university of zagreb, croatia - FER

UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB, CROATIA
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING
POSTGRADUATE STUDY AT THE FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING
ZAGREB, September 2004 Prepared and edited by Professor ?eljko ?tih University of Zagreb,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing,
Unska 3, 10000 Zagreb
Croatia
announces that
APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED for admission of students to postgraduate studies at PhD level (3 years) in
the area of technical science and the following scientific fields: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
COMPUTING and for admission to a course of study at MSc level (2 years) in the area
of technical science and the following scientific fields: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING with the following branches:
Electric Power Engineering
Electric Machines
Electronics
Automatic Control
Telecommunications and Information Technology
Radiocommunications
Electrical Measurements and Measurement Techniques COMPUTING with the following branches:
Core Computing
Applied Computing Number of available places: 120 in total.
Students are expected to pay tuition fees.
Applications can be submitted to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
Computing, Unska 3, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia every working day until
October 07, 2004. For further details, please contact Ms. Smiljka Turkalj or Ms. Mirjana
Grubi?a on +385 1 6129 920 or by e-mail to smiljka.turkalj@fer.hr or
mirjana.grubisa@fer.hr, or view the site http://www.fer.hr. CONTENTS
1. GENERAL INFORMATION 1 1.1. Course of study at MSc level 1
1.2. Studies towards a PhD academic degree directly, without completing
the MSc thesis 2
1.3. Study towards a PhD academic degree for candidates holding the MSc
degree 2
1.4. Lectures and scientific research 2 2. PRESENTATION OF THE POSTGRADUATE CURRICULUM 5
3. COURSE OF STUDY DESCRIPTION 6 3.1. Electrical Engineering 6
3.2. Computing 8 4. TIMETABLE 8 4.1. Autumn semester 8
4.2. Spring semester 8
4.3. Teaching hours and workload 8 5. THE LIST OF FUNDAMENTAL AND SPECIALISED COURSES 10 5.1. Fundamental courses (F) 10
5.2. Specialisation courses (S) 11
5.3. Core specialisation courses in Computing 16 6. Contents of the courses 18
7. Financial aspects and administrative procedures 64 7.1. Tuition 64
7.2. Workplace costs 64
7.3. Board & Lodging 64
7.4. Insurance 64
7.5. Visa regulations 64
7.6. Miscellanies 65
7.7. Presentation of the administrative procedures 66 8. Forms & Instructions 67 GENERAL INFORMATION
Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
Computing, University of Zagreb are organised as full-time courses of study
leading to MSc and PhD academic degrees. The MSc degree programme is
organised in the following scientific fields and related areas of
expertise: Electrical Engineering with the following branches: 1. Electric Power Engineering,
2. Electric Machines,
3. Electronics,
4. Automatic Control,
5. Telecommunications and Information Technology,
6. Radiocommunications,
7. Electrical Measurements and Measurement Techniques, Computing with the following branches: Core Computing,
Applied Computing. The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing also accepts candidates
for a PhD academic degree.
1 Course of study at MSc level
Postgraduate study leading to the MSc academic degree is open to applicants
who have completed undergraduate study at the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering and Computing with excellent (5) and very good (4) marks. The
field and branch of undergraduate study do not limit these applicants in
choosing the field and branch of postgraduate study. Applicants will be
expected to acquire additional knowledge on their own, if necessary.
Applicants who have graduated at another relevant faculty with excellent
(5) or very good (4) marks will be required to pass differential exams.
Other university undergraduate studies relevant for admission to the study
of Electrical Engineering are undergraduate studies of electrical
engineering or computing at one of the technical faculties, or
undergraduate studies of physics at one of the faculties of science. Other
university undergraduate studies relevant for admission to the study of
Computing are undergraduate studies of electrical engineering or computing
at one of the technical faculties, or undergraduate studies of mathematics
or physics at one of the faculties of science. All the above prerequisites are applicable to candidates who graduated at
one of the Croatian universities. For an applicant who graduated abroad, the equivalence of his or her
graduation certificate is required. The Faculty of Electrical Engineering
and Computing issues this equivalence after the applicant's request. If the
equivalence is required only for application for the Postgraduate study at
the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, it is issued free of
charge and is valid only for this purpose. The applicant should therefore
submit:
1. Authorised copy of the graduation certificate
2. Curriculum description from the university which issued the
certificate
2 Studies towards a PhD academic degree directly, without completing
the MSc thesis Students enrolled in the MSc course of study wishing to earn a PhD without
completing their MSc thesis should inform of their intention their Mentor
and the Postgraduate Scientific Study Board before the end of the 3rd
semester. 3 Study towards a PhD academic degree for candidates holding the MSc
degree Candidates holding an MSc degree can be admitted to postgraduate studies
leading to the PhD academic degree in the field of Electrical Engineering
if their MSc degree is in the field of Electrical Engineering or Computing.
Candidates holding an MSc degree can be admitted to postgraduate studies
leading to the PhD academic degree in the field of Computing if their MSc
degree is in the field of Computing or Electrical Engineering.
Exceptionally, enrolment in these studies can be approved for candidates
holding an MSc degree in other scientific fields. In this case, candidates
will be required to pass differential examinations. 4 Lectures and scientific research After completing the admission procedure, the Postgraduate Scientific Study
Board will appoint a mentor to every applicant. The applicant and the
Mentor will decide together on the choice of postgraduate courses before
enrolment in the 1st and the 4th semester. Candidates already holding an
MSc degree should choose their courses before enrolment in the 5th
semester. Every applicant designs his/her programme of study by choosing
the number of courses as determined by the postgraduate study plan. The
Mentor should endorse the student's selection of courses. The final choice
of courses and the appointment of Mentor shall be approved by the Faculty
Council.
Compulsory and elective courses determine postgraduate scientific study
according to a system of credits. The number of credits awarded for a
particular course, the semester in which particular courses will be held
and the contents of the courses are listed in this publication. In addition
to the credits awarded for passing exams, the student has to obtain credits
by taking part in scientific research.
MSc degree students are required to collect a minimum of 120 ECTS credits:
. A minimum of 12 ECTS credits should be achieved by publishing research
results within the area of the master thesis:
- 12 ECTS credits per paper with not more than two co-authors
published on a scientific or professional meeting,
- 24 ECTS credits per paper with not more than two co-authors
published on an international refereed conference,
- 48 ECTS credits per paper with not more than two co-authors
published in a journal of recognised quality.
. A minimum of 48 ECTS credits by enrolling in courses and passing
examination:
- a minimum of 16, and a maximum of 24 ECTS credits by enrolment and
examinations in fundamental courses,
- a minimum of 24 ECTS credits for students of computing by enrolment
in core computing elective courses and passing of respective
examinations,
- a maximum of 12 ECTS credits the student can bring from the
undergraduate study. 4 ECTS credits can be achieved by enrolling
and passing examination in a course which is common for
postgraduate and undergraduate study, 4 ECTS credits for a seminar
completed within the topics of such a course and 12 ECTS credits
for a scientifically oriented graduation theses
- the remaining credits the student achieves by enrolment in elective
courses and passing of respective examinations.
. 32 ECTS credits are achieved for completion of the MSc thesis. MSc degree students are expected to complete the relevant 1st, 2nd and 3rd
semester courses. The 4th semester is dedicated to the completion of the
MSc thesis. Students, wishing to obtain the PhD degree without completing their MSc
thesis, should file a request together with the mentor's agreement to the
Board before the end of the 3rd semester. Until then, they are obliged to
collect a minimum of 60 ECTS credits. To obtain the PhD, the student must
collect altogether a minimum of 240 ECTS credits:
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