Master of Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology (M.Sc.)
University of Antwerp
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Campus location
Antwerp, Belgium
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
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Earliest start date
Mar 2024
* 979,60€ for EEA nationals | 5,800€ for non-EEA nationals (for 60 ECTS credits or one year of full-time study) (subject to yearly revision)
Introduction
In this Master’s programme you choose between 3 majors:
1 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
2 Internet of Things
3 Cyber-Physical Systems
In each major, 60% of your time will be invested in practical engineering.
Major 1: Distributed Artificial Intelligence
This major gives you the knowledge, skills and competences to design and research new Distributed Artificial Intelligence technology by combining informatics, communication and electronics with new state-of-the-art machine learning methodologies. Distributed machine learning is the discipline where new intelligence is created by combining the strengths of different distributed intelligent devices and components. The main idea is to rely on the emergent that originates from the various devices and components working together in an intelligent way. It does not focus on computationally intensive, centralised Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, but on decentralised interaction of intelligent components to achieve an equal or better result with lower latencies, lower energy consumption and lower computational complexity.
Major 2: Internet of Things
This major will give you knowledge, skills and competences to design and research new Internet of Things (IoT) solutions by combining informatics, communication and electronics with new state-of-the art machine learning methodologies. IoT is the art of bringing together data from large sets of distributed heterogeneous embedded sensors. The main complexity of this process lies in the resource constraints. Huge quantities of data have to be sensed and communicated in an environment where resources like energy and computational power are limited. The core of this programme focusses on engineering these high complexity sensor networks, taking into account the constraints, and choosing or designing the right communication, hardware and software solutions.
Major 3: Cyber-Physical Systems
This major will give you the knowledge, skills and competences to design and research new Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) by combining informatics, communication, signal processing, sensing and electronics with new state-of-the-art (CPS) model-driven engineering and control technologies. Cyber-Physical Systems are systems where the sensors, control and computational properties are optimally adapted to the mechanical and functional requirements of the system at hand. In the fast-evolving world of digital innovation the main focus lies on the optimal integration of the individual parts of CPS to achieve certain performance constraints. The core component of this programme is solving functional, safety and timing constraints, while considering the physical and mechanical problems of both sensors and actuators, using a model-driven approach.
Admissions
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Curriculum
You can choose between 3 majors:
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence
- Internet of Things
- Cyber-Physical Systems
Rankings
The University of Antwerp scores extremely well in Young University Rankings, obtaining the 5th place in the Times Higher Education Millennials 2020, the 7th in the Times Higher Education 250 under 50 2022 and the 20th place in QS 50 under 50 2021. On a global scale, the university ranks 131st in the Times Higher Education 2023 and 280th in QS World Ranking 2023.
Program Outcome
Learning outcomes
General Competences
Technology Expert
1. The Master can take on a complex technical problem based on advanced international current scientific knowledge and technological know-how in his/her own discipline.
2. The Master can put knowledge and technology creatively into practice and combine these in a concrete problem and in this, acts with an eye for realism and efficiency (engineering attitude).
3. The Master can develop a complex technical design systematically and accurately taking into account incomplete, redundant or conflicting pre-conditions.
4. The Master uses his/her multidisciplinary knowledge and skills for a technical problem in the discipline in complex and in unpredictable circumstances.
Researcher
5. The Master is able to effectively collect scientific information and to integrate this in his/her own generated research results.
6. The Master can independently and accurately design, plan, execute and report on research and can select the appropriate, complex methods to do so.
7. The Master uses a critical researching attitude to solve complex technical problems, he/she can justify the choices made and evaluate and develop his/her own expertise.
Teamwork
8. The Master can communicate verbally, in writing and graphically about his/her own subject area with other professionals in a multidisciplinary team and with laypersons.
9. The Master has the social and communicative skills to take on a leading and motivating role in a team.
10. The Master has the basic skills to work thematically as a team member and as a manager.
Citizen
11. The Master takes the global international context into account in his/her actions, with attention to economics, social context, ecology, ethics, safety and sustainability.
Specific competences electronics-ICT
Technology Expert
12. The Master can conceive, analyze, design, implement and reflect on an industrial electronic system through the integration of state-of-the-art hardware, software and communication technology.
13. The Master follows the appropriate (industrial) processes, methods and testing procedures when designing in order to come to a finished product.
14. When designing, the Master takes into account the non-functional requirements typical for the limitations of the design.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
There is great demand for electronics and ICT specialists on the labour market. Certainly in the domains of emergent
technologies like CPS, IoT and AI. Our graduates have careers in fields like:
- Data science in almost every application domain
- Technical-commercial positions, as a programmer or designer
- After-sales service, as a service technician for multimedia equipment or industrial electronic systems
- Production support service, as responsible for the control and adjustment of electronic end products
- Telecommunications company, for fixed and mobile communication
- Expert agencies
- Researcher at a university or research centre. As an academically trained applied engineer you can also start a career in academics. If you have a passion for research you can conduct a PhD.