ECE Master Program

Dear Student, to ensure timely graduation and avoid registration issues, please follow these instructions:
  1. The typical study program for Master's students in the Electronics and CommunicationsEngineering Program is distributed over 4 semesters as a study plan.
  2. Required courses are required of all students in the program, elective courses (often referred to as open or free electives) are optional for students, and selected elective courses are those for which students must take one or more courses from a specified group.
  3. The student can start the thesis after completion of 50% of the required hours, this will help to graduate on time. Please do not start the thesis after completion of all courses this will lead to graduation in 3 or 4 years.
  4. As per the KAU guidelines (51-1), students are required to publish at least one paper in peer-reviewed journals.
  5. The student can register for the elective course EE690 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering from the department.
  6. Before starting the semester, students are advised to review the course syllabus.
  7. The electives course would be offered by the coordinator according to the student's desire, so the students should contact the coordinator a semester ahead.
  8. The students must follow the study plan for each semester.
  9. The course will be offered based on a study plan only with a scheduled time as the previous semester, it cannot be changed.
  10. For any problem with registration please contact the academic advisors.

Study Plan

Semester

Course

Units

1

EE 622

Digital Signal Processing

3

EE 623

Digital Communications

3

2

EE 639

Integrated Circuits

3

MATH 639

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

3

IE 501

Research Methodology and Skills in Science and Engineering

3

3

EE 695

Research Seminar

1

EE xxx

Electives Courses I

3

EE 699

Thesis

8

4

EE xxx

Electives Courses II

3

EE xxx

Electives Courses III

3

EE xxx

Elective Courses IV

3
Core Courses

Course

Units

EE 622

Digital Signal Processing

3

EE 623

Digital Communications

3

EE 639

Integrated Circuits

3

EE 695

Research Seminar

1

EE 699

Master's Thesis

8

IE 501

Research Methodology and Skills in Science and Engineering

3

MATH 639

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

3
Elective Courses

Course

Units

MATH 629

Advanced Numerical Analysis

3

EE 620

Efficient Network Analysis

3

EE 621

Advanced Communication Theory

3

EE 624

Laser and Optical Communications

3

EE 625

Design Principles of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

3

EE 626

Design of Planar Antenna Arrays and Elements

3

EE 627

Solid State Devices

3

EE 630

Special Topics in Communications

3

EE 631

Special Topics in Electronics

3

EE 632

Digital Speech Processing

3

EE 633

Advanced Digital Communications

3

EE 634

Information Theory and Notation

3

EE 635

Mobile and Wireless Communications

3

EE 685

Engineering Problems in Hospitals

3

EE 636

Image Processing

3