StudyQA — Master: Electronics Engineering — National University (Page 16)

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Group T organizes four academic master programs. Within these four masters, different focuses (also known as concentrations) are offered. You choose one master focus. This allows you to specialize further in your area of technological expertise, or to stay in touch with other technological disciplines. Upon graduation you can enter the job market or go on to do a PhD or postgrad program.

In general the goals of the academic master programs are to:

give the future engineer a general academic education;
impart on the future engineer advanced knowledge and competence in Engineering, Enterprising, Educating, Environmenting, and Ensembling (i.e. the 5 Es) and, more specifically, in the chosen major;
impart the required research skills;
train the future engineer to be capable to start work as a master. In other words, prepare him/her for practicing science and technology autonomously, using the acquired knowledge and competence in the engineering profession and marking off a lifelong learning and development path.

We offer our master programs in 2 formulas:

A one-year path consisting of 60 credits.
The program spread over 2 years, adding 60 credits in the form of an extra in-company project (the so-called Entrepreneurial Engineering Experience).
This formula pays extra attention to personal development and international collaboration with companies and universities. It is unique in Flanders. Here you can achieve extraordinary projects such as the development of eco-friendly cars.

BUILDING BLOCKS

Engineering ExperienceThe focal point of the Master in Engineering one-year formula is the extensive Engineering Experience of 20 credits, i.e. the master's project. To support this experience, you work with your supervisors on a number of choices. These choices are taken up in a personal development plan. You can also opt to follow a number of external courses or programs in the framework of the Engineering Experience.

Engineering ContentIn addition, you can choose within your major a specific technology focus (sometimes also referred to as a 'concentration'). You also follow a number of course units on management and communication, within which there is some choice.

5E-ContextYou have the choice of a number of course units on current themes relating to the 5E-Context (Engineering, Enterprising, Educating, Environmenting, and Ensembling).

In the Electronics Engineering program you learn to correctly assess the workings and impact of the technologies used. You analyze existing analog and digital electronic systems. You design and implement those systems and complex information and communication systems.

Upon completion of the program, you are an industrial engineer with a broad foundation of general skills and technical knowledge but at the same time also familiar with the world of information processing that plays a crucial role in many social sectors. As a professional, you will also play a key role in the development of a variety of digital media applications ranging from modern consumer products (positioning and navigation systems, smartphones, digital audio and video) to custom stand-alone or networked applications.

Focus Intelligent Electronics Intelligent Electronics focuses on the combination of hardware and software to develop and implement embedded systems such as cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, etc. You learn to take account of limitations in the area of I/O possibilities, memory, speed, and energy consumption.

Focus Internet Computing Internet Computing capitalizes on the trend to a more broadly distributed approach to developing computer applications. The advantages to this are high reliability, scalability, high performance, easy maintenance, low cost price, etc. Examples of such applications are all Internet- and web-based applications like search robots and voice over IP, as well as e-commerce, enterprise resource management, and user applications in the field of info-/edu-/entertainment.

Check www.groupt.be for the entire curriculum.

Up for admission:Applicants with the following will be considered for admission:Academic Bachelor of Industrial Sciences with the same majorAcademic Bachelor of Science in Engineering with the same majorUp for admission subject to a prep program:Applicants with the following can be granted admission subject to successful completion of a preparatory program (possibly already including some master courses):Academic Bachelor of Industrial Sciences with a different majorAcademic Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a different majorAcademic Bachelor of Science in a related fieldYou need to prove to us that you reach the language requirement for entryThis does not applyif you are a citizen of Australia, English-speaking Canada, the Caribbean Islands, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America where English was the language of instruction, orif you obtained a degree from a program taught in English in any of the above (irrelevant of whether you are a citizen of these countries). English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 79