The overall objective of the Study Programme Communications and Information Technologies at the Master Academic Studies is to ensure students acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills, offering them big opportunities of employment and/or further education in the field of Communications and Information Technologies, and more, in the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The teaching process at Master studies at the study programme Communications and Information Technologies lasts one academic school year (two terms – total of 30 weeks).
Students’ work load at courses is expressed by ECTS credits, following the recommendations of the Bologna declaration. The structure of the study programme enables the equal distribution of 30 ECTS in each term.
Total number of credits necessary for obtaining the academic title Master in Electrical Engineering and Computing (M.E.Eng.Comp.) - Communications and Information Technologies is at least 300 ECTS.
The condition for enrollment in the study programme is at least 240 ECTS.
Within this Study Programme, there are two modules (starting of the first term), as follows:
- Communications and Information Processing, CIP
- System Engineering and Radio Communications, SERC.
- Mandatory and elective courses (each lasts one term),
- Professional practice or team project (3 ECTS), through which students get introduced with the latest professional and technological knowledge and elements of team work.
- Research work (in each term, 7 ECTS), to achieve independence in research and enable students to work on the master thesis,
- Master thesis (15 ECTS).
Both modules offer elective courses from other study programmes of Master Academic Studies at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš.
Teaching activities are performed as lectures, practice work and other forms of teaching, with three or four classes of active teaching a week, with the exception of elective courses DSP algorithms and programming and Embedded systems design that are carried out with five classes of active teaching a week. In addition, in order to better adopt the material, it is envisaged to produce domestic tasks, seminar papers or projects.At lectures, the lecturer orally presents the course content by using modern computer and projection equipment. At practice classes (auditory and/or computer based), which follow lectures, there are concrete tasks solved and examples presented which additionally illustrate the course content. For the better learning of the content, students are obliged to do homework, seminar work, or projects. Every activity of a student during the teaching process is followed and valuated according to the rules, adopted at the Faculty, of which the students know in advance. The total number of active teaching classes for the study-research work is 14 a year, as counted on a week level.
Student chooses the topic for master thesis at the beginning of the second term, and defends it after having passed all exams.
Studies are considered finished when student has completed all duties prescribed by the study programme and has gained at least 60 ECTS.
Structure of courses at the study programme is:
- Theoretical-methodological 27.25%
- Scientific-professional 38.82%
- Professional-applicative 33.93%
Module Communications and Information Processing offers elaborate theoretical and practical knowledge on contemporary information and communications technologies and systems applied in the field of mobile, satellite and optical communications, as well as M2M and internet connected devices. Students are enabled to solve concrete engineering problems relating to up-to-date communication technologies, including sensor and optical networks, machine learning, coding and compression, data protection, sound based technologies, programming of communication platforms and software-hardware interface.
Module System Engineering and Radio Communications offers necessary knowledge related to system engineering of contemporary communication-information systems (mobile networks, satellite, broadcast, cable and optical systems, smart systems, access networks, local area networks, etc.). Students are trained to develop networks and services in telecommunications industry, to design the communication networks, computer networks, audio and video systems, to use of up-to-date information and communications technologies in the realization of various services, as well as to follow successfully the development trends.


Development of telecommunications, together with the development of computer science, is the core of modern information and communications technology, shown to be the actuator of the entire industry and better standard in many developing countries. For that reason, this study programme is designed in a way to ensure highly proficient, research-oriented engineers, competitive on European and world level, ready to actively participate in regional development and to take part in the high technological and research potential of Serbia.
Students who choose this study programme are given the opportunity to:
- acquire professional and scientific knowledge through studying scientific-professional, theoretical-methodological and professional-applicative subjects
- be qualified for application of theoretical knowledge in solving professional and practical problems
- develop capacities for independent work and acquiring new knowledge by using scientific methods
- develop capacities for team work and cooperation with different profile experts
- have critical approach to professional issues
- have initiative and be independent in decision making and complex project leading.
The Study Programme has clearly defined goals. The overall objectives outlined in this study programme include education of master engineers, highly competent for the development and design of complex communication-information systems, who possess all necessary knowledge and skills for further schooling in doctoral studies and for following rapid technological development in the field of communications and information technologies.
Profiles of engineers demanded by modern communications today imply those who possess knowledge for development, design, and maintenance of communication and information systems and devices on the up-to-date development level, as well as who will be able to understand and apply new technologies and modern trends in telecommunications.
Particular goals of the study programme Communications and Information Technologies cover additional education in the field of design of communication circuits and devices, smart systems, cable, optical and wireless technologies, audio and video technologies, computer networks, sensor networks, optical networks, programming of communication platforms, machine learning, information processing, etc. Students will gain the necessary knowledge in using scientific methods and research techniques in a specific research field in order to be qualified to solve complex problems in practice in a creative way, that is, to be qualified for further scientific and research work.
The goal of the study programme is also to develop creative capacities in problems consideration and critical thinking, development of team work skills, gaining of skills and knowledge for scientific and research work and development capacities for presenting his/her own results to professional and wider public.
One of the specific goals, in accordance with goals of educating professionals at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, is raising students awareness about the need of permanent education, upgrading, and advancement in a very perspective field of electrical engineering and computer science.
Master Engineer of Electrical Engineering and Computing
1. SEMESTER
Obligatory
Code: 3MКК1O01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 0
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3MКК1O02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Elective Block 1 (1 out of 4) CIP
Code: 3МКК1А01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises:1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК1А02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК1А03
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 2
- Other classes: 1
ECTS: 6
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК1А04
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 2
- Other classes: 1
ECTS: 6
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Elective Block 2 (1 out of 3) CIP
Code: 3МКК1B01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3MKK1B02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК1B03
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:
Review of numerical methods for the calculation of the electromagnetic field. Finite difference time domain and the corresponding division of space. Numerical stability and dispersion of the finite difference time domain. Modeling of generators, the linear and nonlinear components and electronic assemblies. Absorbing conditions of the domain boundaries, with special emphasis on perfectly matched absorbing layer. Near-far transformation in time and frequency domain. Finite difference time domain variable spatial separation and numerical problems on the border of two domains. Development trends in the application of wireless and optical communication systems.
Elective Block 3 (1 out of 4) CIP
Code: 3МКК1C01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises:1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК1C02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:
Code: 3МКК1C03
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК1C04
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Elective Block 1 (5 out of 10) SERC
Code: 3МКS1А01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS1А02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS1А03
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3MKS1A04
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:
Overview of wireless communications standards used for Internet access. Internet access based on the IEEE 802.15 standard. PAN architecture and wireless networks. Bluetooth technology in data transfer. Internet access based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. Wi-Fi. PLCP and PMD layers of data transfer. Equipment for the implementation of wireless Internet access. Roaming in wireless networks and mobile IP protocol. Architecture of IEEE.802.16 network for Internet access. Wi-Max. Internet Access via GSM. WAP. Satellite Internet. Data security in the systems for wireless Internet access.
Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS1А05
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
- други облици наставе: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS1А06
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code:3МКС1А07
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 0
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS1А08
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS1А09
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures:2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS1А10
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 0
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Obligatory
Code: 3МКЗ1О01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 0
- Exercises: 0
- Study and Research Work: 14
ECTS: 7
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКЗ1О02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 0
- Exercises:0
- other forms of teaching: 0
- other classes: 6
ECTS: 3
Course outline:
The content of the professional practice is in full compliance with the objectives of the practice. The student learns the structure of the company and the goals of its business, adjusts his/her own engagement to the corresponding study area and duly fulfills his/her work obligations in accordance with the duties of the employees in the company. The student describes his own engagement during the professional practice and gives a critical insight in his/her own experience, knowledge and skills gained in practice.
Specification for the book of courses
2.SEMESTER
Obligatory
Code: 3МКК2О01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Elective Block 4 (1 out of 5) CIP
Code: 3МКК2А01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК2А02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК2А03
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКК2А04
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Mobile systems development - historical overview. Overview and analysis of existing mobile systems. The propagation characteristics of the mobile channel. Modems for mobile systems - modulation and demodulation techniques, diversity techniques. Channel coding for mobile systems. Cellular system design including cell structure. Multiple access techniques. Principles of positioning. Telecommunication traffic and queing systems. Services of mobile systems. User Mobility and Handover. Routing of traffic. Interconnections of different networks and convergence. Dimensioning the capacity of hardware and transport routes. Requirements for new generation networks.
Code: 3МКК2А05
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Elective Block 2 (2 out of 5) SERC
Code: 3МКS2А01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS2А02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS2А03
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS2А04
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
ECTS: 4
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКS2А05
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 2
- Exercises: 1
- other forms of teaching: 1
ECTS: 5
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Obligatory
Code: 3МКЗ2О01
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 0
- Exercises: 0
- other forms of teaching: 0
- Study research work: 14
ECTS: 7
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses
Code: 3МКЗ2О02
Number of classes per week:
- Lectures: 0
- Exercises: 0
- Other forms of teaching: 0
ECTS: 15
Course outline:Specification for the book of courses