Education

What can you find on this webpage?

Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

Are you a future student?

Be sure to first take a look at the page about the Master of Electrical Engineering.

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

- Why KU Leuven

- Contact

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Objectives

1.  Competent in one or more scientific disciplines
- Has an advanced knowledge and understanding of the main disciplines of electronics (circuits, signal processing and telecommunication).
- Depending on the chosen option, the student has an in-depth knowledge of one of the following areas:

• Electronics and chip design, with emphasis on designing electronic components and systems.
• Power systems and automation, with emphasis on generation, distribution and applications of electrical power
• Information systems and signal processing, with emphasis on designing efficient and performant algorithms for audio, image and signal processing applications.
• ICT security and networks, with emphasis on telecommunication and security of digital information.

- Can creatively apply, expand, deepen and integrate knowledge of different domains of electrical engineering.

2.  Competent in conducting research
- Can independently acquire the knowledge and technological status needed in the problem-solving process.
- Is able to find, process and evaluate literature and technical manuals independently.
- Is able to synthesize, establish a research plan and develop innovative solutions for a realistic problem (of a more complex nature), while considering the system boundaries.
- Can critically evaluate research results.
- Engages other disciplines in the study, where needed.

3.  Competent in designing
- Has acquired specific expertise in all stages of the problem-solving process: drafting requirements, analysis, design, implementation and testing. The graduate takes into account technological constraints and constraints inherent to the industrial environment, both in terms of hardware and software.

- Option Electronics and Integrated Circuits:

• Can design integrated analogue, digital and high frequency circuits as well as building blocks and platforms for different applications and with the necessary knowledge of sensors, antennas and the underlying semiconductor technology.
• Can use complex design and software tools common in the field of electrical engineering.

- Option Power Systems and Automation:

• Can choose and tailor the right electrical platform for various applications and implement the application.
• Can model the application in software and validate the model in lab tests

- Option Information Systems and Signal Processing:

• Can develop and evaluate performant algorithms for audio, image and signal processing applications in the light of optimal implementation with respect to power usage, speed, required data, cost, …
• Can choose the right electronic platform (hardware / software) for various applications and implement the application.

- Option ICT Security and Networks

• Can choose the right electronic platform (hardware / software) for various applications, compare to existing solutions, and implement, document and evaluate the new solution.
• Can develop and evaluate applications in telecommunication and cryptography in the light of relevant demands on the performance (power consumption, speed, cost, privacy, ...).

4.  A scientific approach
- Has a systematic approach and a critical scientific attitude.
- Can objectively consider positive and negative aspects of a solution, and select the most realistic, efficient and effective solution for a specific situation.
- Is able to independently keep up with developments in their field.

5. Basic intellectual skills
- Can form an opinion based on objective evidence.
- Is capable of abstract and structural thinking.
- Can rationally cope with incomplete or irrelevant data.
- Can independently reflect critically and constructively on their own thinking, decision making and actions.

6. Competent in co-operating and communicating
- Can report on and communicate about their own research and solutions, orally and in writing.
- Can efficiently work in groups on a project basis, carry team roles, and deal with social dynamics and deadlines.
- Is sufficiently proficient in technical English.

7. Takes account of the temporal and social context
- Is aware of the broader context (economic, legal, sociological, cultural, political, technical and industrial)
- Is aware of their social, ethical and environmental responsibility and acts accordingly.

The graduated master:

• During the practice of the engineering profession, is guided by his or her scientific and technical knowledge.
• Has an engineering attitude that enables him or her to formulate solutions to complex problems, taking into account relevant constraints of an economic, legal, social, ... nature.
• Is aware of his or her social and ethical responsibility and can act accordingly.
• Has a willingness for open communication and cooperation, both with engineers within and outside the discipline, and with other actors in the professional field.
• Has insight into the broader role that engineers play in society.
• Shows willingness to keep abreast of new scientific and technical evolutions, and to approach them with a critical mind.

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint
Blueprint_MA_Electrical Engineering.pdf

COBRA 2019-2023
COBRA-fiche_MA_electrical engineering_2022-2023.pdf

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
• More information on the available documents