her PhD, between a wide range of courses organized by EETAC, several departments, research groups and research institutes at the Campus.

Internships in companies

For students choosing the professional specializations (Telecommunication Services and Networks, or Telecommunication Policies and Business Management), a practical training period is included in syllabus. For students choosing the research itinerary the internship is optional.

EETAC has contacts with more than 180 companies and research institutes.

International relations

EETAC participates in several universities consortiums as CLUSTER, CINDA and CAESAR, and has established students' exchange agreements at master level with several schools from different countries (Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, United Kingdom, Turkey, Colombia, Mexico, etc.).

MASTEAM students could spend a semester and in special cases one year at one of this universities, following some courses and doing the final Master Thesis.

Students' Admission.

Candidates with different background may be admitted with complementary coursework, and the complementary coursework may not exceed 30 ECTS.

The Validations Committee will personally review applications with other backgrounds, such as similar degrees completed in other countries (basically the rest of Europe and Latin America).

Here you are more info about registration: Admission to master’s degree courses.