Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunication Systems Engineering and University Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering

Study guides

Table of credits for each course

  Basic training Compulsory  Optional Bachelor's Degree Final Project
1st year 60      
2nd year   60    
3rd year   60    
4th year   12 36 12
Totals 60 132 36 12
Master's degree credits table
  Compulsory Optional Master's Dissertation
1st year 60    
2nd year   20 10
Totals 60 20 10

 

Period of study

Six-monthly

Part-time or full-time

Full-time, with the possibility of part-time dedication in line with UAB regulations.

Basic and compulsory training

1st year 2nd year

1st semester 

  • Calculus
  • Algebra
  • Fundamentals of Computing
  • Theory of Circuits and Electronics

2nd semester

  • Fundamentals of Signals and Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Business Organisation and Management
  • Probability and Stochastic Processes

Year-long

  • Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

1st semester 

  • Electronic Components and Circuits
  • Fundamentals of Software Engineering
  • Discrete-Time Signals and Systems
  • Networks I

2nd semester

  • Computer Architecture and Peripherals
  • Project Management and Legislation
  • Signals and Communications Systems
  • Networks II

Year-long

  • Digital Systems and Hardware Description Languages
  • Radiation and Guided Waves
3rd year 4th year

1st semester 

  • Telecommunications Transmitters and Receivers
  • Digital Processing of Signals
  • Optical Communications
  • Communications
  • Information Theory for Communications and Security

2nd semester

  • Microwave Engineering
  • Radiocommunication Systems
  • Digital Receivers
  • Communication Theory
  • Telecommunications Networks and Services
  • Bachelor's Degree Final Project

1st semester

  • Antennas
  • Mobile Communications
Compulsory master's degree modules
1st year 2nd year

1st semester

  • Integrated Circuit Design for Communications
  • Phased Array Antenna Design and Applications
  • Linear Networks Design for Spectrum Management
  • Estimation and Detection Methods
  • Telecommunications Infrastructure Planning and Management

2nd semester

  • Instrumentation and RF/Microwave Sensors for IoT and Industry 4.0 Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence Applied to Next-Generation Mobile Communications
  • Multichannel Signal Processing
  • Security and Privacy in Telecommunications
  • Integrated Systems for Digital Signal Processing
  • Master's Dissertation
   

 

Optional subjects

4th year

All optional subjects are worth 6 credits unless otherwise specified.

  • Work Placement (12 credits)
  • Machine Learning Applied to Wireless Communications
  • Deep Learning and Statistics
  • Quantum Communications
  • Simulation Tools
  • Implementation of Software-Defined Systems
  • Digital Transmitter and Receiver Simulation
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems
  • RADAR Systems
  • Technologies for Space Communications Systems



  

 

Optional master's degree modules
2nd year
  • Planar Antennas for Wireless Communications 
  • Quantum and Post-Quantum Cryptography 
  • Radio Frequency Identification Devices and Systems 
  • Design of Active Systems for Low Earth Orbit Satellite Payload
  • Internet of Things and Edge Computing
  • IoT Lab and Projects 
  • Optimization Methods for Wireless Systems 
  • Audio, Voice and Neural Signal Processing
  • Wireless Localization Systems