The scope of the master is Information and Communication Technologies in a broad sense, including fundamentals such as electromagnetism, signal processing, and information theory and applications such as communications, remote sensing and image and voice processing.
The language of instruction is English: all subjects will be lectured in English and all the course teaching materials are in English.
Every student in MERIT has a faculty member as an advisor, who helps the student select specific courses according to his/her background, interests and capabilities.
The master is organized in three 15-week semesters in which students take courses, with a workload of 30 ECTS per semester. Telecommunication Engineers, who have had 60 ECTS recognized, would only require a single semester to complete all the courses.
An additional semester (30 ECTS) is devoted to the completion of the Master Thesis.
Telecommunication Engineers can have up to 60 ECTS recognized (42 for Basic Subjects and 18 for Specialization Subjects).
The MERIT program includes transversal courses with the aim of providing the students with skills and competences fundamental in research activities, with a clear emphasis on critical and scientific reasoning.
The Master Thesis is crucial to the student formative process in direct research engagement. An advisor is appointed to each student so that the student will be given the chance to develop the Master Thesis within a consolidated research group.
The potential field of application of the knowledge gained by the MERIT students includes the following specific techniques and technologies:
Generation, radiation, transmission, reception and processing of optical, acoustic and electrical signals (from low frequency to optical bands) and the data processing techniques associated to them (voice, image and data).
Propagation of electrical signals through different media (copper pairs, coaxial cable, waveguide, fibre optic, terrestrial and satellite radio links) and all related applications.
Communication systems and applications: data transmission systems, broadcasting systems, wireless systems.
Network management, systems and applications: voice networks (land and mobile), data networks (LAN, WAN, MAN…), intelligent networks, multimedia.
Remote sensing and imaging: radar, lidar and radionavegation systems, remote sensing systems and applications, imaging.
Image, voice and data processing systems and applications.
MERIT is intended to be a natural entrance gate to research and, as such, most of the credits earned in MERIT can be applied to fulfil the requirements to obtain the PhD degree.
MERIT graduates are also valued professionals for the R+D industry departments. We intend to provide skilled young professionals to the following areas:
Communication industry
Automotive industry
Aerospace industry
Academic and research institutions
MERIT Faculty and Research Groups
The bulk of the lectures are assigned to permanent staff involved in cutting-edge research projects that yield a continuous innovation of the program. The students will be able to focus their interest on one or various related application fields. See UPC Research Groups for more information regarding research activities.
MERIT International Environment
MERIT students will benefit of a truly international environment with a student body coming from the five continents.
