The package of learning activities will provide graduates with specific skills that allow them to be able to work effectively even in different professional areas, as systems analyst and/or designer in all fields of application in which telecommunications technologies play an important role. The specific technical knowledge of the sector can easily be integrated with other skills (management, economics, law, etc.), in order to create new professional figures which are increasingly demanded by the job market.
Professional figure:
Telecommunications Engineer
Main functions:
The 2nd cycle degree programme in Telecommunications Engineering specifically aims to produce professional figures who are able to fill technical and technical-organisational roles in working contexts which demand the knowledge of methodological and operative aspects of basic sciences and engineering, even in advanced design and research context, privileging the specific aspects of telecommunications but without ignoring also more general areas.
Telecommunications Engineering graduates will know the main features of the methods and techniques involves in the design of equipment, systems and infrastructures for the acquisition, processing and transmission of information, as well as their use mainly in telecommunications applications and services, but also in other production and operative contexts.
The study programme is complemented by laboratory experiences and elements of modern business culture and technological policies and research in the European Union, through seminars, lectures and/or work placement.
The knowledge profile of Telecommunications Engineering graduates allow them to work profitably in the design, development, engineering, production, operation and maintenance of telecommunications systems, as well as similar areas including those of the related Classes.
Career opportunities:
Graduates of the 2nd cycle degree programme in Telecommunications Engineering will be able to operate professionally in production innovation and development, advanced design, planning and programming, management of complex systems, both freelancing and as employees in manufacturing and service industries and in the civil service. They will be able to find employment in design firms as well as manufacturers of components, equipment, systems and infrastructure for the acquisition and transmission of information and their use in telematic applications, manufacturing industries, telecommunications services and terrestrial or spatial remote sensing companies, and, more generally, all production and operational areas which apply technologies or infrastructure for processing, transmission and use of signals in the civil, industrial and information fields, in air, land and sea traffic control authorities, regulatory authorities, public and private research institutes, with responsibilities for design, research, development, management, as well as university teaching. Among the career areas in particular are telecommunications systems managers, service providers, technical and sales offices and professional firms, authorities including ITU, ETSI, ENAV, national and international agencies (TLC, ASI, ESA Authority), industries producing remote measuring, remote control and remote monitoring systems. Referring to the ISTAT categories of professional classifications, graduates in Telecommunications Engineering fall mainly under sector 2.2.1.4 — Electronic and Telecommunications Engineers.
The city of Bologna, where this 2nd cycle degree programme is located, lies at the heart of one of the highest concentrations of small and medium enterprises in the country. The skills obtained in the degree programme are demanded and appreciated not only by the specific industries of the sector, but also in a wider technological area, including mechanics companies, services and food processing industries, all of which are well represented locally.
