MSc in Telematics - Communication Networks and Networked Services

- About the Master programme

Overview
The Master of Science in Telematics – Communication Networks and Networked Services is a two year international master program. The students can choose among the specialisations:
- Networks and quality of service
- Services and systems engineering
- Information security

The goals of this Master program are to educate academic engineers with profound knowledge of Telematics for the multi-fold of needs of the actors in the commercial and public domain. As a basis for the specialisations you will get thorough and profound knowledge and skills within common topics such as: access and transport networks, dependability and performance, information security, networked services and applications, network and service management, engineering of distributed systems, and multimedia networking. With this competence as a basis you will learn advanced topics within your chosen specialisation.

The program offers advanced laboratories for exercises in courses and in project and master thesis work. The master thesis is performed in close cooperation with your advisor. There are also good opportunities to perform the master thesis in collaboration with industry, network and service providers, government agencies, consulting companies and research institutes. The language of instruction in the Master program is English. Student advisers will be available for consultancy and advice on recommended courses and carrier issues. There is no tuition fee for the master program.

Study plan
The Master programme constitutes 120 ECTS of courses and projects. Each of the two study years are divided into two semesters, starting in august and january, respectively. The 1.semester starts in august. In each semester, the students are expected to follow 30 ECTS of courses or projects. Students admitted to the International Master in Telematics will follow the study plan outlined below:

Course overview
1. semester
TTM4105 Access and Transport Networks (7.5 ECTS)
TTM4110 Dependability and Performance with Discrete Event Simulation (7.5 ECTS)
TTM4142 Networked Multimedia Systems (7.5 ECTS)
TTM4150 Internet Network Architecture (7.5 ECTS)

2. semester
TTM4115 Engineering Distributed Real-time Systems (7.5 ECTS)
TTM4128 Network and Service Management (7.5 ECTS)
TTM4135 Information Security (7.5 ECTS)
Elective course1) (7.5 ECTS)

3. semester
Specialization project (15 ECTS)
Specialization course (7.5 ECTS)
Elective course2) (7.5 ECTS)

4. semester
Master Thesis (30 ECTS)

The specialization project and master thesis are conducted in close collaboration with faculty. There are also good opportunities to write the specialization project and master thesis in collaboration with industry.