curriculum

MEE curriculum

Master MEE offers 2 types of academic paths:

• Academic path without intensification: If you want maximum flexibility in the elective subjects, choose this option. There are 35 compulsory ECTS credits and 35 ECTS to choose among the different elective options without any restriction. The master thesis has 20 ECTS.

• Academic path with intensification: If you want to be a specialist in one of the multiple areas of the electronic engineering, choose this option. There are 35 compulsory ECTS credits and among the 35 ECTS elective credits a minimum of 15 ECTS must be chosen from the intensification of your interest. The final thesis has 20 ECTS.

Subjects are structured in different blocks:

• Bridge subjects: To be taken by students whose academic profile is not a general bachelor of electrical/electronic engineering. The Academic Commission of the master assigns these courses to new students. These subjects do not extend the master as they use elective credits. In the following figure, the relation between bridge subjects and core subjects is shown. This information could be useful for students that are not comfortable with the level of the core or bridge subject because is too high or too low. At the beginning of every semester, this mismatch can be solved by replacing the enrolled subject by the corresponding subject of higher or lower level.

• Core subjects: Compulsory subjects. There is a lot of flexibility enrolling these subjects. The only limitation to consider is that in case of being assigned some bridge subjects, do not enrol the core subjects related to them until you have passed the bridge course (see figure above).

• Elective subjects: If the student does not want to follow any of the intensification tracks, any of the available elective subject can be chosen. In case of following an intensification track, the student must do a minimum of 15 ECTS of elective subjects from the chosen intensification track (Power Electronics, Semiconductor Technology,  Biomedical Engineering and Sensors, Innovation Management, Microelectronic Design, Embedded Systems and Microprocessor Design). For the intensification track in Green Microelectronics the student must do a minimum of 20 ECTS of elective subjects. If the student fulfils this requirement, the school will certify the followed intensification track.

• Elective credits: apart from elective subjects, these credits can be done with another activities like:

• Introduction to Research subjects

• Seminars

• Internships in companies or laboratories (10 ECTS)

• Recognized for professional experience in master's degree (10 ECTS maximum).

• Master's Thesis. The duration is 20 ECTS. You can develop Master thesis in companies or at the research groups. Check in Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica to see the diferent research groups where the student can develop his thesis.

Master structure

Enrolment guide:

First semester (30 ECTS): 6 core subjects.

Second semester (30 ECTS): The rest of core subjects + elective subjects. Without restrictions.

Third semester (30 ECTS): elective subjects+ Master thesis (20 ECTS). Without restrictions.
In case that bridge subjects are required, these will be enrolled in first and second semesters depending on the subject availability and the academic profile of each applicant.
Students can make mobility stays of half or full year to choose among a great number of foreign universities. Usually, the period is the third semester and/or the master's thesis during the fourth semester.
In case that the student is taking a double degree or a mobility stay all compulsory subjects must be passed during first and second semesters.

Internships in companies:

It is also possible to perform internships in companies. In the master's framework, these internships can be curricular equivalent to 10 elective ECTS, curricular to do the master's thesis or extracurricular (do not recognize credits). In the following link a list of companies that have received students in the last years can be found.