Double-degree option for the CSP program

M. Sc. Communications and Signal Processing & M. Sc. Ingénerie des Systèmes Complexes

We are glad to offer our students a double-degree Master's program together with the  Université de Lorraine in Nancy, France.

It is a unique AI (artificial intelligence) engineering program with domain knowledge in communications and signal processing. Both universities have collaborated in pioneering research on tensor-based signal processing for many years. These techniques extend matrix-based algorithms to more than two dimensions to deal more efficiently with multi-dimensional data.

This double degree option increases the attractiveness of the international Master’s program “Communications and Signal Processing (CSP)” (https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/mscsp) for Bachelor graduates from TU Ilmenau who desire a career in international companies or in research. International students are given the unique opportunity to gain the best possible qualifications for the European academic and industrial job market. The selected students will become members of theprestigious Franco-German University (FGU, https://www.dfh-ufa.org/en/) and gain a unique inter-cultural competence as well as additional networking opportunities.

Moreover, students who opt for this study model receive degrees from both universities after successfully completing their studies:

- Master of Science in Communications and Signal Processing, TU Ilmenau, Germany

- Master Ingénierie des Systèmes Complexes à l’Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

CSP students of the TU Ilmenau can apply for this double degree program after the first semester of the Communications and Signal Processing (CSP) program. As the number of places is limited, the CSP examination board will select students on the basis of their academic performance.

Possible Funding

Draft of the study plan

1st Semester, Winter semester in Ilmenau

Regular CSP courses

  • Advanced digital signal processing
  • Information theory and coding
  • Microwave engineering
  • Communication networks
  • Communications engineering
  • Optional French language course

2nd Semester, Summer semester in Ilmenau

Regular CSP courses

  • Advanced Mobile Communication Networks
  • Research Project
  • Mobile Communications
  • Antenna Engineering
  • Selection of elective courses

Elective courses

  • French language course
  • Research skills
  • Intercultural communication
  • Academic skills in communication science
  • Media system and political culture
  • Media platforms
  • Multirate signal processing
  • Video coding
  • Deep learning

Technical Elective courses

  • Multirate signal processing
  • Video coding
  • Deep learning

3rd Semester, Winter semester in Nancy

Courses in Nancy (to be taught in English)

  • Adaptive and Array Signal Processing (Prof. Haardt visiting/online)
  • Practical workshop AASP
  • Green IT & Practical workshop
  • Detection, Estimation, Reconstruction (ENSEM engineering school) & Practical workshop
  • Statistical Processing and Big Data & Practical workshop
  • Numerical Optimization and Data Science
  • Practical workshop Statistical Processing and Big Data
  • Elective courses

Elective courses

  • Advanced research project (Supervisor from Nancy & co-superviso from Ilmenau)
  • Audio coding (streamed from TU Ilmenau)
  • Cellular communication systems (streamed from TU Ilmenau)
  • Measurements in communications (streamed from TU Ilmenau)
  • Radio standards (streamed from TU Ilmenau)
  • System optimization (streamed from TU Ilmenau)

Additionally optional

  • French language course

4th Semester, Summer semester in Nancy or Ilmenau

Master's thesis

  • Master's thesis with colloquium (supervised by one Professor from Nancy and one Professor from Ilmenau)

Further information

The official start of the double-degree program is scheduled for Winter semester 2024/25. Students starting in Winter semester 2023/24 might already get the chance to study the3rd semester in Nancy. If you are interested in this option, please let us know.