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English-language Master program - Information and Communication Systems

English-language Master program - Information and Communication Systems (ICS)

General Information

This new English-language master's program covers a wide range of modules with the focus on future challenges in the fields of Information and Communication Systems. The program´s target audience consists of international and German students holding at least a Bachelor degree in Information and Communication Technology, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science and with English language skills equivalent to the European B2 or Unicert 2 level. For students that are interested in specializing their knowledge in Information and Communication Systems the master's program offers an excellent opportunity to learn in an international environment being well prepared both for a career in academia as well in the global I&C industry. The Chemnitz University of Technology ranks among the top seven research-based universities in Germany and imposes no tuition fees.
A summary of the program´s structure and information can be found in this flyer.

Most of the lectures of the Master's programm are given by professors of the Institute of Information Technology which is part of the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (EEIT). These professors have a sound background from industry and research.


Admission requirements

Bachelor´s degree or an equivalent degree in electrical engineering or science, or in a related field from Chemnitz University of Technology, or from a well known other university.

 
Language of instruction:

English

(European B2 / Unicert 2 or equivalent required
Degree:

Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Start of course:

October (winter-semester)
Duration of study:

4 semester (2 years)
Location:

Chemnitz, Germany

Schedule

  
1st semester Compulsory modules:
  • Next Generation Internet
  • Basics of Microwaves and Photonic Systems
  • Multisensorial Systems
  • Mobile and Car-to-X Communication
  • TV and Video Signal Processing
  • Components and Architectures of Embedded Systems
  • EDA-Tools

Elective modules:
  • Mobile Networks
  • IP Networking Lab
  • Digital Systems
  • Design for Testability for Circuits and Systems
  • Communication and Leadership
2nd semester Compulsory modules:
  • Simulation and Performance Analysis
  • Network Simulation Lab
  • Basics of Microwaves and Photonic Systems
  • Multisensorial Systems
  • Wireless Broadband Data Reception
  • TV and Video Signal Processing
  • Components and Architectures of Embedded Systems
  • EDA-Tools

Elective modules:
  • Self-Organizing Networks
  • Network Security
  • Antennas and Wave Propagation
  • Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
  • Design of Heterogeneous Systems
  • Presenting and Discussing Research Findings
3rd semester Compulsory modules:
  • Network Planning
  • Optical Communication and Networks
  • Mobile Localization and Navigation
  • Advanced Communications Engineering
  • 3D Image Processing with Embedded Systems

Elective modules:
  • Communication Networking Lab
  • Aerospace Remote Sensing
  • Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
  • Field Bus Systems
  • Software Environments of Smartphone Applications
  • Optimization (for non-Mathematicians)
  • Presenting and Discussing Research Findings
  • Management Accounting
  • Research Project

Research project
4th semester Master thesis

Application and counseling

  
Application address for German students only Technische Universität Chemnitz
Studentensekretariat
E-mail: studentensekretariat[at]tu-chemnitz.de
Academic counseling Technische Universität Chemnitz
Zentrale Studienberatung
D-09107 Chemnitz
Germany

Contact

Contact links for information and application of international students:

Incoming international student applicants have to send their application to "uni-assist": http://languages.uni-assist.de/english.html.
   Link to the Online application: https://www.uni-assist.de/online/?lang=en
   ICS master's program page for registered students: https://www.uni-assist.de/online/index.php?go=antrag&do=select&asv=41008&sem=15

Uni-assist is an association of German universities founded to make their application procedure for international students easier.

Links to general infos for international students about the Chemnitz University of Technology:
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/en/
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/international/incoming/index.php.en

 
 

Contact persons at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology:
Information about the ICS Master programm ics-info@etit.tu-chemnitz.de
Ms. Katrin Münster Katrin.Muenster@etit.tu-chemnitz.de Dean´s office