Aveiro Master of Science in Information Networking (Aveiro MSIN)

The INI offers 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 Aveiro MSIN program builds upon students’ technical backgrounds to give them the broadened perspective and tactical expertise required to become leaders in the quickly developing field of information technology and information networking. 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.

Modeled after the Pittsburgh MSIN program offered at Carnegie Mellon’s main campus, the Aveiro MSIN is an intensive, full-time, 16-month graduate program that gives students a solid foundation in information technology and information networking and introduces students to management, strategic thinking, and policy, with the opportunity to study each of these areas in greater depth through electives. (New business courses added!) MSIN students are well positioned to pursue leadership, technical, and management positions in a variety of sectors and industries.

Graduates of the INI’s programs enter a range of positions, including software engineer, networking engineer, technology consultant, IT analyst, computer systems consultant, systems & software engineer, corporate security officer, financial software developer, security consultant, and Ph.D. candidate.

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The MSIN curriculum consists of three main components: the core courses, electives, and project. The core courses establish the necessary background and a common competence level, and the elective courses build upon the core. Students can choose from a wide variety of technical and management elective courses according to their interests and career needs.

The MSIN program will be delivered using a hybrid distributed education format with four courses (at least three core) taught from Carnegie Mellon via videoteleconferencing technologies (VTC) and the remaining courses taught locally at the University of Aveiro by its faculty.

Specifically, this program is designed to prepare students to:

• 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 themselves with skills to assume leadership positions in information networking

Aveiro MSIN Program Contact Information

If you are interested in the Aveiro MSIN degree and have specific questions about the program, please refer to the contact information below or visit www.ua.pt/msin.

Rui L. Aguiar, Assistant Professor
Email: ruilaa@det.ua.pt

Ms. Nautilia Maia, Secretariat
Email: nautilia@det.ua.pt

Dpt Electronics, Telecom, and Informatics, Universidade de Aveiro
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal
Call: +351-234-370-355
Fax: +351-234-381-128

ICTI: Information and Communication Technologies Institute

ICTI and the Carnegie Mellon-Portugal Program will involve professors, researchers and students from six colleges, eight departments, and six research centers and institutes at Carnegie Mellon and a large consortia of Portuguese research and education institutions, including 12 higher education institutions, four associate laboratories, one applied research institute and two governmental agencies.

http://www.icti.cmu.edu/