Communications and Information Engineering
Education objectives
This degree offers an innovative and interdisciplinary curriculum focused on the development of advanced technologies in the field of telecommunications, with an emphasis on machine learning and data processing, contextualized within the activities of partner companies.
Given the importance of the business sector in this field, the programme is supported by a group of leading technology companies — Axians, Cisco, GMV, MEO, Nokia, NOS, and Vodafone — which fully fund the tuition fees of national students.
These partner companies play a key role in student development, ensuring that the training provided is comprehensive and integrated, preparing graduates to meet the challenges of the transition to a sustainable economy by promoting innovative and effective solutions.
Why Choose This Degree?
Multidisciplinary and Distinctive Training – Equipping students with foundational knowledge across various key areas, enhancing their adaptability to constant technological advancements.
High Employability – Evidenced from the outset by the consortium established with companies and the tuition funding for all students, subject to their good academic performance.
Shaping Professionals Who Embrace Scientific and Technological Challenges – A result of the combined expertise of multiple NOVA FCT departments and the panel of partner companies, an innovative approach in this field in Portugal.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities align with the profile of the Bachelor''s program''s partner technology companies, which include:
- Technology companies in the fields of Internet, Cloud, and Data Centers;
- Companies in the telecommunications services sector (including operators);
- Manufacturers of telecommunications equipment;
- Technology development companies in the telecommunications sector (including areas such as Space);
- Consulting firms with a strong focus on engineering activities.
General characterization
DGES code
1230
Cicle
Bachelor (1st Cycle)
Degree
Licenciado
Access to other programs
Access to 2nd cycle
Coordinator
Rodolfo Alexandre Duarte Oliveira
Opening date
September
Vacancies
20
Fees
Portuguese students: 697 Euros/year
Foreign students: 7.000 Euros/year
Schedule
Daytime
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 3 years
Credits: 180 ECTS
| Scientific Area |
Acronym | ECTS | |
| Mandatory | Optional | ||
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | EEC | 63 | 6 |
| Physics | F | 12 | 0 |
| Informatics | I | 39 | 0 |
| Human and Social Sciences | CHS | 3 | 0 |
| Transferable Skills | CC | 3 | 0 |
| Mathematics | M | 48 | 0 |
| Any Scientific Area | Q | 0 | 6 (b) |
| TOTAL | 168 | 12 | |
(a) 6 ECTS in courses chosen by the student on a list approved annually by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCT.
Conditions of admittance
Specific exams:
One of the following sets:
07 Physics and Chemistry + 19 Mathematics A, or
10 Descriptive Geometry + 19 Mathematics A, or
02 Biology and Geology + 19 Mathematics A
Evaluation rules
The evaluation of all UCs is continuous for all the components that integrate it, and it must be completed by the last day of the school term of the academic semester.
The continuous evaluation of a UC must include a minimum of two elements in the set of evaluation components, on dates adequately spaced throughout the period of classes.
All UCs with a theoretical-practical evaluation component must provide, in addition, a form of evaluation of this component by exam, to be carried out after the period of classes (Examination of Appeal).
All requirements and conditions related to the evaluation of the UC, namely the minimum weights and classifications, if any, of each component, as well as the Frequency conditions, are defined a priori and, mandatorily, published in the Discipline Form.
For each UC, combinations of three evaluation components are allowed: (i) Theoretical-practical evaluation; (ii) Laboratory or project evaluation; (iii) Summative assessment.
Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos (Licenciaturas, Mestrados Integrados e Mestrados.)
Structure
| 1.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 11505 | Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry | 6.0 |
| 13493 | Calculus I D | 6.0 |
| 10352 | Soft Skills for Science and Technology | 3.0 |
| 7777 | Microprocessor Programming | 6.0 |
| 10475 | Logical Systems I | 6.0 |
| 13420 | Operating Systems: Execution Environments and Tools | 3.0 |
| 2.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 3742 | Algorithms and Data Structures | 6.0 |
| 13497 | Calculus II D | 6.0 |
| 13471 | Mechanics C | 6.0 |
| 12658 | Probability and Statistics D | 6.0 |
| 3745 | Logic Systems II | 6.0 |
| 3.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 13501 | Calculus III D | 6.0 |
| 10519 | Electromagnetism | 6.0 |
| 11155 | Operating Systems Foundations | 9.0 |
| 10479 | Introduction to Telecommunications | 6.0 |
| 12512 | Society, Sustainability and Digital Transformation | 3.0 |
| 4.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 10640 | Databases | 9.0 |
| 12686 | Numerical Analysis B | 6.0 |
| 10500 | Laboratory for Telecommunications | 3.0 |
| 10480 | Telecommunication Systems | 6.0 |
| 3748 | Signal Theory | 6.0 |
| 5.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 13406 | Foundations of Artificial Intelligence | 6.0 |
| 12231 | Multivariate Models | 6.0 |
| 13408 | Integrated Networks | 6.0 |
| 3752 | Control Theory | 6.0 |
| 5.º Semester - Unidade Curricular do Bloco Livre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 11066 | Unrestricted Electives | 6.0 | O aluno deverá obter 6.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 6.º Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 13409 | Machine Learning in Communications Systems | 6.0 |
| 13410 | Analysis and Design of Algorithms | 6.0 |
| 10361 | Operational Research (Engineering Courses) | 6.0 |
| 2184 | Propagation and Radiation (Electromagnetics) | 6.0 |
| 6.º Semester - Opção PIIC/PIPP | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 13423 | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program | 3.0 |
| 13424 | Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |
| 6.º Semester - Optativas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 13421 | Professional Internship | 3.0 |
| 13422 | Laboratory Internship | 3.0 | O aluno deverá obter 3.0 créditos nesta opção. |