1. General Information

 

Postgraduate studies in Internet technologies aim to provide quality and top European education and training of ICT engineers with deep knowledge of Internet networks, technologies and security. Upon completion of their studies, these engineers will be able to take responsible positions in the processes of planning, design, management and security of Internet networks and work with various types of the latest technologies, including their business aspects.

• Name of the proposer: University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Information Sciences and Computer Engineering - FINKI
• Name of the study program: academic second cycle studies in Internet technologies
• 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 Internet Technologies

 

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 selection of courses should be made in accordance with the previous knowledge of the candidate and the necessary knowledge to continue with postgraduate studies in intelligent systems. When choosing courses, the student should coordinate with the head of the study program. A free choice of subject is also allowed, which is on the university list of subjects for the first year of two-year postgraduate studies.

 

Table 2:   List of items

РБ	Code / Subject		Semester	ECTS	Prerequisite2
1	CSEW513   Distributed Systems		VII	6	Computer Networks, Algorithms and Data Structures
2	CSEW519   Mobile platforms and programming		VII	6	Object-Oriented Programming
3	CSEW702   Web based systems		VII	6	Network Programming
4	CSEW303   Probability and Statistics		VII	6	Calculus 1, Discrete Mathematics 2
5	CSEW504   Network Services Administration		VII	6	Computer Networks, Operating Systems
6	CSES609   Computer Network Design		VIII	6	Computer Networks
7	CSES405   Wireless mobile systems		VIII	6	Computer Networks
8	CSES618   Network Security		VIII	6	Computer Networks, Operating Systems
9	CSES633   Networking		VIII	6	Computer Networks
10	CSES612   Electronic & Mobile Commerce		VIII	6	Internet programming

 

[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). p>

 

3. Studies

Table 3: List of Postgraduate Courses

РБ	CODE / Subject	Semester	З / И	ECTS
1	IT-Z-01 Network Analysis	IX	З	6
2	IT-Z-02 Advanced mobile and web applications	IX	З	6
3	IT-Z-03 Internet Security and Privacy	IX	З	6
4	Elective	IX	И	6
5	Elective	IX	И	6
6	IT-Z-04 DevOps for networking	X	З	6
7	Elective	X	И	6
8	Master Thesis	X	З	18

 

At least one elective should be chosen from the offered electives in Table 4. At most one of the electives can be chosen from the University list of master's degree programs. A maximum of two electives can be selected from the courses offered at the other postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Information Sciences and Computer Engineering.

 

Table 4: Electives

РБ	New code /   Subject < / span>		Semester	ЕКТС
1	IT-I-01   5G communication networks		IX	6
2	IT-I-02   Parallel processing		IX	6
3	IT-I-03   ICT Management		IX	6
4	IT-I-04   E-business		IX	6
5	IT-I-05   Data visualization		IX	6
6	IT-I-06   Network penetration testing		IX	6
7	EI-I-07   Client server programming paradigms		X	6
8	IT-I-08   Digital Marketing		X	6
9	IT-I-09   Advanced Distributed and Parallel Systems		IX	6
10	IT-I-10		IX	6
15	IT-I-15   Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture		X	6
16	IT-I-16   Security incident and response management		IX	6
17	IT-I-17   Cyber threat intelligence		X	6
18	IT-I-18   Data Science		IX	6
19	IS-I-04   Mobile web services		IX	6
20	IS-I-17   Collaborative computer systems		X	6
21	PS-I-08   Linked Open Data		X	6
22	PS-I-05   Smart grid		IX	6

 

The student can choose a subject 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 .