Embedded Systems

Master of Science (two years) - 120 ECTS in Electrical Engineering, specialisation Embedded Systems

This Master of Science programme is given within the Dept. of
COMPUTER AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING at the School of Engineering.

Intelligent products can be described as products that use mechanics, electronics, microprocessors and software. Embedded systems are computers dedicated to special purposes and these embedded systems are important parts of intelligent products. These systems will radically change the future through new products as well as sophisticated product development as well. This trend has only just begun.

Most of the consumer products that surround us, such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines or lawn mowers, are more or less complex and embedded systems. Our homes and places of employment are supplied with embedded communication systems in order to better control and regulate lighting, climate, comfort and different protection or safety features.

An increasing number of machines, such as cars, trains and planes, are developing into semi robots. These make up nodes in the network of communication for optimising and ensuring personal comfort. For quite some time, industry has used embedded systems in products as well as in machines and instruments for production, and the demand for such systems is increasing. Students gain in-depth and broad knowledge about system level design, digital electronics design, software design, real time system design and mechatronics. Embedded systems are frequently used in harsh environments and in this program you will study analysis and design methods for robust electronics. Studies also provide knowledge about wired and wireless networked embedded systems. In project work that is both advanced and based on reality, students learn the design process from specification to verification.

Upon graduation, there are many job opportunities to choose from within trade and industry. For example, graduates can work with product development and design, project management, production, service/maintenance and sales.

The School of Engineering, Jönköping University, is a member of the prestigious collaborative between leading engineering schools worldwide - the CDIO Initiative™. The CDIO Initiative is an innovative educational framework to conceive and develop a new vision of engineering education and for producing the next generation of engineering leaders. More information, see http://www.cdio.org/