Master's degree in
Telecommunications Engineering (MET)
Why study this master?
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MOTIVATION

The master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering is a training proposal that is adaptable to the needs of two types of students: those who wish to focus on a professional career and those who wish to pursue a doctoral degree in the area of telecommunications engineering.

This master’s degree provides graduates with a broad profile that includes skills and expertise in communications systems, networks, electronics and audiovisual systems to ensure that they have the professional competencies that they need to practise as telecommunications engineers. After the first, compulsory subject area, students can choose from a wide variety of subjects to acquire a general profile, specialise in a field, or engage in research and pursue a doctoral degree.

The aim is for the graduates to enter modern industry as benchmark professionals in the new multidisciplinary work and production scenario. To increase their employability, students can take both the master’s thesis and some of the ECTS credits for optional subjects in a company or laboratory.

MET has a strong international character. It is taught entirely in English as it is expected that a large number of students will be from other countries. There is also the possibility of obtaining a joint degree with another internationally renowned university.

MET is the only “Qualifying master’s degree”


PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND COMPETENCIES

The areas in which graduates of this master’s degree may find employment are similar to those for graduates of the five-year degree in Telecommunications Engineering, although their profiles are enhanced by an extra academic year.

The generic competencies established by the UPC are capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainability and social commitment, knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English), teamwork and proper use of information resources.

Given the cross-disciplinary nature of telecommunication, graduates of this degree may pursue careers in a broad range of sectors related to telecommunication technology.Their careers may lead them to practise as:

Telecommunications operations and equipment industry.

Semiconductor industry.

IT consulting firms.

Regulatory bodies.

Software editing firms.

COURSES

Master MET offers 3 types of academic paths: Academic path without specialization, Academic path with specialization and Academic path with double-degree

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Bridge subjects

30 ECTS

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Intensification subjects

15 ECTS

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Specialization subjects

30 ECTS

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Compulsory Subjects

45 ECTS

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Elective credits

15/30 ECTS

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Master's Thesis

30 ECTS

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ADMISSION

Duration and start date

Two academic years, 120 ECTS credits.

Starting September and February

Fees and Grants

Information about fees and payment options.

More information about grants and scholarships for the degree.

Timetable and delivery

Mornings and afternoons. Face-to-face.

Language of instruction

English.

Location

Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSETB)

Student Profile

Holders of a degree, or students in the last year of studies of a degree, can apply for admission to the master in Telecommunications Engineering. An official degree certificate is necessary the day of registration, in September. Please check the general academic requirements for master's degrees at UPC-Barcelona Tech.

Holders of a degree in:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Technologies and Services Engineering.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Science and Technology.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Systems Engineering
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Systems Engineering
  • Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Systems Engineering
  • Bachelor’s degree in Network Engineering.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

Pre-enrolment

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

Further information can be found on Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSETB)



Academic Calendar

The Academic year consists in 2 semesters, for a more detailed information check the following link

Timetables

Depending on the subjects chosen they can be on mornings or afternoons. For a more detailed information check the following link

Master Degree Timetables

Contact Us

Academic coordination: Marcos Postigo

Contact mail: masters.etsetb@upc.edu

The master in Telecommunications Engineering is offered at the
Escola Tècnica Superior d'enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona (ETSETB),
member of Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC).

Syllabus

  1. Critical phenomena
    • Mean Field
    • Scaling and renormalization group
    • Kinetic Ising models
    • Continuum models
    • Growth Models
    • Percolation
  2. Dynamical Systems
    • Flows and maps
    • Normal Forms
    • Stability; Bifurcations
    • Intermittency; Chaos
    • Pattern formation
  3. Stochastic Processes
    • Markov processes
    • Master equations
    • Stochastic differential equations
    • Fokker-Planck equations
    • Relaxation and First-passage times
  4. Introduction to complex networks
    • Small-world networks
    • Scale-free networks
    • Characterization of networks

Syllabus

  1. Approximate methods in Quantum Mechanics.
    • Description of the problem. Mathematical formulation.
    • Solution of the problem using variational methods. Time-independent perturbation theory approach.
  2. Introduction to Scattering theory in Quantum Mechanics.
    • Formulation of the problem, differential cross section and Lipmann-Schwinger equation. T-matrix, Born approximation and partial wave expansions. Low-energy scattering.
  3. The many-body problem in Quantum Mechanics.
    • Bose and Fermi statistics, wave functions and simmetries.
    • Second quantization: creation and anihilation operators. Operators and observables in second quantization.
    • Hartree-Fock approximation, Gross-Pitaevskii equation and the Bogoliubov approximation.
  4. Magnetic systems
    • Polarized and unpolarized free Systems.
    • Ferromagnetic states. Single-particle excitations and particle-hole pairs. Magnons. Superconductivity and Cooper pairs. Introduction to BCS theory.
  5. Lattice systems: Bose- and Fermi-Hubbapop-contentrd models.

Syllabus

  1. Physical Chemistry of surfaces
    • Introduction to surfaces
    • Structure of surfaces
    • Solid-liquid and solid-gas interphases
    • Characterization techniques
    • Applications in sensors and catalysis
    • Functionalization of nano- and microreactors
  2. Mechanics and Fluid mechanics at micron scale
    • Introduction to micromechanic and microfluidic behavior.
    • Biosensor structure
    • Design and simulation of the biosensor fluidic behavior
    • Design and simulation of the biosensor mechanic behavior
    • Case studies in bioengineering and comunications.
  3. MEMS microdevices applied to communication circuits
    • Introduction to MEMS micro-devices. Materials and structures.
    • Ohmic- and capacitive-contact micro-switches.
    • MEMS micro-switch electromagnetic simulation
    • Application of MEMS micro-switches to reconfigurable communication circuits.
    • Circuit simulation.
    • Experimental characterization of MEMS micro-switches.

Syllabus

  1. Sources of Synchrotron and neutron radiation.
    • Continuous and pulsed sources.
  2. Safety in large facilities.
  3. Design of main devices in Sinchrotron and neutron sources:
    • focusing of photons and neutrons
    • dispersion and detection
  4. Design and use of special sample environments:
    • High pressure
    • high and low temperature
    • magnetic fields.
  5. Experimenal techniques available in large facilities.
    • Complementarity between experimental techniques
  6. Generation, storage and analysis of large facilities:
    • Experimental data

Syllabus

  1. Project planning.
  2. Planning methods based on critical path.
  3. Precedence analysis, PERT and GANTT chart.
  4. Time and cost estimation.
  5. Risk identification and mitigation plans.
  6. Stakeholders communication management.
  7. Project execution management: earned value.
  8. Project closure: success criteria and lessons learned.

Syllabus

  1. Basics of condensed matter
    • Microscopic constituents and effective interactions; condensed phases: normal and supercritical fluids, crystals, glasses, mesophases; classification and examples of transitions (first order, continuous, glassy); van der Waals theory and isomorphic states; miscibility and binary systems
    • Molecular disorder and dynamics; linear response theory, dielectric and mechanical spectroscopy, other experimental methods (thermodynamic and optical probes, scattering)
  2. Single-component systems
    • Small-molecule condensed phases; crystallization kinetics & polymorphism; structural glasses, ultrastable & aged glasses; orientationally disordered solids & plastic crystals; primary & secondary relaxations; charge conduction in molecular solids and liquids
    • Amorphous & semicrystalline linear homopolymers; ideal chain statistics and entanglement effects, entropic forces, Rouse modes and reptation; viscoelasticity, glass transition, and crystallization of linear polymers; branched polymers, gelation and rubber elasticity, affine network model for elastomers; conjugated and conductive polymers
    • Thermotropic liquid crystals (nematic, smectic, columnar) and liquid crystal polymers; optical properties and applications
  3. Multicomponent and aqueous systems
    • Polymer solutions: non-ideal chains, theta-solutions, hydrogels, swelling phenomena; superhydrophobic/hydrophilic, superolephobic, superamphiphilic, and self-healing polymer coatings; biopolymers, helix-coil and coil-globule transitions
    • Self-assembly in condensed matter: specific and non-specific interactions; block copolymers; colloidal systems (glasses, crystals, gels), surfactant-water systems, biomembranes, lyotropic liquid crystals, emulsions; semiflexible polymers & cytoskeleton

Syllabus

  1. Introduction: the hydrogen atom
  2. Interaction between atoms and external fields (static and oscillatory)
  3. Fine and hyperfine structure. Selection rules
  4. Symmetries of the wave function
  5. Many-electron atoms. Thomas-Fermi model, and Hartree-Fock method
  6. Understanding the periodic table of elements
  7. Molecular structure and degrees of freedom
  8. Advanced spectroscopic techniques: infra-red, Raman, and nuclear magnetic resonance
  9. Laser cooling, manipulation and detection of ultracold dilute quantum gases

Syllabus

  1. Mechanical properties of materials
    • Elasticity and related properties
    • Non-linear mechanical properties
    • Thermal expansion and isothermal compressibility
  2. Dielectric and optical properties of materials
    • Polarization and polarization mechanisms
    • Ferroelectricity
    • Pyroelectricity
    • Piezoelectricity
    • Dielectric response to variable frequency electric fields
    • Optical response of materials
  3. Magnetic properties of materials
    • Diamagnetism
    • Paramagnetism
    • Ferromagnetism
    • Other types of magnetism: ferrimagnetism, antiferromagnetism and non-collinear ferromagnetism
  4. Ferroic and multiferroic materials
    • Ferroic transitions
    • Multiferroic coupling: Magnetoelasticity and magnetoelectricity
    • Applications

Syllabus

  1. Biological networks
    • Examples in systems biology (metabolic networks, interactome, regulatory and signalling networks)
    • Biological neural networks
    • Networks in ecology and epidemiology
  2. Complex spatio-temporal dynamics in biology
    • Oscillations, excitability, bistability
    • Synchronization in biological systems: neural networks
    • Spatio-temporal chaos: cardiac fibrillation
  3. Complex biosignal analysis
    • Deterministic and stochastic signals
    • Statistical properties
    • Nonlinear time series analysis
  4. Self-organization in biological systems
    • Morphogenesis
    • Self-assembly (protein folding, membrane formation)
    • Growth processes (chemotaxis, tumour growth)
  5. Collective motion and active matter
    • Flocking, swarming and herd behaviour
    • Cell migration

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to Machine Learning
    • Fundamental problem of Machine Learning
    • Description of the inherent complexity of the problem
    • General approximations to the solution.
  2. Classical models of Neural Networks
    • Hopfield model
    • Recurrent Boltzmann Machines (BM) and Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBM)
    • Learning with BM and RBM: gradient descent, Contrastive Divergence and variations
    • Single-layer Perceptrons (SLP): lineal regression, logistic regression, Rosenblat perceptron
    • Multi-layer Perceptrons (MLP)
    • Learning with MLP: Back-propagation
    • Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN): model, link with MLP and learning
  3. Deep Learning: link with classical models and modern learning techniques

Syllabus

  1. Introducción. Métodos de discretización del continuo: diferencias finitas, elementos y volúmenes finitos, métodos espectrales y métodos sin malla o de partículas
  2. Formulaciones débiles, variacionales, de Galerkin, de Petrov-Galerkin, de colocación, etc. de diferentes problemas de la Física (Termodinámica, Elasticidad, Mecánica de Fluidos, Electromagnetismo, Mecánica Cuántica, etc.)
  3. El método de los elementos finitos. Aproximación lagrangiana a trozos. Tipología de elementos finitos. Elementos nodales y modales. Elementos isoparamétricos. Errores de interpolación y convergencias h, p i hp
  4. Implementación del método de elementos finitos. Mallado de dominios. Ensamblaje de matrices. Fórmulas de cuadratura. Estimación del error de las soluciones. Ejemplos de aplicación en Matlab/Octave o Python
  5. Complementos de álgebra lineal numérica. Almacenamiento matricial. Técnicas para sistemas lineales y problemas de valores propios para problemas de dimensión elevada.
  6. Librerías de elementos finitos. Introducción a FeniCS-Python
  7. Integración temporal. Métodos de semi-discretización, de líneas, de splitting, etc. Dificutades en problemas de tipo advección-diffusión
  8. Introducción a los métodos de volúmenes finitos y de Galerkin discontinuos. Aplicaciones
  9. Métodos de orden alto. Elementos espectrales. Integración temporal de orden alto.

Syllabus

  1. Monte Carlo integration: distribution functions and their sampling. Crude Monte Carlo and rejection methods. Improving efficiency: variance reduction methods. Multidimensional integrals and Metropolis sampling.
  2. Monte Carlo methods for the study of many-particle systems: discrete systems (Ising), continuous systems in different statistical collectivities. Finite-size scaling. Advanced Monte Carlo methods.
  3. Stochastic optimization: simulated annealing and genetic algorithms.
  4. Dynamic Monte Carlo: randowm walks and the diffusion equation. Fokker-Planck and Langevin methods. Brownian dynamics.
  5. Application of Monte Carlo methods to quantum systems. Wave functions for bosons and fermions. Variational Monte Carlo. Diffusion Monte Carlo. Path integral Monte Carlo for the study at finite temperature.

Syllabus

  1. Finite difference methods applied to stellar evolution
    • Finite difference approximations
    • Von Neumann stability criterion
    • Initial values and boundary conditions
    • Explicit vs. Implicit methods
    • Lagrangian and Eulerian formalisms
    • Nuclear reaction networks. Adaptive networks
    • Relativistic hydrodynamics
  2. Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics
    • Fluid dynamics interpolation schemes
    • Eulerian SPH equations
    • Variable resolution in space and time
    • Lagrangian SPH equations
    • Applications of the Eulerian equations
    • Heat conduction and mass diffusion
    • Viscosity
    • Application to shocks and rarefaction problems
    • Astrophysical applications
    • Other applications
    • SPH in special and general relativity
    • Future developments
  3. Astrophysical applications of Monte Carlo and classification methods
    • Overview of basic concepts
    • Simple applications of the Monte Carlo methods
    • Classification methods: data analysis
    • Examples of classification