About this program
MSc Embedded Systems
The master’s program in Embedded Systems provides a thorough understanding of Embedded Systems and specialisation in a specific area covering theoretical and practical aspects of embedded systems development. Students gain engineering skills and learn integration of software and hardware, system design, integration, verification and management. Graduates have the expertise to harness the possibilities for innovation in the growing area of embedded systems.
Admission requirements
English proficiency
English language proficiency equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6 is required. You can meet the requirement by achieving the minimum required score in the following internationally recognised English tests:
- IELTS Academic/IELTS UKVI: An overall score of 6.5, with no section lower than 5.5
- TOEFL iBT: Score of 20 (scale 0-30) in written test, total score of 90. We accept TOEFL iBT Home Edition and Paper Edition. We do not accept TOEFL ITP, TOEFL iBT MyBest, Institutional TOEFL, TOEFL Essentials, or the revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test.
- Cambridge Michigan Language Assessments: University of Michigan, Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE)
- Pearson PTE Academic or PTE Academic Online: Score of 62 (writing 61)
- Cambridge ESOL: C1 Advanced (CAE), minimum overall score 180 (points awarded since 2015), or Cambridge English certificate level C1, minimum score 180, or Cambridge English: Advanced
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the institute website.
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Year 1
- Embedded Systems (IL2206) 7.5 credits
- Embedded Electronics track
- Embedded Software track
- Embedded Platforms track
Year 2
- Embedded Electronics track
- Embedded Software track
- Embedded Platforms track
- Embedded Control track
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Tuition
The full program tuition fee for non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens studying this program is SEK 310,000.
Qualification
Credits: 120 ECTS
Continuing studies
Hardware design engineer, embedded software engineer, consultant, developer, programr, project management, CTO, R&D engineer, industrial expert, industrial management, startup founder, researcher, Doctoral students in related areas.
Career paths
The enormous price and performance developments of electronics, coupled with their flexibility and programmability, create considerable opportunities for innovation. At the same time, the industry is experiencing problems with sustaining competence in the area and facing significant challenges in managing the integration of software and hardware.
Employers of graduates from the master's program in Embedded Systems are companies that develop electronic components and embedded systems in all possible areas. The program has a broad industrial contact network through ICES – the KTH Innovative Centre for Embedded Systems. ICES member companies support implementation and student activities in the program, such as trainee positions, master's degree projects and pilot projects, offering participants an excellent bridge into the industry or further education in the form of doctoral studies.
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