The Master’s Programme
in Electrical engineering.

Academic contents and educational objectives:
Electrical engineering is the basis of today’s high technology.
The field covers, for example, signal processing, communications technology, digital image processing, microelectronics, photonics, control engineering and microwave technology. Current developments in these areas are occurring at a very rapid pace. Electronic systems are being used in almost every area of industry and business, research and leisure, in the form of computers, communications equipment, instrumentation for data collection and in the control of systems and processes. In the course of the programme the student will receive a wide-ranging and thorough education in the basic subjects within information and communications technology. In this context Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science are of particular importance. In the second half of the programme the student can choose between several specialization subjects that will provide knowledge of the very latest developments in the field. The programme contains both theory, experimental work and the employment of these abilities in practical projects. The programme takes as its starting point the research activities in the Department of Physics, a network of contacts in foreign centres for advanced technology, a well-equipped electronics laboratory and the electronics- and telemetry-milieu in the Tromsø area.
The last six months of the programme consists of a diploma project that can be carried out at the Department, in industry or at a research institute in Norway or abroad.

Master and diploma projects

Students who plan to start on a project in the autumn must contact the staff of the EE-group no later than during the spring-term. Around 1st May the EE-group will suggest projects for the autumn term, and the students must make a choice by 1st June. If several students choose the same project, the projects will be attributed by the staff.

Master in Electrical engineering
S5	Fys-3921 Diploma project/ Master's thesis
A5	FYS-3720 Project Paper in Electrical Engineering	Specialization subject	Elective (Specialization subject)
S4	Elective (Specialization subject)	Specialization subject	Elective (Specialization subject)
A4	Elective (Specialization subject)	Elective (Specialization subject)	Elective (Specialization subject)
S3	FYS-2007 Statistical signal analysis	FYS-2008 Measurement techniques	Fil-0700Examen philosophicum
A3	FYS-2006 Signal processing	Fys-2011 Numerical simulations	Fys-2014 Digital design
S2	STA-1001 Probability and statistics 1	FYS-2004 Electronics	FYS-1002 Electromagnetism
A2	MAT-1003 Calculus 3	FYS-1003 Basic experimental physics	FYS-1001 Mechanics
S1	MAT-1002 Calculus 2	MAT-1004 Linear algebra	FYS-1006 Introduction to signals and sensors
A1	MAT-1001 Calculus 1	FYS-0100 Basic physics	INF-1100 Programming fundamentals

The courses described in the table above by means of course name and code are compulsory course in the master’s programme.

For further information on evaluation/examination/assessment, see individual course descriptions.

Study sabbaticals abroad.
It is recommended that any such sabbaticals be undertaken in the third or the fourth year of the programme.

Field excursion to Andøya Rocket Range:
In the first term/semester there is a compulsory field excursion to Andøya Rocket Range

In order to qualify for a special branch/direction in Electrical Engineering one can choose among the following specialization cources:

FYS-2010 Digital imaging
FYS-3007 Microwave techniques 1
FYS-3009 Photonics
FYS-3011 Detection theory
FYS-3012 Pattern recognition
FYS-3013 Communications
INF-2200 Computer architecture and organization
MAT-2100 Complex analysis
STA-2003 Time series

Among the elective courses at least 10 credits (ECTS-credits) should be from the list of "Non-science elective courses. Elective science courses could be chosen among the following courses.

FYS-2001 Statistical physics and Thermodynamics
INF-1101 Data structures and algorithms
INF-2201 Operating systems fundamentals
MAT-2200 Differential equations MAT-3305 Cryptography and coding
STA-1002 2Probability and statistics
STA-2001 Stochastic processes
STA-2002 Theoretical statistics
STA-3000 Asymptotic theory
GEO-3118 Environmental geology