1. General Information
Postgraduate studies in smart connected systems aim to provide quality and top European education and training to ICT engineers with in-depth knowledge of smart systems connected via the Internet of Things (IoT). Upon completion of their studies, these engineers will be able to take responsible positions in the processes of planning, design, programming, management, testing and monitoring of smart IoT systems and work with various types of the latest embedded technologies, including new IoT business aspects. >
- Name of the proposer: University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Information Sciences and Computer Engineering - FINKI
- Study Program Name: Academic Second Cycle Studies in Smart Connected Systems
- Scientific-research area: technical-technological
- Field: Computer Engineering & Informatics
- Area: Information Systems and Networks
- The value of postgraduate studies is 60 ECTS or 120 ECTS credits .
- Duration of studies: 2 or 4 semesters .
- One academic year consists of two semesters lasting 30 weeks (1 semester = 15 weeks).
- The first semester consists of subjects, while the second has a smaller number of subjects and is reserved for the final project, ie. for the master's thesis.
- Admission Requirements : Completed undergraduate studies in the field of informatics or computer technology and informatics with a minimum of 240 credits. For study directions that carry less than 240 credits, exams offered in the introductory layer are added.
- Introductory layer : Students who have earned less than 240 credits during their studies are offered a set of differential introductory courses. After their successful realization, the student acquires the right to continue with the second year of postgraduate studies.
- First semester: 3 Mandatory courses and 2 electives, one of which may be from the University list.
- Second semester: 1 Mandatory and 1 elective, which can be from the university list (only if in the first semester the subjects are selected at the Faculty level) and a final project of 18 ECTS
- 1 ECTS credit corresponds to 30 hours of total work engagement
- The number of contact hours is 4
- The academic title or degree obtained after graduation is
- Master in Information Science and Computer Engineering in the field of smart connected systems
2. Introductory layer
The introductory layer is intended for students who study for less than four years or have earned less than 240 credits from previous studies.
Table 1: List of introductory layer items
| РБ | Subject | Semester | ECTS |
| 1 | Mandatory subject 1 of Table 2 | VII | 6 |
| 2 | Mandatory subject 2 of Table 2 | VII | 6 |
| 3 | Mandatory subject 3 of Table 2 | VIII | 6 |
| 4 | Mandatory subject 4 of Table 2 | VIII | 6 |
| 5 | Elective course 1 1 | VII | 6 |
| 6 | Elective 2 1 | VII | 6 |
| 7 | Elective course 3 1 | VII | 6 |
| 8 | Elective 4 1 | VIII | 6 |
| 9 | Elective course 5 1 | VIII | 6 |
| 10 | Selection from the university list of free courses | VIII | 6 |
[1] Selection from the lists of subjects from the introductory layer of all master studies at the Faculty of Information Sciences and Computer Engineering
Elective courses can be selected from the proposed list of courses of the study program, Table 2, or from the proposed lists of courses from the introductory layer of other study programs of the Faculty of Information Sciences and Computer Engineering. The choice of courses should be made in accordance with the previous knowledge of the candidate and the necessary knowledge to continue with the postgraduate studies in Internet technologies. Only one free choice of subject is allowed which is on the university list of subjects for the first year of two-year postgraduate studies.
Table 2: List of items
| РБ | New Code / Subject | Semester | ECTS | Prerequisite2 | |
| 1 | CSEW705 Innovation in ICT | V | 6 | ||
| 2 | CSEW502 Microprocessor Systems | V | 6 | ||
| 3 | CSES627 Sensor Systems | VI | 6 | ||
| 4 | CSEW525 Personal and Ad Hoc networks | V | 6 | ||
| 5 | CSES813 ARM architecture | VIII | 6 | ||
| 6 | CSES604 Embedded Computer Systems | VI | 6 | ||
| 7 | CSES608 Digital Signal Processing | IV | 6 | ||
| 8 | CSES405 Wireless mobile systems | VI | 6 | ||
| 9 | CSEW702 Web based systems | VII | 6 | ||
| 10 | CSEW519 Mobile platforms and programming | VII | 6 | ||
[2] The titles of the courses are given according to the curricula of the undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Information Technologies and Computer Engineering, UKIM, Skopje. Students who have graduated from other institutions will have to show passed exams in subjects appropriate to the above in order to meet the prerequisites for the respective subject.
After the successful completion of all ten courses and 60 credits, the student with previously acquired 180 ECTS credits (or completed three-year studies) continues with the courses from the second academic year of postgraduate studies - Table 3 (IX and X semester).
3. Studies
Table 3: List of Postgraduate Courses
| РБ | Subject | Semester | З / И | ECTS |
| 1 | Building the Internet of Things and Security | IX | З | 6 |
| 2 | Acquisition and data processing systems | IX | З | 6 |
| 3 | Smart City | IX | З | 6 |
| 4 | Elective | IX | И | 6 |
| 5 | Elective | IX | И | 6 |
| 6 | Developing IoT applications and IoT platforms | X | З | 6 |
| 7 | Elective | X | И | 6 |
| 8 | Master Thesis | X | З | 18 |
The following table shows the electives from the study program
Table 4: Electives
| РБ | New code / Subject | Semester | ЕКТС | |
| 1 | PS-I-01 Data Analysis from Related Systems | X | 6 | |
| 2 | PS-I-02 Sensory data fusion | IX | 6 | |
| 3 | ПС-И-03 Smart mobility | X | 6 | |
| 4 | ПС-И-04 Smart contracts in IoT | IX | 6 | |
| 5 | PS-I-05 Smart Energy Networks | IX | 6 | |
| 6 | ПС-И-06 Smart and connected healthcare | X | 6 | |
| 7 | PS-I-07 IoT for Environmental Systems | IX | 6 | |
| 8 | PS-I-08 Open & Related Data | X | 6 | |
| 9 | ПС-И-09 Smart production and monitoring systems | X | 6 | |
| 10 | PS-I-01 Smart Financial Systems and Stock Exchange | IX | 6 | |
| 11 | IT-I-01 5G: Fifth Generation Wireless Mobile Systems | IX | 6 | |
| 12 | ИТ-И-04 E-business | IX | 6 | |
| 13 | ИТ-И-11 Smart Sensor Networks | X | 6 | |
| 14 | IT-I-13 Network Virtualization and Cloud Computing | X | 6 | |
| 15 | ИТ-И-18 Data Science | IX | 6 | |
| 16 | ИС-И-21 Sensor-robotic systems | X | 6 | |
| 17 | СИ-И-01 Time series analysis and forecasting | IX | 6 | |
| 18 | EI-Z-03 Implementation of Geographic Information Systems | X | 6 | |
The student can choose a course from the list of offered elective courses from all study programs of the second cycle of studies. The list of offered electives can be found on this link .