Master of Electrical Engineering

The program starts with courses that provide the common hardware and software basis for electronic platforms, analogue and digital circuits, signal processing and telecommunications, supplemented with a range of option specific in-depth courses. You choose one of the following four options:

• Power Systems and Automation
• Electronics and Chip Design
• ICT Security and Networks
• Information Systems and Signal Processing

Each option focuses on a different domain with its own applications, typical careers and specific courses.

Student Profile

You want to understand how modern electronic systems function, both in terms of algorithms and software as of hardware and ICs. You are interested in fundamental methods but also in the applications: the Internet of Things, cryptography, telecom, audio and video, deep learning, and autonomous vehicles. You want to design new systems and solve new problems with signal-processing software and hardware.

• You know the basics of electrical engineering, including basic transistors and logic design, digital signal processing, systems, and control, to a level similar to the contents of a Bachelor’s minor in Electrical Engineering.
• You want to understand how modern electronic and electrical systems operate, both in terms of algorithms and software and in terms of hardware and chips.
• You want to design new electronic and electrical systems to solve new society-relevant challenges.

Fully taught in English, also available in Dutch

• Credits: 120 ECTS
• Degree Type: Master

What sets us apart as a university?

A highly ranked university

KU Leuven is among the best 100 universities in the world according to both Times Higher Education World Rankings and QS World University Rankings. All of KU Leuven’s disciplines proudly belong to the top 100 of their field. Furthermore, KU Leuven was ranked by Reuters as the most innovative university in Europe in 2016.

Research-based education

Education at KU Leuven is research-based, which means students will learn from the same professors who are performing the ground-breaking research you read about in the press. New insights are instantly integrated into classes and students are encouraged to perform their own research. In our FabLab, students can use a number of high-tech machines to create whatever they want – all free of charge.

Affordable tuition fees

Higher education is highly valued in Belgium and therefore subsidised by the government. This allows KU Leuven to keep tuition fees relatively low, which gives you a price/quality ratio very few top-100 universities can match. We take pride in keeping our programmes as accessible as possible to allow the brightest students from around the globe to join our courses.

International student life with respect for diversity

According to Times Higher Education, KU Leuven is in the top 50 of most international universities worldwide with staff and students from over 150 different nationalities. For all our international students, the Pangaea student centre is their home away from home. Our university also strives for diversity and inclusion and wants to work together on a pact for more respect.

KU Leuven is among the best 100 universities in the world according to both Times Higher Education World Rankings and QS World University Rankings. All of KU Leuven’s disciplines proudly belong to the top 100 of their field.

The Master of Electrical Engineering Program graduates are found in a surprising amount of sectors. Masters graduates work in Electrical Engineering, in ICT companies and the IT departments of large companies, banks and service providers. You can also find Masters graduates in sectors where there is a need for integrated circuits and electronic systems with both hardware and software aspects. The knowledge of both algorithms and their implementation in hardware and software is an important asset.