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Master’s
degree in
Electronic Engineering
Introduction
Admission requirements
The master’s degree in Electronic Engineering
caters for the needs of different types of students:
those who wish to focus to a professional career
and those looking to pursue a doctoral degree in
Telecommunications Engineering.
This master’s degree provides graduates with a
broad profile that includes skills and expertise in
power, analog and RF electronics, instrumentation
and sensors, digital systems, micro and
nanotechnologies and microelectronics. After the
first, compulsory subject area, students can choose
from a wide variety of subjects in order to acquire
a general profile, specialise in a certain area or
engage in research and pursue a doctoral degree.
It is intended that modern industry assimilate
these engineers as reference professionals in a
new multidisciplinary work and production
scenario. In order to promote the employability of
our students, both the master’s thesis and some of
the ECTS credits for free elective subjects can be
taken at companies or laboratories.
MET also has a strong international character. It is
taught entirely in English as it is expected that
there will be a large number of students from
other countries. There is also the possibility of
obtaining a joint degree with another
internationally renowned university.
Admission requirements include an official Spanish
university degree or a four-year bachelor's degree
awarded by a university that is part of the European
Higher Education Area and that entitles the holder to
seek admission to a master’s degree in the country in
which it was awarded, in one of the academic subjects
covered by the master's degree.
Applicants with a degree awarded by a university in a
country that is not part of the European Higher
Education Area do not need to obtain official
recognition for the degree. However, the University
must verify that the course of study corresponds to a
level of education equivalent to an official Spanish
university degree and that the qualification obtained
provides admission to a master’s degree in the
country in which it was awarded. The school teaching
the master’s degree may request any documentation
deemed necessary for the purposes of verification.
Admission following this process under no
circumstances implies the official recognition of the
degree or its acceptance for any other purpose other
than admission to the master’s degree.
Applicants with a Spanish or officially recognised fiveyear degree in Electronic Engineering (Enginyer
superior electrònic) may apply for the recognition of
60 ECTS credits.
Keywords
Admission profiles
Power, energy, design of analog and digital
circuits, microelectronics, micro and
nanotechnologies, instrumentation, sensors, RF.
Holders of:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering of Electronic
Systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Science and Technologies of
Telecommunications
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering of
Telecommunications Systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering of Audio-visual
Systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Telematics Engineering
• Bachelor’s degree in Automatics and Industrial
Electronics Engineering
• Telecommunications or Electronics Engineers
(recognition of 60 ECTS)
• Telecommunications or Electronics Technical
Engineers
• Technical Industrial Engineers, Industrial electronics
specialization
Language of instruction and
language requirements
Courses are taught in English.
Common European Framework English Level B2. At
least one of the following: to have English as your
mother tongue, to have studied in an Englishspeaking country, to hold a European Higher
Education Area degree that includes English Level B2
or to hold an English language qualification
(Cambridge: CAE; TOEFL PBT: 550, CBT: 213, iBT: 7980; IELTS: 5.5; TOEIC: 750; Escuela Oficial de Idiomas:
Certificado de nivel avanzado).
A modest knowledge of Spanish may be helpful for
daily life. Spanish courses are available at Merit
School, which is on campus
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Programme
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This is a full-time, two-year course (120 ECTS
credits) that is divided into four semesters (30
ECTS credits each). The subjects are grouped
into four subject areas:
The first subject area is a group of bridging
courses that some students will be required to
take if their admission profile is not the
bachelor’s degree in Engineering of Electronic
Systems or equivalent of another university.
The maximum number of ECTS credits
students are allowed to earn for bridging
courses is 30 and these are included in the
total of 120 ECTS credits for the master’s
degree.
The second subject area (45 ECTS credits) is
composed of compulsory subjects that provide
basic knowledge of the different areas of
specialisation in Electronic Engineering:
• Power control and processing: Power
converters, state dynamical models, linear
control techniques in continuous and
discrete time, current control, battery
charging, power systems for LEDs, power
factor correction, low power.
• Analog and RF electronics: Amplifiers, VGA,
operational amplifiers, current conveyors,
CFOA , continuous time filters, switched
capacitor filters, A/D and D/A conversion,
DNL, INL, parallel architectures, samplers,
high velocity circuits.
• Instrumentation and Sensors: advanced
electronic sensors, distributed
instrumentation, virtual instrumentation,
reliability, electromagnetic compatibility.
• Micro and Nanotechnologies:
Semiconductor physics, junctions,
transistors, photonic devices, sensors.
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• Microelectronic Design: Full-custom and
standard-cell design, transistor models
for nano-scale design, basic analog VLSI
circuits (current mirrors, basic gain
stages, transconductors, operational
amplifiers), matching, basic digital VLSI
circuits, static CMOS logic gates and flipflops, CAE tools.
• Advanced Digital Systems:
Synchronization, DLLs, PLLs,
metastability, clocks, resets, buses,
communication protocols, integrated
communication architectures (NoCs),
embedded systems and RTOS,
processors, embedded and advanced
processors, multicores, manycores,
FPGAs, internal architectures, Extensible
Processing Platforms, PsoCs.
• Signal Processing: Sampling,
quantization, digital filters, linear
prediction, optimal predictors, adaptive
systems, spectral estimation.
• Electronics Engineering Project
Management (2 subjects): business
plans, investment risk analysis, cost
systems, innovation management,
patents, organisational psychology.
The third subject area comprises 45 free
elective ECTS credits that will cover almost
all subjects in Electronic Engineering. The
student will be able to choose among other
elective courses of the Telecommunication
Engineering Master, MET (at the discretion
of the tutor or supervisor).
The fourth subject area (30 credits)
comprises the master’s thesis.
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Competences acquired
Course objectives
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To provide students with the theoretical
background and the applied knowledge that
they to design electronic systems.
To provide a gateway to doctoral studies in
electronics, and in particular to the PhD
program with mention of Excellence of the
Department of Electronic Engineering, in
which you can continue doing research and
studying a PhD.
The master's degree in Electrical
Engineering will ensure students acquire
the following abilities:
• To model, design and control of power
electronic systems for various functions
and applications.
• To conceive and design electronic
circuits for signal processing and analog
RF.
• To design, implement and integrate
high-performance instrumentation
systems.
• To analyse, design and micro-and
nanoelectronic devices used within the
margins of use.
• To analyse and design digital circuits
and systems-based (multi) processors
and configurable devices.
• To analyse and design of mixed-signal
integrated circuits.
• To manage and generate innovative
business projects in the field of
electronic technology.
Academic calendar
Students typically start the master’s degree
in September, although they may also start
in February. The master’s degree can be
taken on a full- or part-time basis.
Students who are not taking bridging
courses will generally follow the pathway
shown in the figure, although it may vary
slightly depending on the tutor or
supervisor.
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masters@etsetb.upc.edu
www.etsetb.upc.edu/masters
Career
The sectors in which students can develop
their profession are very broad, given the
cross-cutting characteristic of electronics. Jobs
can be found in those sectors directly related
to electronic technology such as ICT systems,
medical electronics, consumer electronics,
control systems, robotics, automation,
electromagnetic compatibility,
microelectronic design, smart sensors and
data acquisition systems, etc. ..
These companies offer a high added value in
terms of technology and therefore they are in
need of highly trained professionals at
Master's level. In the same vein, many of
these companies foster technology innovation
and present very fast dynamics, in a highly
competitive market. This can only be achieved
with a strong research component in their
activities.
Enrolment and fees
Information and online enrolment at:
http://www.upc.edu/learning/courses/
access-admission
Fees (2012-2013): €50 per ECTS credit.
For non-resident foreign students who
are not EU nationals, the fee is 1.5 the
amount stated.
Additional information at
http://www.upc.edu/sri/.
Joint degrees
One of the strengths of MET is the
possibility of obtaining a joint master’s
degree by taking two semesters at
TelecomBCN and two semesters at
another university. Spanish students
are advised to stay in Barcelona for the
first and fourth semesters and spend
the second and third semesters abroad.
Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Edifici B3 – Campus Nord UPC – C. Jordi Girona, 1-3 – 08034 Barcelona - Spain