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Type

Degree Programme

Access mode

Free

Length

3 years

Location

Modena

Language

Italian

Department

"Enzo Ferrari" Department of Engineering

The Degree Course in brief

Why should you enrol?
There are many reasons to choose the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Electronic Engineering. One of the most important ones is that the Degree in Engineering offers excellent job opportunities. Specifically in Modena, graduates in Electronic Engineering (most of them get the degree in three years of study) are not enough to cover the requests of the enterprises in the area. Modern electronics, telecommunications and industrial automation technologies are playing a fundamental role in the development of the modern world: the majority of today’s manufactured products are dependent on electronics and are manufactured by applying methods of industrial automation!

Programme contents
The main objective of the degree programme in Electronic Engineering is to provide students with a good command of general scientific methods and contents. Specifically, the programme is aimed at providing the knowledge of mathematics and other basic sciences (physics, chemistry, and basic computer science) necessary to analyse and solve different engineering problems, particularly in the fields of electronics and telecommunications, and automated controls. This knowledge may also be applied in the field, by carrying out laboratory activities starting from the first year and internships in companies.

Job opportunities
Graduates in Electronic Engineering are professionals with a solid background in the basic sciences, essential skills in computer science and in automatic controls, and specialised professional knowledge in electronics and telecommunications. The wealth of knowledge and skills acquired train graduates to easily enter the job market. Therefore, graduates have the opportunity to carry out their professional activity in several fields, such as manufacturing and management, both as independent professionals and working in public and private companies. The degree programme in Electronic Engineering allows graduates to access the International Master Degree in Electronic Engineering, fully provided in English, with no credit obligations.

NB: certain training activities may be envisaged that are carried out as a service at the Modena Military Academy, on the basis of a specific agreement between the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and the Ministry of Defence, and are therefore reserved for Italian Army students and not available to other students.

Info

Law: D.M. 270/2004
Department: "Enzo Ferrari" Department of Engineering
Degree class: L-8 - Information technology engineering
CFU: 180
Didactic method: PRESENCE

Study plan

Teachings

Study plan

Year of study: 1
Required
  • CALCULUS 1
    9 CFU - 101 hours - First Half-Year Cycle
  • CALCULUS 2
    9 CFU - 101 hours - Second Half-Year Cycle
  • CHEMISTRY
    6 CFU - 66 hours - Second Half-Year Cycle
  • PHYSICS
    9 CFU - 96 hours - Second Half-Year Cycle
  • ENGLISH
    3 CFU - 0 hours - First Half-Year Cycle
Year of study: 2
Required
II anno a scelta (between 1 and 999 CFU)
Year of study: 3
Required
III anno a scelta (15 CFU)
Year of study: 1
Required
  • CALCULUS 1
    9 CFU - 101 hours - First Half-Year Cycle
  • CALCULUS 2
    9 CFU - 101 hours - Second Half-Year Cycle
  • CHEMISTRY
    6 CFU - 66 hours - Second Half-Year Cycle
  • PHYSICS
    9 CFU - 96 hours - Second Half-Year Cycle
  • ENGLISH
    3 CFU - 0 hours - First Half-Year Cycle
Year of study: 2
Required
II anno a scelta (between 1 and 999 CFU)
Year of study: 3
Required
III anno a scelta (15 CFU)
Year of study: 1
Required
  • ENGLISH
    3 CFU - 0 hours - First Half-Year Cycle
Year of study: 2
Required
Year of study: 3
Required
Year of study: 1
Required
  • ENGLISH
    3 CFU - 0 hours - First Half-Year Cycle
Year of study: 2
Required
Year of study: 3
Required

More information

Prerequisites for admission.

As provided for by applicable legislation, access to this Bachelor’s Degree Programme requires a high-school diploma or other qualification obtained abroad and officially approved.
A good knowledge of the Italian language, both written and spoken, along with logical reasoning skills, as well as the knowledge and ability to make use of the main results of basic mathematics and the fundamentals of experimental science are required to access this Degree Course.
Further information on the procedures carried out to verify the knowledge required for accessing the course, along with any additional educational obligations performed on students is available in the Education Regulation of the Study Programme.

Admission procedures

Further information on the procedures carried out to verify the knowledge required for accessing the course, along with any additional educational obligations performed on students is available in the Education Regulation of the Study Programme.
More specifically, the skills required are verified by means of the On Line Cisia Test (TOLC). Link with info on the TOLC test: https://www.ingmo.unimore.it/it/didattica/corsi-di-laurea-informazioni-generali/tolc-test-dingresso
Those students who have not taken the test or who have not passed it are assigned specific additional credit obligations (OFA) to be complied with within the first year of study by taking specific Compensation Tests for OFAs, organised during the entire university year. (Link: https://www.ingmo.unimore.it/it/didattica/corsi-di-laurea-informazioni-generali/ofa-obblighi-formativi-aggiuntivi).
Non-European students who live abroad, except for those clearly indicated as exempt in the access regulations of foreign students to university courses provided for by the MIUR (Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research), must pass a test assessing their knowledge of the Italian language before enrolling.

Skills associated with the function

Electronic engineer for the production and maintenance of electronic circuits and systems.
The main skills acquired by graduates relate to electrical engineering, electronics and electronic measures.

Electronic engineer for technical and commercial activities related to electronic circuits and systems.
The main skills acquired by graduates relate to electrical communications, telecommunication networks, electrical engineering, electronics and electronic measures. The skills acquired in the economics and business management fields are also useful.

Electronic engineer for production systems
The main skills acquired by graduates relate to quality and reliability, automated controls, electronics.

Electronic engineer for automation systems
The main skills acquired by graduates relate to automated controls, telecommunication networks, and industrial plants.

Electronic engineer for the production and maintenance of telecommunication systems.
The main skills acquired by graduates relate to electronics, electric communications, electromagnetic fields.

Function in a work context

Electronic engineer for the production and maintenance of electronic circuits and systems.
He/she is in charge of technical functions to operate electronic circuits and systems and develop production processes.
The typical working functions therefore relate to designing circuits and systems, selecting components, and testing prototypes for a technical office or an engineering company.
No specific requirements are needed to work as a professional in the roles indicated above.


Electronic engineer for technical and commercial activities related to electronic circuits and systems.
He/she is in charge of technical and commercial functions to define and implement the most suitable strategies for production and provision of services.
The typical working functions therefore may relate to selecting the suppliers and the components, preparing prototypes for exhibitions and events, and benchmarking products for a technical/commercial office or an engineering company.
No specific requirements are needed to work as a professional in the roles indicated above.


Electronic engineer for production systems
He/she works in the production sector for developing quality check procedures.
The typical working functions therefore relate to implementing circuits and systems, selecting components, testing prototypes included in a production system, for a technical office or an engineering company.
No specific requirements are needed to work as a professional in the roles indicated above.


Electronic engineer for automation systems
Works in the production area of the company, developing automation systems and production lines for manufacturing goods.
The typical working functions therefore relate to designing and optimisation of systems and production lines, and testing lines in a technical office or an engineering company.
No specific requirements are needed to work as a professional in the roles indicated above.


Electronic engineer for the production and maintenance of telecommunication systems.
He/she is in charge of technical functions to develop circuits for telecommunication systems and set the relative production processes.
The typical working functions therefore relate to designing circuits and telecommunication systems, programming maintenance, and testing prototypes in a technical office or an engineering company.
No specific requirements are needed to work as a professional in the roles indicated above.

Employment and professional opportunities for graduates.

Electronic engineer for the production and maintenance of electronic circuits and systems.
Manufacturing companies; service providers; consulting firms; regulation and control bodies.



Electronic engineer for technical and commercial activities related to electronic circuits and systems.
Manufacturing companies; service providers; consulting firms; public administration.



Electronic engineer for production systems
Manufacturing companies; service providers; consulting firms.

Electronic engineer for automation systems
Manufacturing companies; service providers.

Electronic engineer for the production and maintenance of telecommunication systems.
Manufacturing companies; service providers; consulting firms; regulation and control bodies.

Educational goals

The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Electronics Engineering is mainly aimed at providing graduates with an adequate mastery of general scientific methods and contents, which are useful to complete their own professional development profitably through subsequent training programmes, and to continuously keep up-to-date and adapt to the fast technological evolution typical of electronics and telecommunications engineering, as well as of the production sectors they apply to.

In order to achieve such priority training objective, the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Electronics Engineering is aimed at providing graduates with an in-depth training in the following learning fields:
1) Basic Sciences, which are the essential tool for interpreting, describing and resolve engineering issues;
2) Engineering and Information Engineering, aimed at providing the fundamental knowledge and skills of engineering subjects included in the Degree Programme, such as automated controls and computer architectures, along with an adequate training in some related or integrated disciplines, which are useful to provide further scientific and engineering knowledge, such as mathematics, electrical engineering, electrical machinery and drives, fluid machinery, industrial technical physics and economic-managerial engineering;
3) Electronics, aimed at providing fundamental knowledge and skills in the electronic field by using advanced schoolbooks and dealing with some leading edge topics in such disciplines.
4) Telecommunications, aimed at providing fundamental knowledge and skills in the telecommunications and telecommunication network fields, by using advanced schoolbooks and dealing with some leading edge topics in such disciplines.

The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Electronic Engineering is organised as to provide at first a sound training in the basic sciences field and give students the scientific knowledge and methodologies that engineers need to possess.
The second step involves training in the engineering and information engineering fields, to provide students with the skills relating to a common learning area that will shape the professional role of the engineer, and in particular of the Information Engineer.
More specifically, during the third year, students deepen their skills in the Electronics and Telecommunications learning areas, which share a common teaching set and a specialisation programme offered through specific lessons and workshops that students can choose freely and according to their preferences.

At the end of the programme, graduates will also have acquired the ability to carry out experiments, collect and interpret their data, as well as the ability to communicate the results of their work, and the learning skills required to continue with further studies, availing themselves of a high degree of self-reliance, and continuously update their knowledge.

The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Electronic Engineering also offers its students:
a) the opportunity to carry out training activities aimed at facilitating the professional choices through the direct knowledge of the employment sector that students can access with this qualification, especially by means of training and guidance internships in companies or project activities to carry out in the laboratories of the university department;
b) the opportunity to acquire skills in disciplines that are useful to understand the electronic application contexts in fields differing from those of information engineering, with special reference to the mechanical and biomedical industry;
b) the opportunity to acquire skills in disciplines that are useful to understand the legal, corporate, social and ethical contexts of the engineering profession.

In accordance with the university qualification descriptor system adopted by the European Union, with the educational qualifying objectives of the Degree Programme Category in Information Engineering, as well as the above-mentioned specific training objectives, the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Electronic Engineering awards the final qualification to those students who have attained the learning results mentioned below.

Communication skills.

Students possessing the following skills are awarded the final Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering:

1) Ability to communicate information, ideas, issues and solutions, both in writing and speaking, to specialist and non-specialist counterparties.
2) Ability to effectively participate in workgroups aimed at developing projects or experimental activities within set timeframes.
3) Ability to write and speak in English efficiently.

The achievement of results in 1) and 2) must be sided by some training activities from the following areas: Basic Sciences, Engineering and Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications. In addition, the training activities envisaged for the preparation of the final examination and within the ‘Additional training activities (Art. 10, para. 5, point d)' (i.e. 'IT and telematics skills', 'Training and guidance periods' and 'Other knowledge useful for integration into the world of work') are also included. The teaching/learning methods include workshops, training internships in companies, and project activities carried out in specific departments. The procedures for checking the attainment of results include the assessment of written reports and/or oral presentations of the results achieved. All training activities of the programme involving written and/or oral tests also contribute to achieve result 1).

The achievement of result 3) includes the training activities aimed at ‘Learning at least a foreign language’ provided for within the subject area ‘For the final test and foreign language’ (Art.10, paragraph 5, subsection c). The procedures for checking the attainment of results include written and/oral tests.

Making judgements.

Students possessing the following skills are awarded the final Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering:

1) Ability to collect and interpret data, and to formulate personal opinions on such data.
2) Ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions on the social and physical, and environmental context.

Some training activities in the Basic Sciences, Engineering and Information Engineering fields also help attain result 1), as well as some other activities in the Electronics and Telecommunications areas. In addition, the training activities envisaged for the preparation of the final examination and within the ‘Additional training activities (Art. 10, para. 5, point d)' (i.e. 'IT and telematics skills', 'Training and guidance periods' and 'Other knowledge useful for integration into the world of work') are also included. The teaching/learning methods include workshops, training internships in companies, and project activities carried out in specific departments. The procedures for checking the attainment of results include the assessment of written reports and/or oral presentations of the results achieved.

Some training activities mainly in the Electronics and Telecommunications training areas help attain result 2), as well as some other activities in the Engineering and Information Engineering fields. The training activities planned for preparing the final examination and falling within the ‘Additional training activities (Art.10, paragraph 5, subsection d)’ (or the ‘Training and guidance internships’ and the ‘Additional knowledge useful to enter the job market’) are also included. The teaching/learning methods include lessons and practical exercises in the classroom, workshops, training internships in companies, and project activities carried out inside specific university departments. The procedures for checking the attainment of results include written and/or oral tests, as well as the assessment of written and/or oral presentations of the results achieved.

Learning skills.

Students possessing the following skills are awarded the final Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering:

1) Learning skills that are required to continue with further education with a high degree of self-reliance.
2) Learning skills required to keep one’s own knowledge constantly up-to-date.

The attainment of results 1) and 2) is ensured by the training programme as a whole, being it mainly aimed at providing graduates with an adequate mastery of general scientific methods and contents, which are useful to complete their own professional development through subsequent training programmes, and to continuously keep up-to-date and adapt to the fast technological evolution typical of electronics and telecommunications engineering, as well as of the production sectors they apply to.

Knowledge and understanding.

Basic sciences
Graduates have acquired methodological and operational skills of mathematics and the other basic sciences of engineering.
More specifically:
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of mathematical analysis.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of linear algebra and geometry.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques classical mechanics and electromagnetism.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of chemistry.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of information technology.
- Ability to write and check C programmes.


Engineering and Information engineering
Graduates have acquired methodological and operational skills of engineering subjects and of those specific for Information Engineering.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of electrical circuits.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of automation.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of analogue electronics.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of electronic communications and signal analysis.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and be able to apply the techniques of generating, propagating and receiving electromagnetic waves.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of system and telecommunication network analysis.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of electrical and electronic measures.



Electronics
Graduates have acquired deeper methodological and operational skills in the electronics field.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of analogue electronics.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of analogue-digital and digital-analogue converters.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of power electronic converters.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of digital electronics.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of electrical and electronic measures.


Telecommunications
Graduates have acquired deeper methodological and operational skills in the telecommunication field.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of electromagnetic fields to the study of propagation in a free space and guided propagation.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of electronic communications and signal analysis.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques for using antennas and optic fibres in systems and networks for telecommunications.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and ability to apply the basic techniques of system and telecommunication network analysis.
- Knowledge of the fundamentals and the limits of modern standards relating to systems and telecommunication networks.

Applying knowledge and understanding.

Basic sciences
Graduates can resolve queries and tests by correctly applying the acquired methodologies.
- Ability to model and resolve mathematical problems using the mathematical analysis techniques, more specifically the functions of a variable, maximum and minimum points of functions with multiple real and integer variables of volume and surface.
- Ability to model and resolve algebraic and geometrical problems using the techniques of linear algebra and geometry.
- Ability to carry out experiments and interpret the results.

It should be observed that the following list includes two training activities ending in “-IEI” that, even if they may slightly differ from the corresponding training activities with no suffix, they share the same contents and therefore fall within the same learning areas. Such training activities are carried out as service at the Military Academy of Modena, as a result of a specific convention between the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and the Ministry of Defence. They are therefore reserved exclusively to students of the Italian Army.


Engineering and Information engineering
Graduates can resolve queries and tests by correctly applying the acquired methodologies.
- Ability to model and simulate physical systems and control systems.
- Ability to design an electronic circuit using an electric simulator.
- Ability to model telecommunication and network systems and systems for signal processing.
- Ability to model electromagnetic phenomena present in high-frequency electronic circuits and used in telecommunications systems
- Ability to use the basic electronic instruments and interpret the results of electronic measurements.


Electronics
Graduates can identify, formulate and resolve problems by using up-to-date methods, techniques and tools.
- Ability to design an electronic circuit using an electric simulator.
- Ability to use the basic electronic instruments and interpret the results of electronic measurements.


Telecommunications
Graduates can identify, formulate and resolve problems by using up-to-date methods, techniques and tools.
- Ability to model telecommunication and network systems and systems for signal processing.
- Ability to use simulators for telecommunication and network systems, for signal processing and to interpret the results of acquired data.