Major higher educational programme
Field of study: 011200.68 Physics.
Specialty: Nanomaterial and Nanostructure Physics in Electronic Systems.
Degree: master.
Study mode: full-time.
The period of study specified by the Federal State Educational Standards of Higher
Education is 2 years.
The study load of the bachelor’s programme specified by the Federal State Educational
Standards of Higher Education is 120 ECTS points.
The programme is meant to develop the students’ faculties in the fields of training
Masters in Physics for design and experimental organisations and enterprises of electronic
engineering industry, aimed at elaboration, design and production of sophisticated electronics
with the use of modern nanoscale component base.
The list of courses included in the curriculum of 011200.68 Physics. Specialty:
Nanomaterial and Nanostructure Physics in Electronic Systems.
Fundamental general scientific courses.
Philosophical Issues of Natural Science
Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours: 108
The course aims to reveal general regularities of development of modern methodology of
scientific cognition in the sphere of natural scientific and interdisciplinary research; to provide
current knowledge in the area of philosophy of ecology and enhancement of methodological
culture of researchers.
The objectives of the course are to familiarise students with the current state of
developments of philosophical and methodological research in scientific activities in foreign and
Russian science; to reveal a complex comprehensive nature of the scientific knowledge structure,
its levels, components and forms; to provide a general understanding of peculiarities and the role
of ecological form of the matter movement in the development of the current world view; to
develop the bases of the culture of philosophical and scientific research.
Specialized Practical Course in Physics
Semester: 2-3
ECTS points: 8
Hours: 288
The course aims to train students to apply experimental and theoretical techniques
designed for managing different processes of cognition and studying systems with reduced
dimension.
The objectives of the course are to study methods of opacification in the translucent light
microscopy; methods of opacification in the reflected light microscopy; techniques of selection
of electrooptical components of pattern analyzers; to familiarize with the X-ray investigations
and computational modeling of carbon materials, investigations of the crystalline structure of
samples with the electron diffraction method in the transmission electron microscope; to study
the electron probe X-ray chemical analysis of nano scale objects; to consider different methods
and techniques used in studying electron excitation dynamics.
Compulsory general scientific courses.
Circuit Engineering of Microelectronic Devices
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours: 180
The course aims to study circuit engineering of digital, analog and digital-to-analog
integrated circuits, techniques of schematic design and application of microcircuit chips in
microelectronic devices.
The objectives of the course are to receive an understanding of prospective trends of
development of telecoms hardware components; of technological and physical limitations in the
improvement of microcircuit chip parameters (degree of integration, operating speed, power
consumption etc.); to study the major schematic solutions used in modern digital and analog
microcircuit chips of various degree of integration; physical principles of functioning,
characteristics and parameters of integrated elements and components; up-to-date methods of
computation and determination of the main characteristics and parameters of microcircuit chips;
reference tools for choosing digital and analog integrated circuits for the elaboration of
telecommunication facilities.
Metrology and Standardization in Nanotechnologies
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 4
Hours: 144
The course aims to familiarise students with Russian and international systems of
standardization and technical regulation, prospects of development of metrological support,
systems of standardization and certification.
The objectives of the course are to study the principles of metrological support and
standardization; to acquire techniques and tools of debugging, customizing, setting and testing
equipment, benchmarking, setting up and maintenance of hardware and software; to develop an
ability to apply techniques and tools of conducting all kinds of measurements of equipment
parameters and point-to-point channels and tracks (tuning, design and acceptance, performance
and emergency); to study the principles of execution and record keeping in metrological support,
standardization and certification of telecommunications.
Prospects of Development of Nanotechnologies
Semester: 3
ECTS points: 2
Hours: 72
The course aims to familiarise students with the prospects of nanoscale electronics; to
develop skills of participation in the elaboration and critical evaluation of new ways of designing
the devices, capable of conducting a comprehensive assessment, as well as technological,
constructive substantiation of a project; identification of new areas of investigations, new issues
in physics and microelectronics, design, technology of production and application of electronic
devices and facilities.
The objectives of the course are to study prospect trends of research in the sphere of
nanoscale electronics technology and investigation of nanoscale objects properties and structures
with reduced dimension; physical laws determining the special properties of nanoscale objects
and structures with reduced dimension; to acquire the main approaches used in the technology of
formation of nanostructures and structures with reduced dimension; to familiarize with the most
important achievements in the sphere of modern nanoscale electronics.
Elective general scientific courses.
Nanostructures and Quantum Theory of Mesoscopic Systems
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Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours: 144
The course aims to understand (and comprehend) modern methods of description of
properties of low-dimensional quantum structures, of the main approaches to the description of
properties of low-dimensional quantum structures; familiarization with the experimental
techniques of obtaining and researching low-dimensional quantum structures.
The objectives of the course to develop an understanding of the connection of
mesoscopic physics and its methods with other subjects; of the significance of mesoscale physics
in solving applied problems in the sphere of nanotechnologies.
Methods of Modelling and Optimization Techniques
Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours: 144
The course aims to study the main models of infocommunication systems and networks
with a view to determining the appropriateness of using particular infocommunication systems in
solving specific problems of information networks organization; comprehension of the general
trends of telecommunications development, familiarisation with the issues determining the
further progress of science in the sphere of telecommunications.
The objectives of the course are to comprehend the fundamentals of quality management,
standards for quality management systems and regulatory and legal framework for quality
management; to familiarize with the formalized description of message service processes in
infocommunication systems and networks; to study the principles of simulation modelling of
telecommunication systems and networks and their modelling with the help of Markovian
processes; to comprehend the techniques of calculation of bandwidth capacity of single link fully
accessible and limited availability systems with losses and delay; to learn to use approximate
solution of bandwidth capacity of multitier switching systems; to study techniques of
computation of capacity of multiservice digital line; accurate and approximate techniques of
calculation of infocommunication networks capacity.
Industrial Process Management
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours: 108
The course aims to acquire a wide range of information from different areas of modern
technological management necessary to the students for conducting professional activities
involving design and organization activities, namely as concerns management of the
manufacturing technology and technological process at an industrial enterprise on the whole.
The objectives of the course are to comprehend the ways of improving the technological
structure of a communications organization; to learn about the functions and tasks of a
communications organization; to receive the fundamental knowledge of an organization and
conducting restructuring of enterprises of different forms of ownership with a view to a
maximum use of production capacities; to familiarize with techniques of marketing and
management in telecommunications.
Information Theory
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours: 108
The course aims to develop student's fundamental understanding of the nature of
information, the main techniques and tools of its handling, techniques of its measuring,
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understanding of the principles of functioning of data-compression and error correction
algorithms, and the main principles of complexity theory.
The objectives of the course are to familiarise with the nature of information, techniques
of its measuring; with the difference between classical and quantum information theory.
Foreign Language for Professional Purposes
Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours: 108
The course aims to develop students' ability and readiness to use a foreign language in
the intercultural interaction in common situations of spoken and written professional
communication.
The objectives of the course are to acquire both general and specific terminology; to
acquire Russian equivalents of the main professional vocabulary; to comprehend the main
techniques of abstracting and translating professional literature; to acquire phonetic rules of
reading and intoning; grammar rules of constructing different forms of a sentence; the main
ways of word-formation.
Theory of Electromagnetic Compatibility of Radioelectronic Facilities
Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours: 108
The course aims to develop students' ability to use their theoretical knowledge to
determine the characteristics of electromagnetic environment; an ability to determine parameters
of equipment interference immunity; to study international and Russian regulatory framework in
the sphere of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).
The objectives of the course are to study the influence of the main components of radio
communication systems: of the receiver system, transmission device, antenna systems,
propagation medium on the parameters of the electromagnetic compatibility of radio facilities.
Systems of Quality Control of Electronic Facilities
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 2
Hours: 72
The course aims to study the main principles of assessment and analysis of quality
parameters of electronic facilities; studying the main concepts regarding the quality of electronic
facilities; analysis of statistical parameters of a manufacturing system; comprehension of the
major techniques of quality assessment and control of electronic facilities in the production
process.
The objectives of the course are to develop an understanding of a comprehensive
approach to assessing the quality of an article; of statistical methods of parameter analysis of a
manufacturing system; of techniques of quality management according to the models of
standards ISO 9001-9004; of automated control systems used at an enterprise in order to receive
the information of technological systems and goods produced; of techniques and tools of enditem tests conducted with a view to assessing its quality.
Fundamentals of Higher School Pedagogy
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 2
Hours: 72
The course aims to implement vocational and educational programmes and syllabi in the
future educational activities at the level corresponding to the approved educational standards of
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higher vocational education; elaboration and application of modern educational technologies,
choice of an optimal teaching strategy depending on the level of current training of students and
educational aims.
The objectives of the course are to study the fundamentals of pedagogy of cooperation as
an initial set, a general principle and a universal technology; to study the sources, moving causes
and forces, regularities and mechanisms of formation of a man (sound growing up, development
and un-bringing etc.) and his/her consciousness as a functional organ integrating, depending on
the situation, all the necessary strengths (body, mental, and spiritual) in order to attain the set
aim; to consider the principles of classical (traditional) and psychological pedagogy in their
interrelation and as applied to the higher school; to familiarize with the main pedagogic
paradigms and their psychological basis in the context of higher education and vocational
training; to study the major cultural and historical types of reasoning in accordance with their
values, general methods, objects and subject matters and others.
Fundamental field-oriented courses.
Current Issues of Physics
Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours: 108
The course aims to acquire profound and systematized knowledge in the sphere of
physics of the late 20th – early 21st centuries; to enlarge expertise; to enhance the level of
professional self-comprehension; to develop a creative approach to the explanation of physical
phenomena; to form the skills of scientific cognition.
The objectives of the course are to acquire the fundamental knowledge of the main issues
in the physical representation of the universal worldview; of the current methods of scientific
cognition of the outside world.
History and Methodology of Physics
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours: 108
The course aims to generalize and systematize students' knowledge in the history of
physics, to elaborate a comprehensive view of physical sciences, their interconnection with the
other branches of natural sciences; to develop an interest in the history of physics and an
understanding of the development logic of modern physics; to train students to realize the
principle of historicism in teaching physics.
The objectives of the course are to study the main branches and peculiarities of modern
physics; the main notions of physics, the history of their emergence, stages of evolution; the
greatest achievements in physics of the 20th-21st centuries, urgent issues of modern physics.
Compulsory field-oriented courses.
Module "Design and Technologies of Production of Micro- and Nanoelectronic
Devices
Semester: 2-3
ECTS points: 8
Hours: 288
The course aims to study current design flows of information systems (IS) with the help
of systems of computer-generated design of Mentor Graphics company; studying production
processes of manufacturing integrated circuits and printed circuit cards; acquisition of hand-on
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skills in the sphere of elaboration and testing of prototype models of microelectronic devices on
the basis of intelligent logical integrated circuits.
The objectives of the course are to comprehend the general notions, methodology and
digital circuits design flow; standard classifications of levels and aspects of design; current
techniques of digital systems design; to study the main physical phenomena used in the
processes of formation of integrated circuits components, as well as major technological stages
of production of integrated circuits, printed circuit cards and electronic assemblies on their basis.
Automated Industrial Management Systems
Semester: 3
ECTS points: 2
Hours: 72
The course aims to comprehend the main international and new Russian standards and
technologies of production of systems of organization and management of manufacturing
enterprises producing electronic telecommunication equipment.
The objectives of the course are to study the history of development of techniques of
manufacturing enterprise management; the main methods of manufacturing enterprise
management; functional composition of automated industrial management systems, including
production of telecommunication equipment; to develop a comprehensive approach to studying
subject fields of the manufacturing cycle of an assembly facility in terms of their probable
automation.
Elective field-oriented courses.
Programming Automated Industrial Management Systems
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours: 180
The course aims to train students to perform works involving operation of the main types
of hardware and software systems designed for managing different processes within the
technological cycle of microelectronic device manufacturing.
The objectives of the course are to study methods of mathematical description of linear
discrete systems, structures and classification of automated management systems; kinds of
automated management systems; fundamentals of the theory of automated management;
methods of dynamic programming of optimal and adaptive control systems.
Fundamentals of Computer Algebra
Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours: 180
The course aims to develop students' understanding of the fundamentals of information
system production with the use of computer technologies for the further practical use in science
and education; to comprehend the most frequently used in science tools of application software
programmes.
The objectives of the course are to know the purpose, kinds and principles of information
systems production.
Methods of Investigation of Micro- and Nanoscale Structures
Semester: 1
ECTS points: 5
Hours: 180
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The course aims to familiarise students with the achievements in the sphere of modern
materials science; to learn about experimental techniques of researching functional
nanomaterials; to comprehend up-to-date measuring devices used in the leading research centers
in Russia and abroad.
The objectives of the course are to develop an understanding of the connection between
the subject "Methods of investigation of micro- and nanoscale structures" as well as its methods
and other subjects; to learn about the significance of modern materials science for the
development of material production and of its influence on all the spheres of human activities.
Issues of Artificial Intelligence
Semester: 1
ECTS points: 5
Hours: 180
The course aims to develop students' comprehensive understanding of artificial
intelligence (AI) and universal artificial intelligence (UAI), of the processes determining
prospective scientific and practical trends of development of human thought; of historical stages
of development of AI and UAI; of the main trends of development of artificial intelligence and
modern universal artificial intelligence; of fundamental issues in the sphere of artificial
intelligence production; to develop students' skills of correct understanding of a processing
element, a neural network, and neuromicroprocessors.
The objectives of the course are to develop students' understanding of peculiarities of
artificial intelligence (AI), of the major trends and issues of development of artificial intelligence
and modern universal artificial intelligence (UAI) with the main property of singularity.
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