Electrical Engineering (M.Sc.)

The number of places available are announced by the Graduate School with the eligibility criteria for candidates, as well as other required documents that must be attached to the application such as:

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognised University.
• Previous University education in a suitable subject (academic background) and grades of relevant degrees.
• Letters of recommendation.
• Personal interview and/or written examination (if provided by the Department’s internal rules).
• Submission of preliminary research proposal for admission to a doctoral course (if provided by the Department’s internal rules).

The Department may also set additional criteria and quality indicators such as: (a) number of students’ publications in scientific journals, (b) students’ participation in seminars, symposia, research programmes, (c) presentations by students at conferences, (d) knowledge of foreign languages, and (e) professional experience, etc.

Profile of Programme
The main objective of the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering/Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering program is to educate and train in-depth engineers in various fields of electrical engineering, who will subsequently be able to solve advanced electrical engineering problems using software tools and state-of-the-art equipment. In this problem solving process, technological constraints and constraints inherent to the problem at hand, both in terms of hardware and software, are taken into account. Furthermore, the program aims to introduce students to the cutting-edge research and innovation currently taking place in the various areas of Electrical Engineering.
The program emphasizes mastery in the field of interest of each student as well as advanced knowledge of other subjects in related areas. It is tailored to meet the needs of each student with some certain general restrictions set by the Department. The course offerings provide the student with an opportunity to deepen his or her knowledge in a specific area of electrical engineering, as well as broaden his or her knowledge by also taking courses in a number of other areas of electrical engineering.
Graduate study and research are offered in the areas of:

• Power and Renewables
• Telecommunication Systems and Networks
• Biomedical Engineering
• Signal and Image Processing
• Electromagnetics, Microwaves, Antennas, and Optics
• Intelligent Systems and Control
• Electronic Devices, Instrumentation, Sensors and Nanotechnology
• Electronics

Key Learning Outcomes
Upon graduation from the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Engineering in Electrical engineering programs, students are expected to have the following abilities and skills:

1. Ability to use software tools as well as develop software programs to solve advanced electrical engineering problems.
2. Knowledge of electrical and electronic components and their use in analog and digital systems.
3. Ability to model, design, analyze and evaluate components and systems.
4. Breadth and depth of knowledge in the areas of:

• Power and Renewables
• Telecommunication Systems and Networks
• Biomedical Engineering
• Signal and Image Processing
• Electromagnetism, Microwaves, Antennas, and Optics
• Intelligent Systems and Control
• Instrumentation, Sensors and Nanotechnology
• Electronics

5. Ability to identify emerging research trends and challenges in Electrical Engineering, and apply the acquired principles to address the technological challenges of the future.
6. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems using techniques, skills and modern engineering tools.
7. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs and to design, conduct experiments as well as analyze and interpret data.
8. Ability to address advanced electrical engineering problems.
9. Ability to function on, and lead multidisciplinary teams and to communicate effectively.
10. Adhere to the highest professional and ethical responsibility standards.
11. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in global/societal context. Recognition of need for and ability to engage in lifelong learning.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples
Despite the fact that the Cypriot market is at an embryonic stage in creating such jobs (according to the same Eurostat survey, the corresponding high-tech jobs in Cyprus fluctuated to around 1% in 2016), the combination of the high expenditure of the Cypriot government in the field of Education, Research and Development combined with the rising employment rate of recent graduates (see Figure 1), is expected to provide a big push to Cyprus's effort to create a knowledge-based society. The ECE Department at UCY, is therefore expected to play a leading role in this transition. In particular, according to the Human Resource Development Authority (HRDA) of Cyprus, the forecast for Cyprus is that the number of total jobs per sector related to the broader field of Electrical Engineering is capable of absorbing the expected annual number of graduates of the ECE department.