Innovative Communication Technologies and Entrepreneurship

You will gain insight into the latest developments in the field of information, communication and media technologies in a global perspective and learn to understand the social, commercial, regulatory and ethical framework for their use.

You will also study standards and development tools and how to develop user-friendly concepts, applications and services with a commercial potential. You will learn to identify user needs, make requirement specifications and study how users interact with the technologies and perceive them as value-adding. You will also gain a deep understanding of the technologies behind the applications.

Examples of areas you can learn about:

• Internet, Communication and Broadcast Technologies and Converging Media
• Services and Platforms
• Development of User-friendly Applications, Solutions and Services
• Business Development and Business Models
• Security, Trust, Privacy; Legal and Ethical Aspects
• Use of IT and Communication Technology within Enterprises and Organisations
• Cognitive radio
• Telemedicine

You can specialise in Converging Media (offered in Copenhagen) or Telecommunications Infrastructure (offered in Aalborg).

Teaching varies between lectures, classroom instruction, exercises and project work together with other students. Students are encouraged to participate in class discussions.

The final 6 months will be spent writing your MSc thesis. The thesis is a scientific research project, often carried out in collaboration with one of university's industrial partners.

Read more about Danish teaching methods on www.studyindenmark.dk.

If you choose to complete the master's degree programme, you will graduate with the academic title of Master of Science in Engineering.

To be admitted to an MSc programme, you must have a bachelor degree in a relevant subject.

In addition, documentation may be required verifying your proficiency in English is at a specified level.

Contact the educational institution you wish to apply to for detailed information on entry requirements and required English proficiency levels.

To find out whether the level of your foreign certificate satifies the general entry requirements, see the Danish Agency for International Education.

The application deadline for MSc programmes varies according to the educational institution. Contact the individual institution for further information regarding its application deadline and forms.

Exchange students should contact their home institution for information on application procedures and deadlines.

Tuition

There is a tuition fee for all full-degree students, unless you are a student from an EU/EEA country, or from Switzerland.

Students within an exchange programme are not required to pay tuition.

Contact the individual institution for more specific information.

Semester Start

An academic year is made up of two semesters, which begin around September 1 and February 1.

You can study Innovative Communication Technologies and Entrepreneurship in Copenhagen and Aalborg.

Aalborg University

At the Aalborg University Innovative Communication Technologies and Entrepreneurship can be studied as a 2-year master degree programme (120 ECTS).

You also have the possibility to take single courses or subjects within the programme.

Read more about the Programme at www.aau.dk.

The programme is graded at level 7 in the Danish Qualification Framework for Lifelong Learning. The Qualification Framework contains levels 1-8 and defines the expected learning outcome of an education programme. Read more about Qualification Framework for Higher Education.

You can find information on practical issues related to your study visit in Denmark with Danish Agency for International Education, using either of the following links:

www.studyindenmark.dk

www.iu.dk