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The Master’s in electrical engineering is a comprehensive and open training which will provide the basics of extremely varied and advanced fields of application.  It aims to train engineers who will be able to meet future technological challenges in the scientific and technical fields relating to electricity and its applications, within an ever-changing European and global context. It opens up a variety of job perspectives. Upon graduating, students will master the mathematical and physical methods of electricity (circuits and measurements, electromagnetism, physical electronics) and will have acquired an in-depth training in at least one main discipline of electricity (electronics, telecommunications and signal processing, electrotechnology), as well as a solid basic knowledge of the others.  Students are allowed a lot of latitude in choosing elective courses, and this gives them the possibility to become either « non-specialized » or else « specialists » in a given field. Via a pedagogy which favours project work integrating various fields, the training aims to develop students’ critical mind, so as to be able to design, model,  carry through and experimentally validate complex devices, equipments and systems.

The curriculum of the MME will require a minimum total of 120 credits covering two years, with a minimum of 60 credits per year, and comprising:
-          a 30-credit core curriculum
-           specialist courses in electricity (30 credits)
-           one or more of the options or elective courses, detailed hereafter :
•         Electronics - electrotechnics - control
•         Telecommunications
•         Information and signal processing
•         Communication networks
•         Microwaves
•         Electronic circuits and systems
•         Nanotechnology
•         MEMS & NEMS
•         Photovoltaïc technologies
•         Cryptography & Information Security
•         Biomedical engineering
•         Management
•         Launching of small and medium-sized companies (CPME-limited acces)

Elective courses

The final thesis is generally written during the last year. However, students may choose to take any given course in the first or second year, subject to possible prerequisites. This will be the case in particular for students pursuing part of their education abroad.
 
If, in the course of his (her) former curriculum, a student has already been credited with a subject included in the compulsory or elective curriculum, or any training deemed equivalent by the diploma committee, this subject will be replaced by elective courses, while conforming to imposed constraints. The student is responsible for checking whether the minimum total number of credits has been reached, as well as those of the specialized field, which will appear on the final diploma.
The student’s curriculum will be submitted for acceptance by the relevant diploma committee.

-              Accessible complementary Master’s degrees:
Master’s in nuclear engineering
Master in nanotechnologies

-           Accessible Ph. D. curricula 
The department of electrical engineering is one of those with the largest number of doctoral students.  Members of the department are involved in many thematic Ph. D. schools, some of these having been active for many years, others currently being set up.  A list of these  thematic Ph. D. schools can be obtained from the chairperson of the Ph. D. committee relating to "Engineering sciences and the Art of building and town planning " of the Académie Universitaire Louvain or on the FNRS Website http://www1.FNRS.BE

No object.

Several options of this program being taught in English, but not all, prior knowledge of French is not compulsary but depends on elected courses.

University Bachelors
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
UCL Bachelors
Bachelor in engineering [180.0]	Major or minor in electricity	Direct access	A student with no major in electricity nor an option deemed equivalent, but with a minor in electricity or an option deemed equivalent, will submit a programme suited to his (her) situation in agreement with an advisor who is a member of Electrical engineering diploma committee. To this end, the student may choose 15 credits from amongst the elective courses of  the Master's in electrical engineering curriculum
Bachelor in engineering [180.0]		Access with additional training	A student with no major nor minor in electricity  shall submit an application to the Electrical enginnering diploma committee, including a detailed past curriculum (courses and grades by year). The committee will propose a customized curriculum by drawing on the volume of elective courses of the  Master's in electrical engineering , and imposing, if necessary, up to 15 additional credits.
Autres bacheliers		On the file: direct access or access with additional training
Belgian Bachelors of the French speaking Community
Bachelier en sciences de l'ingénieur - orientation ingénieur civil	Avoir suivi  les options spécifiques relatives à l’électricité dans l'institution d'origine	Direct access
Bachelier en sciences de l'ingénieur - orientation ingénieur civil		Access with additional training	L'étudiant n'ayant suivi au préalable aucune option en électricité introduit un dossier auprès de la commission de programme ingénieur civil électricien, mentionnant son curriculum détaillé (liste des cours suivis et points obtenus, année par année). La commission propose à l'étudiant un programme adapté à sa situation, en utilisant à cet effet une partie du volume de cours au choix du programme du master ingénieur civil électricien et éventuellement en imposant, le cas échéant jusqu'à 15 crédits complémentaires de formation.
Bachelor in engineering	With specific options in former institution related to electricity	Direct access
Bachelor in engineering		Access with additional training	A student with no former option in electricity shall submit an application to the Electrical enginnering diploma committee, including a detailed past curriculum (courses and grades by year). The committee will propose a customized curriculum by drawing on the volume of elective courses of the  Master's in electrical engineering , and imposing, if necessary, up to 15 additional credits.
Belgian Bachelors of the Dutch speaking Community
Bachelor in engineering	With specific options in former institution related to electricity	Direct access
Bachelor in engineering		Access with additional training	A student with no former option in electricity shall submit an application to the Electrical enginnering diploma committee, including a detailed past curriculum (courses and grades by year). The committee will propose a customized curriculum by drawing on the volume of elective courses of the  Master's in electrical engineering , and imposing, if necessary, up to 15 additional credits.
Foreign Bachelors
Bachelor in engineering	Bachelors from the Cluster network	Direct access	Conditions imposed on UCL Engineering Bachelor.
Bachelor in engineering	Other institutions	Access with additional training	The student shall submit an application to the Faculty of applied sciences, including a detailed past curriculum (courses and grades by year). The Faculty, after consulting the relevant programme committee, will decide as to the applicant’s admissibility pursuant to rules relative to links between degrees. If necessary the Faculty can propose a customized curriculum, by drawing on the volume of elective courses of the relevant engineering Master’s curriculum and, if necessary, up to 15 additional credits.
Non university Bachelors
Diploma		Access	Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
> BA en sciences industrielles - type long		Accès au master moyennant réussite d'une année préparatoire de max. 60 crédits	Type long
Holders of a 2nd cycle University degree
Diploma	Special Requirements	Access	Remarks
"Licenciés"
Engineers considered equivalent to corresponding bachelors		Direct access
Masters
Master s in engineering		Direct access
Holders of a non-University 2nd cycle degree
Diploma		Access	Remarks
> Find out more about links to the university
> MA en sciences de l'ingénieur industriel (toutes finalités) > MA en sciences industrielles (toutes finalités)		Accès direct au master moyennant ajout éventuel de 15 crédits max	Type long

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Reminder : all Masters (apart from Advanced Masters) are also accessible on file.

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• Features favouring interdisciplinarity
The training of the Master's in electrical engineering touches upon fields such as computing, nanotechnology, control theory, information and communication technology. 15 credits of compulsory courses in the core curriculum are devoted to computing, applied mathematics and control theory (the latter already appears in the Bachelor’s curriculum for students majoring in electricity). As regards elective courses, the diploma committee encourages students to broaden their training by choosing courses offered by other departments. This explains why most options include courses with MAPR, INGI, INMA, or MATH acronyms. Moreover, a dozen ELEC courses are accessible to students of other Master’s, as long as they have taken the introductory course on electrical and electronic circuits or that of advanced topics in electricity.

• Variety of teaching situations
The training is based on a policy of active learning which combines, theory, tutorials, laboratory work and projects.  One feature is an interdisciplinary project which allows students to design, model, create and test a system which requires a wide spectrum of specialized knowledge and adds to the project-based approach which is already present in the ELEC Bachelor’s major and minor. It should also be noted that the proposed final projects often aim to integrate students into the department’s research teams. Consequently, the teaching activities are fed by research activities, which become a breeding-ground for hiring future researchers (a final project often becomes a starting point for a Ph.D. or leads to a scientific paper or a conference presentation). Depending on the case, students will be required to produce group or individual efforts.

• Variety of learning situations
The variety of learning situations is based on the synergies between formal lectures, tutorials and projects via a classical engineering sequence, viz. : modelling – simulation – creation – experimental validation.  Depending on the case, students will be required to produce group or individual efforts. For some subjects, e-learning will allow students to progress at their own pace and perform virtual experiments. This variety of situations helps students build their knowledge in an iterative and progressive manner, while developing their autonomy, and their organizational, time management and communication skills.  The most advanced computing tools (hardware, software, networks) are at their disposal. The option in company launching is based on an interactive approach emphasizing "problem-based" learning.  Throughout the programme, students of this option are asked to perform group work in multidisciplinary teams. Their final project is designed to be multidisciplinary so as to allow groups of three students, ideally from different faculties, to work on a company launching project .

All learning activities are assessed as prescribed by the University internal regulations (see exam regulations), viz. written and oral exams, laboratory exams, individual or group work, public presentation of projects and final thesis.

* Global framework

The Louvain School of Engineering (LSE) has taken part, since their inception, in all the various mobility programmes which have been set up at both the European and world levels.
 
The numerous contacts it has with professional circles, notably via its Advisory Board, have demonstrated  to what extent employers are favourably impressed by a mobility experience in someone’s CV. The ever-increasing internationalization of research via networks linking laboratories throughout the world, speaks in favour of encouraging this mobility.
 
Students’ interest is aroused at the end of their Bachelor studies, notably via intensive courses such as those of the ATHENS or BEST networks.
 
In the course of the two-year Master’s programme, students are encouraged to take part in a 1- or 2-semester exchange scheme
 
Within Belgium, the LSE is involved in a privileged partnership with the Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, with whom it has set up an exchange scheme relating to the first year of the Master’s curriculum.

At the European level, the LSE is strongly involved in the CLUSTER excellence network. This network encourages internal mobility, since this is a guarantee of quality as concerns both the level of teaching and the hosting of exchange students. Moreover, Cluster partners have signed an agreement recognizing each other’s Bachelor’s curricula. This agreement stipulates that all Bachelors of network institutions will have access to the Master’s studies in any institution on a par with local students.

Outside Europe, the LSE is a partner in the Magalhaes network, which groups about fifteen European universities together with the best South American science and technology universities.

Besides these network partnerships, the Faculty has also signed a number of individual agreements with various universities in Europe, North America or elsewhere in the world. A list of these agreements may be found on the website of UCL International Relations.

UCL is also a partner in the TIME programme which gives students the opportunity to obtain two engineering degrees, via a specifically tailored curriculum.

* International possibilities (for UCL students)
 
Besides intensive courses which are one component of international relations, EPL students with outstanding results are encouraged to apply for 5- or 10-month exchange programmes.

 

When taking place during the first Master’s year, exchanges are generally 10 months long. In the second year, they only last for a semester, either as courses or else research in a foreign laboratory as a complement to the final thesis.
 
Some other more specific exchange programmes have been set up with South America, where the academic year is naturally on an “austral” basis.
 
Students are informed about the various exchange programmes as from their second Bachelor’s year. They are encouraged to prepare for their exchange in a timely manner, notably by taking language courses at the Modern Languages Institute of UCL.
 
* International appeal (for non-residents)

 

Foreign students within the CLUSTER network enjoy the same status as local UCL students as concerns admission to Master’s studies.
The Erasmus Mundus programme affords non-European students the possibility of a Master's in electrical engineering within the MERIT project.

 

* Partner programmes

 

- Erasmus Mundus MERIT programme, jointly managed with Politecnico Milano, Karlsruhe University and Barcelona UPC.  This European-level excellence programme relates to information and communication technologies.  It is an alternative to the Master's in electrical engineering which students may apply for with the agreement of the ad-hoc department committee.

- TIME programme with :

- Ecole Centrale Paris
- Supaero Toulouse
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

- Politecnico di Milano

- Politecnico di Torino

- The LSE has also signed a specific convention with the Insitut Français du Pétrole which allows the possibility of combining the second Master's year with the first year of the complementary programme at IFP.

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LELEC2990	Travail de fin d'études	N.		28credits			x
Religion courses for student in exact sciences The student shall select2 credits among
LTECO2100	Questions of religious sciences: biblical readings	Hans Ausloos	15h	2credits	1q	x	x
LTECO2200	Questions of religious sciences: reflections about christian faith	Dominique Martens	15h	2credits	2q	x	x
LTECO2300	Questions of religious sciences: questions about ethics	Philippe Cochinaux	15h	2credits	1q	x	x

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LELEC2531	Design and Architecture of digital electronic systems	Jean-Didier Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x
LELEC2795	Radiation and communication systems	Christophe Craeye, Danielle Janvier	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x
LELEC2103	Project in Electricity 3 : Electronic systems	Jean-Didier Legat, Piotr Sobieski, Luc Vandendorpe	75h	5credits	1+2q	x
LELEC2900	Signal processing	Benoît Macq, Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x
LINGI2315	Design of Embedded and real-time systems	Jean-Didier Legat, Marc Lobelle	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x
LINMA1731	Stochastic processes : Estimation and prediction	Pierre-Antoine Absil, Luc Vandendorpe (coord.)	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x

The option in electronics - electrotechnology - control (EEA) aims to provide an in-depth training in electromechanics and controls. Students will also end up with the basics of power electronics and electrical energy networks.  They will master the main aspects of the use of electricity as an energy vector.

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L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 16 to 24 credits among
Cours obligatoires en électronique et électrotechnique (16credits)
LELEC2520	ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS	Emmanuel De Jaeger, Noël Janssens	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2660	Power electronics	Francis Labrique	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2313	Dynamic modelling and control of electromechanical converters	Emmanuel De Jaeger, Bruno Dehez	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2104	Actuation systems : project	Emmanuel De Jaeger, Bruno Dehez	0h + 30h	3credits	2q	x	x
Cours au choix en électrotechnique
LELEC2311	PHYSICS OF ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERTERS	Bruno Dehez	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2595	Power quality	Emmanuel De Jaeger	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2670	Renewable and non conventional sources of electrical energy	Pascal Jacques, Hervé Jeanmart, Ernest Matagne	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x

The telecommunications option aims to  :
- give an overview of the overall organisation of communication networks and systems, with or without wires
- show how communications fit into the unified framework of information theory, covering data compression (source coding) and the introduction of redundancy (channel coding)
- examine the various components of modern modems, as well as systematic design methods for detection and estimation units
- apply these modem and system design methods to the particular case of wireless communications.
Thanks to this option, the student will master the important concepts of IP networks, GSM-type access networks, UMTS, DSL as well as newer communication methods.

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Cette option est incompatible avec celle "Réseaux de communications". L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 20 to 25 credits among
Cours obligatoires en télécommunications
LELEC2880	Modem design	Jérôme Louveaux, Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2920	Communication networks	Sébastien Lugan (supplée Benoît Macq), Benoît Macq	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2796	Wireless communications	Claude Oestges (coord.), Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINGI2348	Information theory and coding	Jérôme Louveaux, Benoît Macq (coord.), Olivier Pereira	30h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
Cours au choix en télécommunications
LINMA1702	Applied mathematics : Optimization I	Vincent Blondel, François Glineur (coord.)	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2590	Seminars in electronics and communications	Denis Flandre (coord.), Isabelle Huynen, Jérôme Louveaux	30h	3credits	2q	x	x

This option is commun to the following masters in engineering : electricity, electromechanics and applied mathematics. Its objective is to provide the students with new tools related to graphs, discrete mathematics, matrices and optimization; the student can exploit these tools for example in problems of communications, analysis and recognition of data and signals, cryptography and system identification.

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Cours préalable en traitement de l'information et du signal Les étudiants qui n'ont pas suivi LINMA 1510 ou un équivalent au cours de leur parcours antérieur doivent l'inclure dans leur programme d'option. Dans ce cas le minimum de crédits requis par l'option passe à 20 crédits
LINMA1510	Linear Control	Denis Dochain	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Cours obligatoires (ELEC/ELME) / conseillés (MAP) en traitement du signal
LINGI2348	Information theory and coding	Jérôme Louveaux, Benoît Macq (coord.), Olivier Pereira	30h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2870	Machine Learning : regression, dimensionality reduction and data visualization	Michel Verleysen	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2885	Image processing and computer vision	Christophe De Vleeschouwer (coord.), Laurent Jacques (supplée Benoît Macq), Benoît Macq	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Cours au choix en traitement du signal
LELEC2880	Modem design	Jérôme Louveaux, Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINGI2262	Machine Learning :classification and evaluation	Pierre Dupont	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINMA2111	Discrete mathematics II : Algorithms and complexity	Vincent Blondel	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMAT2450	Cryptography	Olivier Pereira	30h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINMA2875	System Identification	Julien Hendrickx	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Cours au choix exclusivement pour les étudiants du master ELEC/ELME
LINMA1691	Discrete mathematics - Graph theory and algorithms	Vincent Blondel	30h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINMA1702	Applied mathematics : Optimization I	Vincent Blondel, François Glineur (coord.)	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINMA2380	Matrix theory	Paul Van Dooren	30h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
Cours au choix uniquement pour les étudiants du master MAP
LELEC1360	TELECOMMUNICATIONS	Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2900	Signal processing	Benoît Macq, Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x

This option is common to Master's in electrical and computer science engineering .  It may not be chosen along with the « telecommunications » option. Courses already taken in other sections of the Master's in electrical or computer science engineering cannot be validated within this option.
The option in communication Networks aims to allow the student to :
-     understand and be able to implement the various devices and protocols involved in fixed and mobile networks, with an emphasis to the requirements of applications (including multimedia),
-     design, configure and manage fixed and mobile networks with an emphasis to the requirements of applications (including multimedia),
-     understand and be able to design mobile wireless communication systems from the physical up to the application level.

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Pour pouvoir suivre cette option, les étudiants INFO doivent avoir suivi la majeure ou la mineure ELEC dans leur programme de bachelier et prendre un minimum de 27 crédits. Les étudiants ELEC doivent avoir suivi la majeure ou la mineure INFO dans leur programme de bachelier et sélectionner from 25 to 30 credits among
Compulsory courses for ELEC and INFO Master’s students
LELEC2796	Wireless communications	Claude Oestges (coord.), Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2920A	Communication networks	Sébastien Lugan	30h + 30h	2credits	1q	x	x
LINGI2348	Information theory and coding	Jérôme Louveaux, Benoît Macq (coord.), Olivier Pereira	30h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
Compulsory courses for ELEC Master's students
LINGI2141	Computer networks: information transfer	Olivier Bonaventure	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINGI2349	Network and communication seminar	Gildas Avoine, Olivier Bonaventure	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
Compulsory courses for INFO Master's students
LINGI2142	Computer networks: configuration and management	Olivier Bonaventure	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Elective courses for ELEC and INFO Master's students
LINMA2470	Discrete stochastic models	Philippe Chevalier	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LSINF2345	Languages and algorithms for distributed applications	Peter Van Roy	30h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINGI2144	Secured systems engineering	Gildas Avoine	30h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINGI2346	Distributed application design	Marc Lobelle	30h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINGI2347	Computer system security	Gildas Avoine	30h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMAT2450	Cryptography	Olivier Pereira	30h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAT2440	Number theory	Olivier Pereira, Jean-Pierre Tignol	30h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
Elective courses for INFO Master's students
LELEC2795	Radiation and communication systems	Christophe Craeye, Danielle Janvier	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2900	Signal processing	Benoît Macq, Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINMA1731	Stochastic processes : Estimation and prediction	Pierre-Antoine Absil, Luc Vandendorpe (coord.)	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINGI2315	Design of Embedded and real-time systems	Jean-Didier Legat, Marc Lobelle	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Elective courses for ELEC Master's students
LINGI2142	Computer networks: configuration and management	Olivier Bonaventure	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x

The aim of the microwaves option is to provide students with the basic knowledge needed in designing, simulating and  creating microwave devices and circuits, including antennas, as well a scharacterizing them and inserting them into communication and detection circuits, and finally, modelling and measuring the transmission channel. This option involves both the design of devices and circuits, numerical simulation of devices and channels, and also microwave measurement of devices and transmission channels.

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LELEC2580	Design of RF and microwave communication circuits	Danielle Janvier, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2700	Microwave	Isabelle Huynen, Danielle Janvier	30h + 45h	6credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2910	Antennas and propagation	Christophe Craeye, Piotr Sobieski	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Cours au choix en hyperfréquences
LELEC2541	Advanced electronic devices	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2590	Seminars in electronics and communications	Denis Flandre (coord.), Isabelle Huynen, Jérôme Louveaux	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2796	Wireless communications	Claude Oestges (coord.), Luc Vandendorpe	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMECA2300	Advanced Numerical Methods	Christophe Craeye, Vincent Legat, Jean-François Remacle	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x

The objective of this option, which is common to the Master's in electrical and electromechanical engineering  , is to introduce the student to systematic design techniques, computer simulation, manufacturing and experimental characterization of electronic components and circuits, both analogue and numerical, as well as mixed systems  combining these components types. The emphasis is placed on practice, applications and project work.

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Cours obligatoire en circuits et systèmes électroniques
LELEC2532	Design and Architecture of analog electronic systems	Denis Flandre, Jean-Didier Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Cours au choix circuits et systèmes électroniques
LELEC2570	Synthesis of digital integrated circuits	Jean-Didier Legat	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2590	Seminars in electronics and communications	Denis Flandre (coord.), Isabelle Huynen, Jérôme Louveaux	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2620	Modeling and implementation of analog and mixed analog/digital circuits and systems on chip	David Bol	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2650	Synthesis of analog integrated circuits	Denis Flandre	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2660	Power electronics	Francis Labrique	30h + 15h	4credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2760	Secure electronic circuits and systems	François-Xavier Standaert	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x

This option is common to the Master’s degrees in  electrical engineering, electromechanical engineering, applied physics engineering, and chemistry and materials science engineering, and aims to introduce the student to the physics and simulation of materials and the devices used in the fields of micro- and nano-electronics, to ,the properties, manufacturing and characterization methods of micro- and nano-structures the operational modes of nano-devices, and the development and integration of  (bio-)organic components into nano-systems.

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Physique des nano-structures et nano-matériaux Pour participer aux cours proposés dans cette rubrique, il est recommandé d'avoir déjà suivi au préalable un cours de Physique des Matériaux, comme par exemple le cours MAPR 1492. Les cours MAPR 2451 et 2471 ne sont pas accessibles aux étudiants du master ingénieur civil physicien.
LMAPR2015	Physics of Nanostructures	Jean-Christophe Charlier (coord.), Xavier Gonze, Luc Piraux	37.5h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2451	Study of materials at the atomic scale	Jean-Christophe Charlier, Xavier Gonze (coord.)	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMAPR2471	Transport phenomena in solids and nanostructures	Jean-Christophe Charlier, Luc Piraux (coord.)	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LPHY2273	Cryophysique et questions spéciales de supraconductivité	Vincent Bayot, Luc Piraux (coord.)	45h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LFUND2908	Théorie quantique de l'état solide organique	N.		3credits		x	x
Nano- et micro-dispositifs semi-conducteurs Pour participer aux cours proposés dans cette rubrique, il est recommandé d'avoir déjà suivi au préalable un cours d'électronique physique ou de dispositifs semiconducteurs, comme par exemple un des cours ELEC 1330 ou ELEC 1755.
LELEC2541	Advanced electronic devices	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2550	Special electronic devices	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2710	NANOELECTRONICS	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Micro- et nano-ingénierie
LELEC2560	Micro and nanofabrication techniques	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Laurent Francis, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2895	Design of micro and nanosystems	Denis Flandre, Laurent Francis, Thomas Pardoen, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2012	Macromolecular Nanotechnology	Sophie Demoustier, Jean-François Gohy, Alain Jonas, Bernard Nysten (coord.)	45h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMAPR2631	Solid surface analysis and treatment	Patrick Bertrand (coord.), Arnaud Delcorte (supplée Patrick Bertrand), Bernard Nysten	37.5h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x

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Les étudiants qui suivent cette option doivent avoir suivi au préalable une mineure ELEC, FYKI ou MECA. L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 15 to 28 credits among
Cours obligatoiress en MEMS & NEMS
LELEC2560	Micro and nanofabrication techniques	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Laurent Francis, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2895	Design of micro and nanosystems	Denis Flandre, Laurent Francis, Thomas Pardoen, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Cours au choix en MEMS & NEMS
LELEC2590	Seminars in electronics and communications	Denis Flandre (coord.), Isabelle Huynen, Jérôme Louveaux	30h	3credits	2q	x	x
LMAPR2015	Physics of Nanostructures	Jean-Christophe Charlier (coord.), Xavier Gonze, Luc Piraux	37.5h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2020	Materials Selection	Christian Bailly, Thomas Pardoen	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LPHY2246	Basses pressions et physique du vide	Laurent Francis, Benoît Hackens	30h	5credits	1q	x	x

This option concerns a major industrial and societal thematics. It is common for the students in ELEC, KIMA and FYAP engineering masters. From prior basic knowledge in physics of electronics, the option firstly targets to master the internal operation of photovoltaic solar cells, and next an extension through optional application- or advanced R&D-orientedcourses towards their fabrication, quantum or optical properties, thin film materials, electrical network connection…

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LELEC1330 est un prérequis pour cette option. LMAPR 1805, LMAPR 1492 et LMAPR 2014 peuvent l'être également en fonction des cours au choix retenus par l'étudiant. Il sélectionne from 20 to 30 credits among
Cours obligatoire de l'option en technologies photovoltaïques (5credits)
LELEC2550	Special electronic devices	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Cours au choix de l'option en technologies photovoltaïques from 15 to 25 credits among
Orientation cellules solaires Les étudiants ne peuvent choisir simultanément les cours LELEC 2710 et LMAPR 2015
LELEC2560	Micro and nanofabrication techniques	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Laurent Francis, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2710	NANOELECTRONICS	Vincent Bayot (coord.), Denis Flandre, Jean-Pierre Raskin	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAPR2015	Physics of Nanostructures	Jean-Christophe Charlier (coord.), Xavier Gonze, Luc Piraux	37.5h + 22.5h	5credits	1q	x	x
LPHY2141	Optique et lasers	Philippe Antoine, Alain Cornet	30h + 10h	5credits	1q	x	x
Orientation couches minces
LMAPR2020	Materials Selection	Christian Bailly, Thomas Pardoen	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LMAPR2672	Processing of ceramics, powder metallurgy and surface treatments	Francis Delannay, Jean-Pierre Erauw, Joris Proost	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LPHY2246	Basses pressions et physique du vide	Laurent Francis, Benoît Hackens	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Orientation réseau électrique
LELEC2595	Power quality	Emmanuel De Jaeger	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2670	Renewable and non conventional sources of electrical energy	Pascal Jacques, Hervé Jeanmart, Ernest Matagne	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x

Offered in the programs of master in computer engineering, electrical engineering and mathematical engineering, this option provides competences enabling students to answer a broad spectrum of questions in cryptography and information security, ranging from the understanding of algorithmic and mathematical foundations to the engineering of practical solutions in constrained electronic devices and large computer systems.

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Cours obligatoires ELEC,INFO, et MAP
LMAT2450	Cryptography	Olivier Pereira	30h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINGI2347	Computer system security	Gildas Avoine	30h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2760	Secure electronic circuits and systems	François-Xavier Standaert	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Cours au choix ELEC INFO et MAP Pour être validés dans l'option, ces cours nécessitent la validation préalable des cours LELEC 2760, LINGI 2347 et LMAT 2450
LINGI2144	Secured systems engineering	Gildas Avoine	30h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
LINGI2348	Information theory and coding	Jérôme Louveaux, Benoît Macq (coord.), Olivier Pereira	30h + 15h	5credits	2q	x	x
LINMA2111	Discrete mathematics II : Algorithms and complexity	Vincent Blondel	30h + 22.5h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2620	Modeling and implementation of analog and mixed analog/digital circuits and systems on chip	David Bol	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LELEC2870	Machine Learning : regression, dimensionality reduction and data visualization	Michel Verleysen	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LMAT2440	Number theory	Olivier Pereira, Jean-Pierre Tignol	30h + 15h	5credits	1q	x	x
Cours au choix ELEC et MAP Pour être validé dans l'option, ce cours nécessite la validation préalable des cours LELEC2760, LINGI 2347 et LMAT 2450
LINGI2141	Computer networks: information transfer	Olivier Bonaventure	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x

This option is common to most engineering Master’s, and aims to ensure the training of engineers who will be capable of meeting future technological challenges in the scientific and technical fields relating to biomedical engineering.  This option will provide students with the basics in various fields of biomedical engineering, such as  bioinstrumentation, les biomaterials, medical imaging, mathematical modelling, artificial organs and  rehabilitation, biomechanics.  Thanks to a collaboration between the Engineering and Medical schools, the training will be interdisciplinary, with engineering skills being applied to the complex and varied biomedical field.

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Compulsory courses in biomedical engineering Students who have chosen this option shall select at least 15 credits from amongst the following compulsory courses, except engineering Master's students in computer science who shall take 30 credits including LGBIO 2010.
LGBIO2010	Bioinformatics	Yves Deville, Michel Ghislain	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LGBIO2020	Bioinstrumentation	André Mouraux, Michel Verleysen	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LGBIO2030	Biomaterials	Sophie Demoustier, Christine Dupont, Gaëtane Leloup (coord.)	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LGBIO2040	Biomechanics	Emilie Marchandise	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
LGBIO2050	Medical Imaging	Anne Bol, John Lee (supplée Benoît Macq), Benoît Macq, Frank Peeters	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LGBIO2060	Modeliing of biological systems	Philippe Lefèvre	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LGBIO2070	Artificial organs and rehabilitation	Luc-Marie Jacquet, Philippe Lefèvre, Renaud Ronsse	30h + 30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Elective courses in biomedical engineering for ELEC students
LELEC2870	Machine Learning : regression, dimensionality reduction and data visualization	Michel Verleysen	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LELEC2885	Image processing and computer vision	Christophe De Vleeschouwer (coord.), Laurent Jacques (supplée Benoît Macq), Benoît Macq	30h + 30h	5credits	1q	x	x

This option is common to most Master’s in engineering, and aims to familiarize students with the basics of company management.

 

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Cette option ne peut être prise simultanément avec l'option création de petites et moyennes entreprises. Le cours FSA 2240 ne fait pas partie de cette option pour les étudiants GCE. L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 16 to 20 credits among
LFSA2140	Elements of industrial laws	Fernand De Visscher, Fernand De Visscher, Fernand De Visscher, Werner Derycke, Werner Derycke, Werner Derycke, Bénédicte Inghels, Bénédicte Inghels, Bénédicte Inghels	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFSA2230	Introduction to management and to business economics	Benoît Gailly	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LFSA1290	Introduction to financial and accounting management	Gerrit Sarens	30h + 15h	4credits	2q	x	x
LFSA2245	Environment and Enterprise	Thierry Bréchet	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFSA2235	Project management	N.	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFSA2210	Organisation and human resources	John Cultiaux	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
Alternative to the Management option for computer science students Computer science students who have already followed various courses of this discipline during their Bachelor's curriculum shall select between 16 and 20 credits in the program "mineure en gestion pour les sciences informatiques" http://www.uclouvain.be/prog-2011-mingest3.html

This option is common to most Master’s in engineering, and aims to familiarize students with the basic specificities of  SMCs, entrepreneurship and launching, so as to develop the skills, knowledge and tools required in launching a company. Access is limited to a small number of students chosen on the basis of motivation and individual interviews. The motivation applications for this option must be submitted before the start of the academic year, to:
Secrétariat CPME - Place des Doyens 1 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (tél 10/47 84 59).
Selected students will replace the final thesis of the core curriculum by a specific thesis in company launching (same number of credits).

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Un ensemble d'informations complémentaires sur cette option sont disponibles à l'adresse http://www.uclouvain.be/cpme . Cette option ne peut être prise simultanément avec l'option en gestion/management. L'étudiant qui choisit cette option sélectionne from 20 to 30 credits among
Compulsory courses
LCPME2001	Entrepreneurship Theory (in French)	Frank Janssen	30h	5credits	1q	x
LCPME2003	Business plan of the creation of a company (in French)	Frank Janssen	30h	5credits	2q		x
LCPME2002	Managerial, legal and economic aspects of the creation of a company (in French)	Régis Coeurderoy, Yves De Cordt, Marine Falize (supplée null)	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
LCPME2004	Advanced seminar on Enterpreneurship (in French)	Frank Janssen	30h	5credits	2q	x	x
Prerequisite CPME course Students who have not taken a management course within their former curriculum shall include LCPME2000 in their current curriculum.
LCPME2000	Venture creation financement and management I	Régis Coeurderoy, Olivier Giacomin (supplée Régis Coeurderoy), Paul Vanzeveren	30h	5credits	1+2q	x

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En fonction des options choisies, l'étudiant complète, si nécessaire, son programme par des cours au choix pour atteindre 60 crédits pour l'ensemble des "options et cours au choix" :
LFSA2351A	Group dynamics	Piotr Sobieski	15h + 30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LFSA2351B	Group dynamics	Piotr Sobieski	15h + 30h	3credits	2q	x	x
Advanced courses Students should note that any course appearing in the options of their Master’s, but not selected as such, remains a possible elective.
General knowledge courses Students can also include in their curriculum any course given at UCL or FIW / KULeuven subject to approval of the program committee.
Short term exchanges Students may include in their curriculum any BEST or ATHENS cours subject to approval by the Program committee. These courses are worth 2 credits
Languages Students may include in their electives any language course of the Institute of Modern Languages (ILV) for a maximum of 3 credits within the 120 basic credits of their Masters. Their attention is drawn to the following professional insertion seminars:
LNEER2500	Seminar of professional integration: Dutch - intermediate level	Isabelle Demeulenaere (coord.), Mariken Smit	30h	3credits		x	x
LNEER2600	Seminar of professional integration: Dutch - upper-intermediate level	Isabelle Demeulenaere	30h	3credits		x	x
LALLE2500	German - Seminar of professional integration, intermediate level	Caroline Klein, Ann Rinder (coord.)	30h	3credits	1+2q	x	x
LALLE2501	German - Seminar of professional integration, intermediate level	Caroline Klein, Ann Rinder (coord.)	30h	5credits	1+2q	x	x
LESPA2600	Séminaire d'insertion professionnelle - espagnol	Isabel Baeza Varela, Carmen Vallejo Villamor (supplée Isabel Baeza Varela)	30h	3credits	1q	x	x
LESPA2601	Spanish - Seminar of professional integration	Natalia Jeronimo Alonso (supplée null), Paula Lorente Fernandez (coord.)	30h	5credits	1q	x	x
Humanities A list of interesting humanities courses is available at the secretariat of the program committee. Students may choose a maximum of 6 credits. This possibility is however not offerred to students who have chosen to specialize in Management or Company launching.
Company training periods Students may include in their curriculum a company training period worth 10 credits. However, if this activity is related to their final thesis, they shall choose the 5-credit LFSA 2996 course.
LFSA2995	Stage en entreprise	Claude Oestges, Claude Oestges, Claude Oestges	30h	10credits		x	x
LFSA2996	Stage en entreprise	N.		5credits		x	x