Communications and Multimedia Engineering (CME) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

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The Master's study programme Communications and Multimedia Engineering CME is a four-semester MSc engineering programme taught in English, designed for Bachelor's degree holders from Electrical Engineering, Communication Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics or Physics. It emphasises the fundamental concepts of advanced communications and multimedia and paves the way to research and advanced development in world-class academic institutions and industry for audio, multimedia, and communications. The programme structure complies with internationally recognised Master's programmes and meets the requirements for subsequent doctoral studies. The four-semester curriculum starts in the winter semester and includes a six-month thesis project. All courses are taught in English and do not require prior knowledge of the German language. Furthermore, CME provides intensive language courses in German to open the door to a local career. Evidently, communications and multimedia technologies have experienced a rapid growth within the last few years and have attained high economic importance worldwide. This progress is mainly driven by theoretical achievements based on highly complex mathematical concepts and algorithms and by the application of modern abstract methods. Examples are numerous in digital speech, audio and video coding, digital transmission and communication networks. In many cases, a few very young scientists with outstanding intellectual and creative abilities join in their efforts and drive technical progress to market success. With this background CME wants to provide students with a solid basis to reach for their individual goals.