Electrical Engineering

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At the end of his graduate studies, the Electrical Engineer from ULg is able to make use of his/her knowledge and understanding of fundamentals of electricity, electronics and computer science to probe, analyse, process and transmit signals and energy. He/she has developed technical skills to design and create electronic systems that meet the development needs of individuals and society, while integrating potential economic constraints.

The training of Electrical Engineer at ULg allows him/her to identify and to analyse rigorously relevant components of a problem and to find an innovative solution through the implementation of a hardware and/or software electronic system. He/she is able to evaluate the limits of theories, approximations or assumptions. He/she knows how to conduct experiments and to interpretate results critically.

Through various projects and master thesis work, he/she has learned to work independently or in teams, and to present the results of his/her work clearly in French or in English. He/she is able to seek, evaluate, and use appropriately information from scientific or technical literature. His/her fundamental training and optional courses taken in the last year enable him/her to familiarize himself/herself with in-depth fields, ranging from microtechnologies to large electric power systems. He/she is able to interact efficiently with specialists from various disciplines, e.g. information technology, biomedical engineering or the energy sector. His/her optional internship in a company allows him/her to be aware of realities, constraints and needs of the industrial world.

Key Learning outcomes
The Electrical Engineer from ULg is able to make use of his/her knowledge and understanding of basics in electricity, electronics and computer science in order to probe, analyse, process and transmit signals and energy. In particular he is able to :

* understand, model and predict the behaviour of semiconductor devices ;
* design, model and realise programmable inegrated circuits ;
* demonstrate knowledge and understanding of operating system kernels as well as techniques used in parallel programming ;
* use the functional programming paradigm to solve various problems ;
* understand the hardware and software architecture of embedded systems and demonstrate ability to develop them ;
* conduct a physical variable measurement experiment using various sensors ;
* formulate a real problem in terms of a mathematical optimization model, determine its complexity and apply or implement the main optimization algorithms ;
* master basic concepts of feedback theory in order to model and design control systems ;
* exploit basics of power electronics to design, build and test electronic converters ;
* understand, model and design transmission and telecommunication systems ;
* understand and exploit the properties of signals in time and frequency domains in order to digitize and analyse audio and video signals ;
* understand principles of information theory demonstrate ability to exploit them in various contexts.

The requirements to access to the master programmes are regulated by articles 51 to 53 of the decree of 31 March 2004 defining higher education, promoting its integration into the European Higher Education Area, and refinancing universities.The master programmes are open to students who hold one of the following: * a bachelor in the same curriculum; * the same master with a different focus; * a university degree, subject to the academic authorities' decision and to additional requirements defined by them; * a long course academic degree granting access to the master, subject to a decision by the government and to additional requirements defined by it; * an academic degree similar to those mentioned above, delivered under the same conditions by the Flemish Community, the German-speaking Community or the Royal Military Academy; * a foreign academic degree recognised as equivalent to those mentioned above in application of the aforementioned decree, of a European directive or of an international convention, under the same conditions.The additional requirements are designed to ensure students have sufficient knowledge of the subjects required for the intended studies.When these additional requirements consist in one or several additional courses, they cannot add more than 15 credits in total to the student's course load, considering all other credits counting towards their admission.These courses are included into the curriculum of their master programme.Master programmes are also open to students who, in order to earn the bachelor in the same curriculum, must still pass no more than 12 credits and are registered for those courses.Master programmes, possibly subject to additional courses worth no more than 60 credits (when this added course load is over 15 credits, it must be taken as a preparatory year), are open to students who hold one of the following: * another bachelor-level degree delivered by the French Community (professional bachelor or transition bachelor from a non-university institute of higher education), granting access to the master following a decision by the government and subject to the additional requirements defined by it; * a similar academic degree, delivered by the Flemish Community, the German-speaking Community or at the Royal Military Academy, or a foreign academic degree recognised as equivalent; * a bachelor-level degree delivered by a Belgian university or a foreign institute of higher education can the admissions jury can value at 180 credits or more.knowledge and skills, acquired through personal or professional experience, that can be recognised by the admissions jury. This relevant experience must be equivalent to at least five years of professional activity, not taking into account failed years of higher education. At the conclusion of an evaluation process organised by the academic authorities, the admissions jury judges whether the student's skills and knowledge allow them to successfully pursue the programme.