Aveiro MSIN
Aveiro, the town, is the center for telecommunications in Portugal. It's not only the university that has a strong faculty in telecommunications but we have also the companies.
Francisco Vaz, Vice-rector, University of Aveiro
The INI conducts the Master of Science in Information Networking program in Aveiro, Portugal (Aveiro MSIN) in partnership with the University of Aveiro and Instituto de Telecomunicações. The last class to be admitted to the Aveiro MSIN enrolled in fall of 2009, and program admissions is closed.
Modeled after the Pittsburgh MSIN program, the Aveiro MSIN gives students a solid foundation in information technology and introduces students to management, strategic thinking and policy, with the opportunity to study each of these areas in greater depth through electives. MSIN students are well positioned to pursue leadership, technical, and management positions in a variety of sectors and industries.
Coursework takes place at the University of Aveiro and uses a hybrid distributed education format that combines locally taught courses with courses taught from Carnegie Mellon via video-conferencing technologies.
Program Learning Objectives
Through this program, students:
- Acquire detailed understanding of the technical, management and policy aspects of information networking and computer systems
- Gain theoretical understanding and practical experience in building networked and distributed computer systems
- Gain detailed understanding of the design principles and tradeoffs made in information networking infrastructures
- Manage the development and evolution of reliable and secure information networks and computer systems
- Gain expertise in managing and troubleshooting large scale information networks and distributed systems
- Gain detailed understanding of estabilising requirements in complex applications and translating these requirements into a design architecture
- Learn theoretical as well as practical aspects of database management systems
- Acquire an understanding of microeconomics theory with an emphasis on business applications
- Acquire an understanding of business management functions including accounting, finance, human relations, marketing and operations with an emphasis in information systems
- Equip yourself with skills to assume leadership positions in information networking
Degree Standards
The Aveiro MSIN is assessed to ensure the integrity of the degree being conferred. The components of the assessment include: direct classroom observation, inter-rating grading analysis to ensure grading consistency, tracking of overall performance, online surveys and focus groups to measure student satisfaction, faculty course evaluations rating overall course quality and quality of the instructor, and continuous evaluation of distance learning technologies.
Upon completion, students receive degrees from both universities.
Programs in Portugal
The Aveiro MSIN is a program of Information and Communication Technologies Institute (ICTI) and the Carnegie Mellon-Portugal Program. Visit the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Web site for details.
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Aveiro Faculty Advisor
Systems Scientist, INI and ECE
Office: B210 Hamerschlag Hall
Telephone: (412) 268-4922