Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering
Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering
GRADUATE ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Master of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering with Concentration in Management of Technology
Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering Master of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics and Communications Engineering
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II - Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Option-2) A minimum of eight courses (24 credit hours) is required. The courses are selected from the following categories:
Core Courses (3 credit hours):
All students select one out of the following four ENGR core courses: (3 credit hours each) ENGR 5202 - Computational Methods in Engineering
ENGR 5210 - Experimental Methods in Engineering ENGR 5240 - Engineering for a Sustainable Environment ENGR 5204 - Engineering Statistics
Concentration Courses (21 credit hours):
Students must select at least five courses out of the ECNG course list in option I - Thesis + Seminar (9 credit hours):
Graduate thesis work is an important part of the Master of Science program. Each student must submit a thesis that is approved by a committee including the adviser, members from the departments and external members
III - Master of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Option-3) Core Courses (3 credit hours)
Students must select one out of the four ENGR core courses listed in option 2.
Concentration Courses (27 credit hours):
Candidates must select at least seven courses out of the ECNG course list in option 1.
Capstone Project (3 credit hours):
Students are required to attend the library and writing modules of ENGR 5940 and to undertake an engineering project approved by the chair of the supervisory committee, which consists of the student adviser and two additional faculty members. A final report is submitted and orally defended in the presence of the supervisory committee.
Doctorate of Philosophy in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Option 4)
FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Fellowships: Provide a full or partial tuition waiver and stipend Research Assistantship: supported by research grants
Teaching and Research Assistantships: do not include tuition waivers, but offer stipends Work-study program: Involves a 15 percent reduction in tuition against work of 120 hours per semester
Financial aid: Is available to students who demonstrate financial need
Fellowships without stipend: Are offered to visiting graduate or post-doctoral scholars who wish to do research in Egypt and have a source of funding but need an affiliation with AUC Other awards: Students may be able to obtain funding from a variety of other outside sources For more information on tuition, please visit:
www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/tuition-and-fees
Why Join AUC’s Graduate Electronics and Communications Engineering Program?
• Gives students a competitive edge in the job market in Egypt and abroad
• Allows students to pursue a doctorate degree at universities in the United States or any other country.
• AUC offers financial opportunities in the form of teaching and research fellowships, in addition to other awards.
• The Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECNG) Department has very active faculty with an excellent track record of top-quality publications.
• The research in the ECNG department is supported by many research grants, which in addition to AUC awarded fellowships, provide other opportunities for graduate student funding.
• First-rate curriculum: The ECNG graduate program offers an up-to-date curriculum which is closely related to its ABET-accredited undergraduate degree.
• Advanced research facilities: access to advanced well-equipped experimental and computational laboratories in the areas of Electronics, Microwaves, Telecommunications, Control, Networks, and Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits (VLSI).
Founded in 1919, The American University in Cairo is an independent, nonprofit institution of higher education. AUC offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a wide range of disciplines and enrolls more than 6,800 degree seeking students, with nearly 1,300 of them at the graduate level.
AUC is incorporated in Washington, D.C., and is fully accredited in the United States by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. In Egypt, AUC’s degrees are equivalent to those awarded by the Egyptian national universities.
OBJECTIVES
The aim of the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering’s graduate program at AUC is to prepare students for research and professional practice in an era of a rapidly advancing engineering field. The program integrates a strong background in the ever-growing complexity of VLSI and communication systems and highly specialized and efficient computer-aided design tools. This entails research interests in the development of computationally fast and robust algorithms for carrying out circuit/system design, modeling, and simulation. The program also aims to develop the students’ professional independence, creativity, leadership, communication abilities and the capacity for continuing growth in professional and intellectual careers.
OFFERED GRADUATE DEGREE
The Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering offers a Bachelor of Science in electronics and communications engineering.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Master’s Degree (options 1, 2 or 3)
The graduate applicant must demonstrate proficiency in the English language, and perform well on any required entrance examinations. A candidate for the master’s program in Electronics and Communications Engineering must have a BSc in engineering with an overall GPA of 2.75 (very good) and a major GPA of 3.0 for full admission. The program accepts students from different engineering backgrounds.
Students with a minimum of 2.5/4.0 undergraduate GPA, “good” or equivalent may be accepted provisionally. The Department may prescribe a remedial program of noncredit work to make up for the deficiency
Doctor of Philosophy Degree (option 4)
The graduate applicant must have a master degree, demonstrate proficiency in the English language, and obtain an acceptable score in the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
I - Master of Engineering Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering with Concentration in Management of Technology (MoT) (Option1)
A minimum of eleven courses (33 credit hours) are required; at least seven courses (21 credit hours) in Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECNG) and three MoT courses (9 credit hours).
Concentration Courses (24 credit hours) (check the ECNG website for the offered courses) Students must select seven courses out of the following ECNG course list:
(3 credit hours each)
ECNG 510/5210 - Advanced Solid-State Devices ECNG 000/5214 - Advanced ASIC Design ECNG 516/5216 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design ECNG 517/5217 - Digital Integrated Circuit Design ECNG 518/5218 - Advanced Integrated Circuit Design
ECNG 000/5219 - High-Performance Integrated Circuit Modeling ECNG 520/5231 - Advanced Digital Communications
ECNG 521/5233 - Wireless Communication Systems
ECNG 522/5230 - Probability and Stochastic Processes with Applications ECNG 524/5234 - Enabling Technologies for High Date Rate Communications ECNG 525/5225 - Digital Signal Processing
ECNG 526/5236 - Information Theory and Coding ECNG 530/5238 - Advanced Computer Networks ECNG 541/5241 - Microwave Circuit Analysis and Design ECNG 547/5247 - RF and Microwave Systems
ECNG 548/5248 - RF Integrated Circuit Design ECNG 549/5249 - Antennas Design and Applications
ECNG 553/5223 - Fault-Tolerant Computing and Reliability Modeling ECNG 556/5226 - Networked Control Systems Design & Applications
ECNG 594/5930 - Advanced Topics in Electronics and Communications Engineering MoT Courses (9 credit hours): Students must select three courses out of the following list:
(3 credit hours each)
ECNG 5271: New Product Design and Development
ECNG 5272 /MGMT 5309: Technology and Innovation Management ECNG 5273 /MGMT 5308: Strategic management of innovation ECNG 5274 /MGMT 5307: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
