Degree: MASTER
Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)
ECTS: 120
Fields of study: Informatics, Computer Engineering, Computers, Systems, Complexes, and Networks
Languages of instruction: Russian, English (on request)

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DESCRIPTION

The purpose of the program is to develop students' universal, general professional competencies and professional competencies, and to prepare graduates for scientific research and design of applied and embedded software, computer hardware, complexes, systems and networks. The implementation of this goal should ensure that students master promising research methods, methods for designing software and hardware for computers, complexes, systems and networks, and acquire practical skills in working with professional objects. Training under this program is focused on meeting the needs of highly qualified personnel in the labour market of the region and the Russian Federation as a whole.

AIMS

design activity:
•    developing design strategies, defining design aims, efficiency criteria, applicability limitation;
•    collecting and analysing initial data for design;
•    formulating requirements for the design of professional activity objects, technical and economic justification for design solutions, and technical specifications for development;
•    designing software and hardware in accordance with technical specifications using design automation tools;
•    programming applications using modern software development tools;
•    documenting software and hardware complex components and systems at each stage of their life cycle.

research activity:
•    collecting and analysing scientific and technical information of Russian and foreign experience on research topics;
•    developing and studying theoretical and experimental models for professional activity objects, developing methods for solving unconventional tasks and new methods for solving conventional ones;
•    analysing experiment results, selecting optimal solutions, preparing and writing reviews, reports, and scientific publications.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
•    develop operating systems and system software;
•    design embedded systems on base of a PLD and microcontrollers, develop a functional description and technical specifications for a system-on-chip and its synthesis using automated design;
•    integrate software components within a single project;
•    conduct research and development work in the field of computers and information communication.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The field of professional activity in which graduates who have completed the Master's degree program can carry out professional activities is Communications, Information and Communication Technologies. The field of activity is the design and development of computer equipment and information systems.