Specialized Computer Systems
8.123.00.03 Specialized Computer Systems
Qualification awarded: Master of Computer Engineering
Entry year: 2021
Mode of study: full
Program duration: 1.5 years
Institute: Institute of Computer Technologies, Automation and Metrology
Number of credits: 90 ECTS credits
Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework: NQF Level 7 (Second cycle of QF-EHEA / EQF Level 7)
Field(s) of study: Information technology
Specific admission requirements: Absent
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning: If the previous education was obtained in other country it is necessary to make nostrification, which is made by “Lviv Polytechnic”.
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements: Execution of whole education program and defense master qualification project.
Characteristics of the educational program: Studding of the master on specialization “Specialized Computer Systems” of specialty “Computer Engineering” compare teaching of mandatory (“Economic and Management of the Company” “Development the Tools for Data Protection in Computer Systems and Networks”, “Research and Development of Computer Systems and Networks”, “Professional and Public Security”, “Research and Development of Software Systems”, “Computer Systems of Artificial Intelligence”, “Network Information Technologies”) and selectable (“Research and Development of Controllers for Peripheral Devices”, “Research and Development of Very Large-Scale Integration Circuits”, “Research and Development of Embedded Computer Systems”, “Research and Development of Specialized Computer Systems”, “Areas of Research and Development of Specialized Computer Systems”) courses of general and professional studding, courses of other education programs with student selecting.
It give opportunity to study the specialists for solving the set of actual tasks in the field of information technology and specialized computer systems, which provides development, implementation and support of problem oriented computer systems on the objects of information activity and control these systems.
Generally education program include – 90 ECTS credits, including: modules of required educational courses of specialty – 60.5 credits and modules of required selectable courses of specialty – 29.5 credits.
Gained competence: - scientific and mathematic backgrounds of information technology;
- background of professionally oriented courses of specialty in the field of hardware and software of computer systems for different application, systems on chip, intelligent systems;
- good knowledge at least in one field of: hardware of specialized computer systems, data acquisition systems, interaction systems, systems and networks on chip;
- knowledge and skill on experimental data acquisition and modeling on all levels development the specialized computer systems for different application.
- understanding the influence of technical solutions on public, economic, social and ecological contexts;
- background of basic economic and project management;
- opportunity of identification, formalization and solution of technical tasks of the specialty using existed methods;
- implementation of obtained knowledge for solving tasks of synthesis and analysis in the systems, which are typical for the selected specialty;
- opportunity of systematic analysis and implementation the creative approach to new idea generation;
- implementation of knowledge about technical characteristics, constructive features, application area and exploitation rules of equipment and tools for solving the technical tasks of the specialty.
- competence of computing, design, development, research, implement and support the typical hardware and software for selected specialization;
- competence of effective working in command and individually both;
- competence of identification and description of functionality of the system and its components;
- competence of experimental researches in the professional field;
- competence of evaluation of the obtained results and protect the selected solutions.
Academic mobility: Absent, but mobility is stimulated and encouraged according to procedures ECTS
Work placement(s): Research practice after the title of master qualification project.
Programme director: Roman Dunets, Roman Kochan (0979620133, e-mail: kochan.roman@gmail.com)
Occupational profiles of graduates: - developer of general purpose and special computer systems;
- administrator of general purpose and special computer systems;
- analyst of computer communications;
- analyst of general purpose and special computer systems;
- analyst in the field of computer signals and images processing;
- engineer of general purpose and special computer systems;
- engineer-designer of very large-scale integration circuits;
- programmer on hardware description language;
- programmer-designer of specialized software;
- engineer of software of specialized computers;
- tester of hardware and software of special computer systems;
- designer of special computer systems;
- instructor of university;
- instructor of collage;
- scientist.
Access to further studies: Obtaining third (educational and scientific / educational and creative) level
Other program features: The use of modern hardware and software in the field of information technologies, including: Xilinx, Altera, Cypress Micro Systems, Arduino, Atmel, Raspberry Pi, Analog Devices, Microsoft, Google.