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Study programme 2015-2016

Teaching and training



 An essential challenge in the training of electrical engineers is the wide variety of elements that must be mastered, which range from knowledge about hardware and software to technology and mathematics to theoretical experiments in modern electricity and its different disciplines to the ability to use a wide variety of applications on a wide scale from small (such as micro-nano-technology) to big (such as spatial communication).

This programme offers diverse professional perspectives in a variety of industrial sectors: the design and achievement [of a project], installation, real time programming, security, marketing, the analysis of given signals from electronic systems, communication networks, information or receptors, electrical equipment used in industrial production, biomedical transport, aerospace, energy and sustainable development.

This Master’s programme builds on students’ existing knowledge of electricity acquired as part of their Bachelor’s degree program including mathematical and physical approaches to electricity (circuits and measures, electromagnetism, physical electronics) as well as key related fields (electronics, telecommunications, signals, and electrotechnology). By the end of their Master’s programme in electrical engineering (ELEC), students will have acquired (through their major coursework) in-depth knowledge of the following fields: electronics, electromagnetism, communication, information technologies, mathematics, and system design.

In addition, students may choose between a more general type of major and one that is more specialized (such as a major in a specific technological field).

In its entirety, the programme offers an introduction to industrialisation and research as well as to jobs in production and design or doctoral programmes in R&D.

This Master’s programme in electrical engineering is a multipurpose training programme allowing students to acquire expertise in a wide and specialized variety of fields. Its objective is to create engineers who are capable of meeting future technological challenges in the scientific and technical fields linked to electricity and in the context of the rapidly changing circumstances of Europe and the world.

On successful completion of this programme, each student is able to :
1.Show the mastery of a solid body of knowledge in basic and engineering sciences, permitting him/her to understand and solve problems that are raised by electricity (Axis 1)

2.Organise and carry out an applied engineering process applied to the development of a product (and/or a service) corresponding to a need or a problem specific to the field of electricity (Axis 2)

3.Organize and carry out research projects in order to learn about a physical phenomenon or a new problem relating to electricity. (Axis 3)

4.As part of a team, carry out a multidisciplinary project keeping in mind its objectives, allocated resources and relevant constraints. (Axis 4)

5.Communicate effectively (speaking or writing in French or a foreign language) with the goal of carrying out assigned projects. (Axis 5)

6.Demonstrate rigor, openness and critical and ethical awareness in your work: validate the socio-technical relevance of a hypothesis or a solution. (Axis 6)