MASTER S DEGREE IN ENGINEERING

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The Major in Embedded Systems

adds to the uniqueness of the ECE curriculum since our school

is one of the only graduate schools of engineering to offer full

academic training in this field. The embedded systems domain

is currently experiencing tremendous growth in the automobile,

aeronautics, space, rail, mobile communications, and electronic

payment solutions industries. The main technological driver

behind today’s research and development is the need for

mobility. Today, companies value operational embedded

systems engineers, and yet such graduates are hard to find

on the market.

Our students conduct their internships with leading companies

working as embedded software engineers, real-time software

engineers, embedded applications engineers, or industrial process

automation engineers working for DASSAULT AVIATION, SNECMA,

SCHLUMBERGER, VALEO, etc.

Educating and training engineers who can design, develop and use :

* Embedded software

* Real-time applications

* Onboard computer and electronic systems

Building expertise in the following technological fields :

* Electronics

* Computer science

* Networks

Reaching the following target industries :

* Automobile sector

* Air and space sector

* Rail sector

* Telecommunications industry

* Electronic payment solutions sector

* Smart cards industry

Train engineers for engineering service providers in:

* Industrial computing

* Technical and scientific computing

Training engineers for IT consultancies in :

* High technologies

* Emerging technologies

Preparing our graduates for the following positions :

Marivi Garcia Botsmakian International Officer

For more information

Christophe Baujault

Head of the Embedded Systems Department

More than ten years in Embedded Systems Engineering

baujault@ece.fr Marivi Garcia Botsmakian International officer in charge of Study Abroad programs garciabo@ece.fr +33 144 390 609

Program Benefits :

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The French Master’s Degree in Engineering is officially entitled Diplôme

d’Ingénieur.

In some countries, people are generally worrying about the Diplôme word,

which often refers to institutions and programs at a lower level. In France

however, this is quite the opposite: the French State only allows the final year

degrees it recognizes as such to be granted the Diplôme title.

The French Master’s Degree in Engineering is indeed delivered by

institutions accredited by the CTI (Commission of the French Ministry of

Education) – this is the highest level of recognition by the French State for

Schools of Engineering. Like ECE, these institutions are most of the time

members of the French Conference des Grandes Ecoles (the top Grandes

Ecoles are comparable to the Indian Institutes of Technology – IIT’s).

For many reasons, the French Master’s Degree in Engineering is

considered by companies as the most efficient degree for embracing all of

their industrial activities, even in research and development. First of all, it

is attracting the best students studying science after Baccalaureate (fresh

out of high school). Secondly, the programs leading to the French Master’s

Degree in Engineering are always matching scientific, technological and

managerial skills in such a way that the future engineers will prove rapidly

their professional efficiency and their ability to manage complex projects.

The comparison between the French Master’s Degree in Engineering and

the different Masters in… or Masters of … delivered in various universities

highlights undoubtedly the significant advantage of FMDE owners on the

job market. Their fast-moving progression within companies, be it in

technical or in managerial positions, highlights the perfect adaptation

of their training program to the expectations of various organizations

(whether producing goods or services).

This explains why the French companies operating overseas and

interested in hiring Engineers are particularly attracted to applicants

with a French Touch. Students acquire the latter when they study for the

French Master’s Degree in Engineering.

As a Master’s Degree, the French Master’s Degree in Engineering is

recognized all over the European Union and benefits from the reputation

of France’s technological savoir faire throughout the world.

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YEAR 1 - SEMESTER 1

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ALL - SEPTEMBER T

O DECEMBER

FLE

6 ECTS

French culture and language

Develop your understanding and grasp of contemporary French culture and language.

Develop communication skills for effective group coordination and management and conflict resolution, with the objective of improving team productivity and effectiveness.

Communication

3 ECTS

Communication, Management & Language 1

Develop your understanding and grasp of contemporary English culture and English language.

English

Learn how to analyse the financial situation of a company, the competitive and econo-mic context, and use this information for effective decision making.

Financial Management

5 ECTS

Project 1

Understand the lifecycle of an industrial IT project, its phases and documentation. Learn how to use tools and techniques for planning, budgeting, and organising project resources.

Project Management

Apply the tools and techniques presented in the other courses of this module to a year-long, multi-disciplinary (hardware + software + networks) industrial project.

Multi-disciplinary Project

Lab Tutorial Lecture 18h 15h 15h 26h 6h 8h 50h

4 ECTS

Methodology 1

Apply mathematical techniques such as modeling, statistics, and algorithms to the optimisation of complex real-world problems, and apply these in a decision-making process.

Operational Research

18H

Become operational in the Unix/Linux environment: Use of common commands, the shell and development tools.

Embedded Linux

6 ECTS

Embedded Software

Discover the basics of the development of an embedded application, using the Windows CE operating system as a development environment.

Microsoft CE

10h

16h

Digital Circuit FPGA-VHDL

6 ECTS

Embedded Hardware

Semester 1 syllabus

Major in Embedded Systems

50h

Design and model the architecture of complex communicating systems using UML. Iden-tify good and bad architecture using Design Patterns and Anti-Patterns. Specify real-time constraints with MARTE. Model a protocol.

Describing system architecture with UML

12h 6h 6h

12h Carry out an independant research project into new, innovative or interesting

technolo-gies outside of the academic curriculum. Analysis and Assessment, and presentation of findings in a public poster session.

Technology Project

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YEAR 1 - SEMESTER 2

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O APRIL

Develop communication skills for effective group coordination and management and conflict resolution, with the objective of improving team productivity and effectiveness.

Communication

4 ECTS

Communication, Management & Language 2

Further your understanding of contemporary issues & English language.

English

Learn how to analyse the financial situation of a company, the competitive and econo-mic context, and use this information for effective decision making.

Financial Management

6 ECTS

Project 2

Apply the tools and techniques presented in the other courses of this module to a year-long, multi-disciplinary (hardware + software + networks) industrial project.

Multi-disciplinary Project

Lab Tutorial Lecture 15h 16h 100h

Learn the fundamentals of programming real-time multi-tasking systems.

Real Time

6 ECTS

Embedded Software

Study the IP, UDP and TCP Protocols. Also study the following protocols : NFS, NIS, DNS, NETBIOS, DHCP, WINS and HTTP.

Computer Networks 2

16h 8h 16h

9h 4h 8h

Study and implement solutions with DSP

DSP

6 ECTS

Embedded Hardware

Study the concepts, hardware and software of industrial data-processing networks. Understand the constraints of industrial environments and the applicability of different local networks to these environments.

Industrial Networks

14h 8h 10h

18h 25h

24h

Learn the basics of the development of an embedded application, using the Windows CE operating system as a development environment.

Framework CE

20h

Understand the theory and practice of sensors used in embedded systems

Sensors & Interface

12h 4h

Semester 2 syllabus

FLE

2 ECTS

French culture and language

Develop your understanding and grasp of contemporary French culture and language. 50h

6 ECTS

Networks

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YEAR 2 - SEMESTER 3

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M1 Internship, UCI and SBO

12 ECTS

M1 Internship

Results of the technical Internship from April to August - Master 1st Year.

Follow a 3-week management seminar at UCI covering 4 themes : People Management, Financial Management, Manufacturing Management and Marketing Management.

Management Seminar at the University of California, Irvine

Acquire technical, metholodogical and sector-specific competencies in emerging and inno-vative technologies identified as having strong future growth potential. Examples: Internet, Health, Biometry, Nanotechnology, Automobile, Energy ..

Sector-Based Option

Lab Tutorial Lecture

60h

Reach a better knowledge of yourself in order to increase your skills, understand others, and manage them in the best possible way.

Communication

4 ECTS

Communication, Management & Language

Learn about patent and intellectual property laws.

Intellectual Property Law

21h

9h

Study the protocol of unicast and multicast routing on IP

Computer Networks

3 ECTS

Network

Follow a global presentation of different wireless networks (Bluetooth, WIFI,…), the interest for embedded systems, and their integration in embedded systems.

Wireless Networks & Sensor Networks 9h 4h 8h

8h

Discover the use of the Operating System ANDROID - Design an application.

Android

6 ECTS

Embedded Software

The aim is to introduce students to the service approach in software engineering and more particulary with OSGI.

OSGI Platform

3h 8h

12h

Discover the use, and scientific and technical contexts of image processing and the pattern recognition in embedded systems

Images processing

6h 10h

Discuss the stakes and issues of sustainable development along three main guidelines : society, economy and environment.

Sustainable Development

15h

Embedded Architectures

5 ECTS

Embedded Hardware

Study the creation of real-time applications in Java (J2ME), with a practical implementa-tion on a cellular phone.

Embedded JAVA

2h 12h

Semester 3 syllabus

Major in Embedded Systems

Presentation of the basic principles of parallel programming based on the analysis of multiprocessor architectures and multi-core.

Parallel programming

20h 8h

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YEAR 2 - SEMESTER 4

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Final Project

6 ECTS

Final Project

Apply the tools and techniques acquired over the two years of the master program in a one-month, full-time development project (with industrial partners).

Lab Tutorial Lecture

150h

Conduct an «engineering» internship at a level equivalent to that of a qualified engineer, from February to September.

Engineering Internship

22 ECTS

Engineering Internship

You are required to take a TOEFL or TOEIC certification exam and to reach a certain score to pass the ECTS credits and graduate.

English Certification

1 ECTS

English Certification

Behave according to what the French Engineering Charter expects of engineers.

Engineering Attitude

1 ECTS

Engineering Attitude

Semester 4 syllabus

ECE Fees for the 2 year-Master’s Program (Master’s degree in Engineering) are of

EUR 24 000 payable as follows:

EUR 2 000 upon registration confirmation (before May 31st)

EUR 5 500 at the beginning of each of the four semesters (September, January)

Scholarships

The ECE 2-year Master’s program is eligible for various scholarships:

- Scholarship program of the French Embassy (see the details on www.campusfrance.org )

EUR 615 per month.

- Eiffel scholarship (www.egide.asso.fr ) – EUR 1,200 per month

- Ile-de-France Scholarship (Paris Regional Council) – EUR10,100 once

- ECE-partner companies scholarship program (international@ece.fr ) – around EUR 10,000

per year, depending on the company.

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Our International student program offers help and assistance to study in Paris

Major in Embedded Systems

The ECE Fees include :

I - ECE Tuition fees

- Regular tuition fees (2-year Master’s program)

- Additional tuition fees for compulsory intensive training in French language

-Training and support for Internship placement

- 2 years social insurance and private healthcare insurance

II - Services provided by EGIDE on behalf of ECE

1 - Help with visas

2 - Welcome and airport pick up in Paris by a driver who will drop students to their

accom-modation

3 - Finding a quality accommodation for students in Paris, without any additional fees (no

commission and no guaranty demanded). The average monthly cost for the rent is EUR 600,

depending on the type of accommodation chosen.

Bear in mind that students are free to decline this service before July 1st if ,and only if, they

can prove they have already arranged for accommodation and provide a lodging certificate (in

that case, a fees reduction of EUR 500 will be granted).

Students and their families should be informed that it is extremely difficult to find

accom-modation in Paris, it is simply impossible to rent a place without paying a commission and a

2-month guarantee deposit.

The service included avoids any kind of difficulties and additional expenses (hotel, etc.) in

case of a difficult if not unfortunate search at the last moment.

4 - Help in opening a bank account in Paris

5 - Help in obtaining a residence card in France

6 - Provision of a social insurance for the students’ first three months in France, until the

national student social insurance runs

7 - Subscription to the cultural integration program proposed by EGIDE.

Students only pay a reduced fare to participate to one or more activities (visits, meetings,

cultural events, etc.)

The ECE Fees do not include:

- Management of the different scholarships obtained by students. EGIDE takes care of collecting the amounts obtained from

public and private organizations and transfers them to the students on a fixed periodicity. A financial commission of EUR 200

will be charged, but only once, by EGIDE for this additional service.

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