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The Graduate Program in Information and Communication Technologies is aimed at training professionals provided with both an in-depth understanding of the theoretical principles of communications, and a specific focus in the area of computer / communication networks.
Students will study for 2 year topics for a total of 132 credits, 66 credits taken each year. The courses include mandatory courses that must be taken by the student regardless his choice; elective courses that can be chosen from the list proposed; free choice courses that give the student a chance to choose the course according to his likes and field of interest, including courses offered by any of Faculties of the University of Trento.
The degree is completed with 6 credits for the stage activity and 18 credits for the final thesis.
Sample study plan for a student spending the first year at University of Trento and the second year at Scuola Superiore S.Anna:
| First Year - First Semester |
| Antennas for Wireless Communications |
| Network Modeling and Design |
| Electronics for Telecommunications |
| Free choice*** |
| Language (italian or English)* |
| First Year - Second Semester |
| Wired Communication Systems and Devices |
| Communications Systems |
| Multimedia Networking |
| Free choice**** |
| Second Year - First Semester |
| Signals and Systems Simulation |
| Network Management and Simulation |
| Free choice** |
| Second Year - Second Semester |
| Optical Systems and Amplification |
| Optical Network architectures |
| Thesis |
Sample study plan for a student spending the first year at Scuola Superiore S.Anna and the second year at University of Trento:
| First Year - First Semester |
| Networked Applications |
| Signals and Systems Simulation |
| Network Management and Simulation |
| Free choice** |
| First Year - Second Semester |
| Security |
| Network architectures and optimization |
| Optical Systems and Amplification |
| Applied Optics and propagation |
| Second Year - First Semester |
| Antennas for Wireless Communications |
| Network Modeling and Design |
| Electronics for Telecommunications |
| Free choice*** |
| Language (italian or English)* |
| Second Year - Second Semester |
| Multimedia Networking |
| Free choice**** |
| Thesis |
| * Non-EU students must attend the lecture and pass the "Lingua Italiana" exam. Other students can pass the exam "Lingua Inglese - livello B2". | |
| ** choose from |
(OO SW Design) - choice 1 |
| (Real Time Systems) - choice 2 | |
| *** choose from | (Satellite Communication Devices) - choice 1 |
| (Wireless Networks) - choice 2 | |
| (Research Methodology) - choice 3 | |
| **** choose from | (Wireless Networks) - choice 1 |
| (Mobile Communications) - choice 2 | |
| (Data Hiding) - choice 3 | |