EURECOM Double Degree M.S. Diploma Prof. Pietro Michiardi Pietro.Michiardi@eurecom.fr
What is EURECOM? Graduate School and Research Lab Founded in 1991 by EPFL and TELECOM Paris PolyTech CAMPUS EURECOM INRIA, research center University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis Sophia Antipolis, France European technology park created in 1970 Companies: Intel, nvidia, Amadeus, AirFrance, ST Micro, Alcatel-Lucent,
EURECOM Partners There are two kinds of partners: Academic FRANCE, ITALY, FINLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN, GERMANY, VIETNAM, SWITZERLAND Industrial Telcos, BMW, ST Micro, Partnership goals: Student exchange from all over Europe Industrial theses and internships
EURECOM: organization Multimedia Communication Dept. Semantic Web, Web Technologies, (Image, Video and Speech) processing, Machine Learning Networking and Security Dept. Distributed Systems, Applied Crypto, Network and Software Security, Network protocols and Applications Mobile Communication Dept. Mobile systems, Information Theory and Coding, Vehicular Technologies, Mobile Application Development Real-time and embedded Systems Dept. Hardware Security, Embedded systems, Digital Electronics
All great so far but how does it work for you?
Why EURECOM? High quality teaching in a variety of domains Cutting-edge topics with industrial relevance Many laboratories Many projects: industrial, research oriented, Master Thesis in companies around the world Facebook, Google, Yelp, NICTA (Australia), NEC, Amadeus, IBM / IBM Research, Technicolor / TLabs,
EURECOM: size Eurecom is quite small compared to POLITO!! Number of students: circa 150 Number of professors: circa 25 Number of PhD: circa 60 Very high professor to student ratio All courses are in ENGLISH
How to apply? Rules at the Students Mobility Office Pay attention to timing Maximum 25 students per year are selected Pay attention to your dossier : Double phase selection: POLITO + TELECOM PARIS Focus on your motivation letter 10/12/2013 GTTI 2008 - p 8
12+6 months period exchange Doppia Laurea (Politecnico + ParisTech)
EURECOM: course details (1) Teaching is split into: Technical courses (http://www.eurecom.fr) Non-technical courses Term Projects Semester Projects Every course accounts for some credits: Long course (circa 42 hours): 5 credits Short course (circa 21 hours): 3 credits
EURECOM: course details (2) Networking Security Web Technologies Multimedia Mobile Communications Seven Study Tracks Transmission Techniques Real-time and Embedded Systems
EURECOM: course details (3) Non-Technical Courses Introduction to Management People & Organizations Innovation & New Product Development Entrepreneurship
EURECOM: course details (4) Student Projects Duration : 200 h/student Highly related to research activity and/or industrial partnership Blend of theoretical and practical work, often involves design of a prototype In groups of 2 or more
EURECOM: course details (4) Industrial Thesis 6-months in an industrial environment supervised jointly by EURECOM and the host company The content of the thesis includes : an academic part an industrial part The thesis is presented to a jury of academic and industrial members
EURECOM: towards a Ph.D. Possibility to access to Ph.D. programs Joint Ph.D. Politecnico / EURECOM Scholarships Funded Projects
Conclusion Why chose EURECOM? Life experience Interact with the industry since the first day Great opportunities Master Thesis: Industrial / Research flavors Find jobs in appealing companies ALUMNI notion similar to US universities