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Crucial for the acquisition of signals and the extraction and interpretation of the information that the signals carry. Diploma Master of Science Electrical Engineering Credits 120 ECTS, 24 months Starts in September Language of instruction English % International students 69% Signal analysis and processing plays an important role in integrated electronic systems, being crucial to the acquisition of signals and the extraction and interpretation the information that the signals are presumed to carry. Signal processing is also used to interpret the nature of physical processes based on the observation of either a signal or the manner in which the process alters the characteristics of a signal. Electrical engineers who specialise in signals & systems design and develop electronic systems over a wide range of applications. Examples include the development of medical equipment, wireless communication systems, radar and remote- sensing systems, large antenna arrays for radio astronomy and control systems The Master of Science programme in Electrical Engineering at TU Delft offers the track Signals and Systems. In this MSc track, you will be trained to develop and apply theory and algorithms in the broad field of signal processing and system design. The programme offers you the possibility to specialise more specifically in any of several particular aspects of signal processing, including multimedia, communications, biomedical, remote sensing & radar systems and for control systems. The programme starts by providing students with a solid foundation and in the second semester you will learn about parameter estimation and detection. When selecting courses and a graduation project, you can choose out of several specialisations. Graduation work can be done either at Delft University, or in industry and other (international) universities. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science MSc Programme

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Crucialfortheacquisitionofsignalsandtheextractionandinterpretationoftheinformationthatthesignalscarry.

Diploma MasterofScienceElectricalEngineering

Credits 120ECTS,24months

Startsin September

Languageofinstruction

English

%Internationalstudents

69%

Signalanalysisandprocessingplaysanimportantroleinintegratedelectronicsystems,beingcrucialtotheacquisitionofsignalsandtheextractionandinterpretationtheinformationthatthesignalsarepresumedtocarry.

Signalprocessingisalsousedtointerpretthenatureofphysicalprocessesbasedontheobservationofeitherasignalorthemannerinwhichtheprocessaltersthecharacteristicsofasignal.Electricalengineerswhospecialiseinsignals&systemsdesignanddevelopelectronicsystemsoverawiderangeofapplications.Examplesincludethedevelopmentofmedicalequipment,wirelesscommunicationsystems,radarandremote-sensingsystems,largeantennaarraysforradioastronomyandcontrolsystems

TheMasterofScienceprogrammeinElectricalEngineeringatTUDelftoffersthetrackSignalsandSystems.InthisMSctrack,youwillbetrainedtodevelopandapplytheoryandalgorithmsinthebroadfieldofsignalprocessingandsystemdesign.Theprogrammeoffersyouthepossibilitytospecialisemorespecificallyinanyofseveralparticularaspectsofsignalprocessing,includingmultimedia,communications,biomedical,remotesensing&radarsystemsandforcontrolsystems.Theprogrammestartsbyprovidingstudentswithasolidfoundationandinthesecondsemesteryouwilllearnaboutparameterestimationanddetection.Whenselectingcoursesandagraduationproject,youcanchooseoutofseveralspecialisations.GraduationworkcanbedoneeitheratDelftUniversity,orinindustryandother(international)universities.

FacultyofElectricalEngineering,MathematicsandComputerScience

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MarioCoutñoMinguez(Mexico)

WhensearchingaMaster’sprogramme,Iwaslookingforacombinationbetweentheoreticalmathematicsandappliedscience.AsIlikedElectricalEngineering,IlookedintothatfieldanddiscoveredthattheSignal&Systemstrackmeetstheperfectcombinationbetweentheoryandpractice.Thetrackcoversmanyfieldssuchasradarsystems,acoustics,andcommunications.Aspartofmyinternshipandgraduationwork,Ihadtheopportunitytodoresearchattwocompanies:ThalesandBang&Olufsen.Duringthisresearchperiod,Iworkedwithtwodifferentfields:

radarandacoustics.Itwasamazingtoseehowthemodelsandalgorithmsusedinbothfieldswerequitesimilar.IreallylearnedalotduringmytimeintheR&Ddepartmentsofbothcompanies,anditprovidedagoodinsightintodifferentcareerprospectsaswell.Youneverknowifyouaremakingarightdecision,evennotwhenitcomestochoosingaMaster’sprogramme.However,Iwoulddefinitelysay‘no’ifyouaskmeifIwouldhavechosendifferently.TheSignalandSystemprogrammehasopenedmanydoorsforme,nationallyaswellasinternationally.

Formoreinformationonallcourses,pleasevisit:www.studyguide.tudelft.nl

Thetrackoffersthefollowingspecialisations:

AudioandAcousticSignalProcessingfocusesonsuchtopicsasmultimediadatacompression,audio/speechprocessing,distributedsignalprocessing,andsignalprocessingforsensornetworks.Theresearchandcourseworkcoverabroadscopeoftheoryandalgorithmsinsignalprocessingandinformationtheory.

SignalProcessingforCommunicationsfocusesonsuchtopicsasstatisticalsignalprocessing,arrayprocessinganddistributedsignalprocessing.Itprovidesawiderangeofcomputationaltoolsandalgorithms.Applicationsarerelatedto

wirelesscommunications,underwatercommunicationandsensornetworks,aswellastolargesensorarraysforradioastronomyandgeophysics.

BiomedicalSignalProcessingfocusesonsignalprocessingfortheacquisition,modelling,analysisandprocessingofbiomedicalsignals.Thesecanbenaturalsignalsfromthebody–aswithsignalsmeasuredintheheartorbrain(EEG,ECG)–ormultichannelsignalsfromimagingsystems(e.g.ultrasound,MRIorphotoacousticimaging).

SignalProcessingforRemoteSensingandRadarSystemsfocusesonmicrowavesystemdesign,analogueanddigitalprocessingofmicrowavesignals,signalprocessingfortypicalremote

sensingapplications(antennaarraypatternsynthesis;space-timeadaptivesignalprocessinginultra-widebandarrays;detectionandfeatureextraction;trackingandnavigation;classification,andimaging)thatareperformedateitherasinglenodeoratadistributedsensing.

SystemsandControlfocusesonthedevelopmentofmathematicalmodelsofcomplexdynamicsystems,aswellasontheuseofthesemodelstooptimise/controltheirbehaviourinfeed-forwardandfeedbackconfigurations.Thestrengthoffeedbackcontrolrestsinitscapacityfordealingwithuncertainty.Thismakesitpossibletodesignlow-complexitycontrollersforachievinghighperformanceincontrolledcomplexsystems.

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ProfessorAlexanderYarovoy

Recentdevelopmentsintechnologicalcapabilitieshavemademicrowavesensingaffordableforamassmarket.Inadditiontoitsapplicationinmeteorologicalinstitutesandotherprofessionalusers,microwavesensingcanbefoundincollisionavoidanceradarsystemsincarsandinfoodcontrol.Thesystem-designparadigmhasshiftedfromcomplex,stand-alonesystemstodistributedsystemsofwirelesslyconnectedlow-functionalitysensors.Ithasalsoshiftedfrommono-functionalwirelesssystems(e.g.communications,radarandnavigation)tomultifunctionalones.Thisshifthastriggeredintensiveresearchonresourceallocation,distributedsignalprocessingandcapabilitymanagementinsuchsystems.TheMicrowaveSensinggroupfocusesonelectromagneticmodellingandtheoptimalselectionofsensingwaveforms.Inourresearchprojects,wecollaboratecloselywithsignalprocessingspecialistsandRFtechnologygroups.Weapplytheresearchinareasurveillance,crowdmonitoring,landminedetection,concealed-weapondetection,weatherpredictionandcivilengineering(subsurfacesensing).StudentsenrolledintheSignalsandSystemgrouphaveaccesstostate-ofthe-artexperimentalresearchfacilities,includingelectromagneticlaboratoriesandamulti-mediasignallaboratory,aswellassoftware-definedandultra-widebandradarsystemslocatedinDelftandCabauw.

SpeechenhancementforimprovingspeechintelligibilityforhearingimpairedpeopleDetectionandtrackingofmultipletargetsinadistributedactivesensorsystemECoGsignalanalysisfortheearlydetectionandpreventionofanepilepticinsultDistributedcontrolofthenextgenerationofExtremeLargeTelescopes

ThecareerprospectsforSignals&Systemsgraduatesareverygood.ThereisacloseconnectionbetweenTUDelftandtheIndustry.Duringyourstudiesyouwillgettheopportunitytogetincontactwithhightechcompany’sviainternshipsandthesisprojects,butalsoviatheEEMCSrecruitmentdaysandthetechnicalcareerfairwhereyoucangetyourfirstjobinterviews.Withtheirsolidtheoreticalandengineeringbackground,graduatesoftheprogrammehaveabroadselectionofcareerpathsinboththeacademicandtheindustrialdomains.Theprogrammeprovidesanexcellentfoundationforcareersinresearch,developmentandconsultancy,aswellasforcommercialandmanagementpositions.Ourgraduatesareworkinginmid-sizedandlargecompaniesasresearchers,developersandconsultants.Manyhavebuilttheircareersincommercialandmanagementpositions.TheyhavefoundemploymentopportunitiesinprominentfirmsthatareactiveintheNetherlands(e.g.Philips,BoschSecuritySystems,ASTRON,Ericsson,TNOandASML),aswellasinglobalfirms,includinghearing-aidproducersOticonandSiemens,mobilephonemanufacturers(e.g.Nokia,SamsungandEricsson)andotherhighlyregardedfirms(e.g.Google,NXPSemiconductorsandBang&Olufsen).

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IfyouholdaDutchBScdegreecloselyrelatedtotheMaster’sprogramme,youwillbeadmitteddirectly.However,ifyourundergraduateprogrammeisnotcloselyrelatedtotheMaster’sprogrammeyouwillberequiredtotakeadditionalcoursesinwhatiscalledabridgingprogramme.Thismaybeastandardprogrammeoritmaybetailoredtoyourspecificsituation.

ToseewhichMaster’sprogrammesareopentoyouoncompletionofyourbachelor’sdegreefromanon-technicalDutchuniversitygotowww.studychoice.nlIfyoucompletedyourbachelor’satatechnicaluniversity,gotowww.doorstroommatrix.nl

AnHBOBachelor’sdegreedoesnotqualifyyoufordirectadmissiontoaTUDelftMaster’sprogramme.Youwillfirstneedtocompleteasupplementaryprogrammeinordertobringyourknowledgetotherequiredlevel.YoucandothisduringyourHBOprogrammebymeansofabridgingprogrammeaftercompletingyourHBOdiploma.EntrancerequirementsformathematicsandEnglish(someexceptions)applyforthebridgingprogramme.Seewww.hbodoorstroom.tudelft.nlfordetailedinformation.ApplicationsthroughStudielink:www.tudelft.studielink.nl

TobeconsideredforadmissiontoanMScprogrammeyouwillneedtomeetTUDelft’sgeneraladmissionrequirements.

1. AUniversityBachelor’sdegree(orproofthatyouhavenearlycompletedaBachelor’sprogramme)inamainsubjectcloselyrelatedtotheMScprogrammetowhichyouareapplying,withgoodgradesonthekeycourses.

2. ABScCumulativeGradePointAverage(CGPA)ofatleast75%ofthescalemaximum

3. ProofofEnglishlanguageproficiency:ATOEFL(TestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage)withanoverallBandscoreofatleast90andaminimumscoreof21foreachsection.PleasenotethatweonlyaccepttheTOEFLinternet-basedtest.AnIELTS(academicversion)withanoverallBandscoreofatleast6.5andaminimumof6.0foreachsection.OrproofthatyouhavepassedtheUniversityofCambridge'CertificateofProficiencyinEnglish'withaminimumgradeBortheUniversityofCambridge'CertificateinAdvancedEnglish'

Forinternationalstudents,theapplicationperiodstartsOctober1andclosesatApril1.TostartanMScapplication,pleasecompletetheonlineapplicationandpaytherefundableapplicationfeeof€100.Next,youwillreceiveanemailwiththelinktouploadtherequireddocuments.

FormoreinformationabouttheapplicationprocedureandstudyingatTUDelftingeneral,gotowww.admissions.tudelft.nl

Allinternationalstudentswillbewelcomedwiththeaward-winningintroductionprogramme.Theintroductionconsistsofavarietyofworkshopsandprojects,duringwhichyouwillgettoknowotherinternationalstudents,visitthehighlightsofDelftandlearntheinsandoutsoftheTUDelftcampus.

Afterthisveryinterestingandfunweek,youwillbeintroducedtotheEEMCSfaculty.DuringtheMasterKickOff,youwillreceivehelpfulinformationabouttheDutcheducationsystemandmeetthefellowstudentsfromyourprogrammeinavarietyofsocialandeducationalactivities.

Pleasevisitthewebpageforalldetails,completerequirements,deadlinesandcontactinformation,pleasevisit:

DrR.Heusdens,Master’sCoordinatorT+31(0)152783544E

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