Computer Engineering

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Masters in Computer Engineering from ULg take advantage of their abstraction capabilities, rigorous reasoning and skills in computer science, but also in electronics and in various other fields of engineering, to design, develop and evaluate complex information processing systems.

Their achievements consist in implementing complex products or services combining hardware and software. The designed system provides its users the means to best accomplish their professional activities in various sectors such as finance, electronic commerce, medicine, transport, energy, telecommunications, bioinformatics, etc.

Key Learning outcomes
The Master in Computer Engineering is able to design and implement complex products or services combining hardware and software.

In addition to the general skills he has acquired as a Bachelor in Engineering Science, namely in mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanics, statistics, stochastic processes, and modelling and analysis of systems, the Master in Computer Engineering :

* is able to analyse a problem, provide an algorithmic solution thereof by exploiting various paradigms (e.g., imperative, object-oriented and functional programming), work out appropriate data structures, program that solution in various languages (e.g., C, C++, Java, Scheme) and study its performance ;
* masters the modelling and development techniques for large and complex object-oriented software ;
* is able to use the main numerical methods, and in particular discrete optimization ones ;
* knows the fundamentals of electronics and of the design of digital circuits ;
* has a concrete knowledge of the design of a processor and of how it operates, understands fundamental mechanisms used in operating systems and masters the basic techniques used in parallel programming ;
* understands the hardware and software architectures of embedded systems and is able to implement them ;
* has a good knowledge of the properties of database management systems and can implement information systems built around a database ;
* has an in-depth knowledge of the architecture, mechanisms and fundamental protocols of computer networks, is able to implement a distributed application, simulate and configure advanced mechanisms to support multimedia applications ;
* knows the basic principles of information theory, analog and digital telecommunication systems, and can analyse and design coding algorithms ;
* has a basic knowledge of cryptography and computer security ;
* has a good knowledge of theoretical computer science, mathematical logic and formal reasoning ;
* knows the theoretical and practical aspects of compiler construction and can implement a compiler for a simple language.

Thanks to practical projects associated with most of his courses, he has consolidated his knowledge, used his know-how, solved many and various problems, worked autonomously and exercised his oral and written communication skills, in particular in English. He has become aware of the needs and constraints of the industrial reality, either by means of his master thesis or an internship, or thanks to courses that establish links between the concepts learned and their industrial applications. He is well prepared to adapt to processes, techniques, languages, tools, that are yet to be invented.

Often led to coordinate the work of specialists from different disciplines, he is endowed with organizational, relational and communication skills, which allow him to plan and lead engineering projects, to have a suitable scientific and technical communication practice, and manage teamwork efficiently.

The graduate in Research Focus has a solid grounding allowing him to integrate a research & development team or start a PhD/Doctorate. He gained the highest level of technical skills through advanced course selection pointed in various fields, such as network management and security, logic and constraint programming, machine learning, high-performance scientific computing, information processing, biomedical engineering, etc.

The graduate with a Professional Focus in Management has acquired, in addition to his technical background and methodology, a solid grounding in finance, strategy, marketing, human resource management, organization, leadership, production management and supply chain. He knows the company world and is able to analyze thoroughly its internal organization, to make a diagnosis and establish a full business plan.

The Professional Focus is unique in the French Speaking Community of Belgium and organized in partnership with the HEC-ULg management school. The training is based on a participatory pedagogy including extended stays in business.

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.