Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation ERASMUS ECTS Information Package UNIVERSITY OF RUSE FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRONICS AND AUTOMATION Erasmus ECTS Information Package Assoc.Prof. Vyara Ruseva, PhD Assoc.Prof. Galina Ivanova, PhD Dean Faculty ECTS Coordinator University of Ruse University of Ruse 8 Studentska Street 8 Studentska Street 7017 Ruse 7017 Ruse tel.: + 359 82 888 616 tel.: +359 82 888 855 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 1 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation ERASMUS ECTS Information Package TABLE OF CONTENTS General Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3 • The ECTS System ................................................................................................... 4 • Data about Bulgaria ................................................................................................. 5 Information on the City and the University ..................................................................... 8 • The City of Ruse ...................................................................................................... 9 • The University of Ruse ............................................................................................. 11 • Academic Calendar .................................................................................................. 12 • Profile of the University of Ruse ............................................................................... 13 • International Collaboration ....................................................................................... 14 • Admission of Foreign Students and Application Procedures, General Information, Visas, Accommodation, Useful Information ............................................................. 16 • Campus Map of the University of Ruse .................................................................... 24 Information on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation ... 25 ECTS & ERASMUS Coordinators ..................................................................................... 34 Departments in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation .. 35 Department of Electrical Power Engineering .................................................................. 36 Department of Electronics ................................................................................................ 39 Department of Automatics and Mechatronics ................................................................ 42 Department of Computing ................................................................................................. 45 Department of Telecommunications ................................................................................ 48 Undergraduate Programs .................................................................................................. 51 • Undergraduate Studies in Electrical Power Engineering ......................................... 52 • Undergraduate Studies in Electronics ...................................................................... 85 • Undergraduate Studies in Computer Control and Automation ................................. 116 • Undergraduate Studies in Computer Systems and Technologies ........................... 148 • Undergraduate Studies in Internet and Mobile Communications ............................. 180 • Undergraduate Studies in Information and Communication Technologies .............. 214 Postgraduate Programs .................................................................................................... 245 • Postgraduate Studies in Electrical Power Engineering ............................................ 246 • Postgraduate Studies in Renewable Energy Sources and Technologies ................ 255 • Postgraduate Studies in Electronics ........................................................................ 266 • Postgraduate Studies in Automotive Electronics ..................................................... 277 • Postgraduate Studies in Automatics and Computer Systems for Automation ........ 288 • Postgraduate Studies in Automatics and Mechatronics ........................................... 296 • Postgraduate Studies in Computer Systems and Networks .................................... 304 • Postgraduate Studies in Computer Systems and Technologies .............................. 314 • Postgraduate Studies in Internet and Multimedia Communications ......................... 325 2 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation ERASMUS ECTS Information Package GENERAL INTRODUCTION 3 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation ERASMUS ECTS Information Package THE ECTS SYSTEM The Information Package provides a description of the University of Ruse, of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation and the courses offered by the Faculty in order to help prospective ECTS students to prepare for their study period at this institution. What is ECTS? ECTS, The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, was developed by the Commission of the European Communities in order to provide common procedures to guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements and transferring them from one institution to another. The European Commission promotes the system and the international cooperation between universities as a means of improving the quality of education bringing benefits both to students and higher education itself. In this respect, student exchange is the basic element in university cooperation. Recognition of education and diplomas is the necessary condition for establishing an open European higher education space where students and lecturers can “move” with no restriction. ECTS provides transparency through the following means: ECTS credits which are a numerical value allocated to course units to describe the student workload required to complete them; The Information Package which supplies written information to students and staff on institutions, departments/faculties, the organization and structure of studies and course units; it also provides useful information about the location of the University, its admission procedures, accommodation opportunities, academic calendar, etc. The Transcript of Records which shows students’ learning achievements in a way which is comprehensive, commonly understood and easily transferable from one institution to another; The Learning Agreement covering the programme of study to be taken and the ECTS credits to be awarded for their satisfactory completion, committing both home and host institutions, as well as the student. The ECTS Credits ECTS credits are allocated units to describe the student workload required to complete them. They reflect the quantity of work each course requires in relation to the total amount of work required to complete a full year of academic study at the institution, i.e. lectures, practical classes, seminars, self- study – in a library or at home - and exams or other assessment activities. ECTS credits express a relative value. In ECTS, 60 credits represent the workload of a year of study; normally 30 credits are given for a semester and 20 credits for a term. It is important that no special courses are set up for ECTS purposes, but that all ECTS courses are mainstream courses of the participating institutions, as followed by the home students under normal regulations. Credits are awarded only when the course has been completed and all required examinations or other assessment activities have been successfully passed. Detailed information about disciplines (short description of course contents, teaching methods, types of assessment, etc.) is given in the information package of each degree programme. ECTS Students Students participating in ECTS receive full credit for all academic work successfully carried out at any of the ECTS partner institutions. These credits are transferred to the home university and fully replace the annual/semester workload including exams and other forms of assessment. In this way students can study abroad for a certain period of time and when they come back, they are able to continue their education without any loss of semesters and exams. Some students may also decide to graduate from the host university, and permission for that is given by the academic authorities based upon the student’s transcript of credit points and his/her performance at the home university. 4 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation ERASMUS ECTS Information Package DATA ABOUT BULGARIA The Republic of Bulgaria is a country situated in South-East Europe. In the north it borders the Republic of Romania, in the east it ranges to the Black Sea, in the south it neighbours the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Greece, and in the west it borders (former Yugoslavian) Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Serbia. Area: 110,993.6 sq km Population: 6 911 661 Capital city: Sofia Official language: Bulgarian Alphabet: Cyrillic Religion: There is freedom of religious confessions. Traditional religion in the Republic of Bulgaria is Eastern Orthodox Christianity National holiday: March 3, the Day of the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman domination (1878) Public (non-working) holidays: 3 March – Liberation Day (national holiday) 1 January – New Year Easter (Resurrection