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The ERASMUS-MUNDUS Postgraduate Programme<br />
Source: G. Chasapis photo archive<br />
Network and e-Bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
Centred Comput<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Postgraduate students <strong>of</strong><br />
the “Erasmus-Mundus”<br />
programme at AUTh.<br />
The Department <strong>of</strong> Electrical and Computer Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>of</strong> AUTh, the Department <strong>of</strong> Computer Science <strong>of</strong> the University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Read<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the UK, and the Department <strong>of</strong> Telematics <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong><br />
Carlos III de Madrid <strong>in</strong> Spa<strong>in</strong> designed and organised a jo<strong>in</strong>t course <strong>of</strong> postgraduate<br />
studies which was approved and funded by the ERASMUS-MUNDUS Initiative<br />
<strong>of</strong> the European Union.<br />
The title <strong>of</strong> the course is “Advanced Erasmus-Mundus M.Sc. <strong>in</strong> Network and<br />
E-Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Centred Comput<strong>in</strong>g” and its abbreviation is NeBCC.<br />
The aims <strong>of</strong> the course are:<br />
• To prepare future pr<strong>of</strong>essionals for the digital economy, so that they are capable<br />
<strong>of</strong> understand<strong>in</strong>g the technical underp<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs and bus<strong>in</strong>ess opportunities<br />
<strong>of</strong> the new economy.<br />
• To provide students who have chosen the specialist e-bus<strong>in</strong>ess route with <strong>in</strong>depth<br />
study and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g encompass<strong>in</strong>g state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art pr<strong>in</strong>ciples and techniques.<br />
This is provided through a set <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>-depth specialist modules.<br />
• To provide students with research and development skills through a substantial<br />
6-month research and development project undertaken <strong>in</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the participat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>stitutions.<br />
• To provide students with an opportunity to study <strong>in</strong> a multi-cultural environment,<br />
shar<strong>in</strong>g knowledge with other students from different backgrounds.<br />
The Department <strong>of</strong> Electrical and Computer Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g considers that its<br />
participation <strong>in</strong> this programme gives it the opportunity to prove that it can <strong>of</strong>fer<br />
postgraduate <strong>education</strong>al services comparable and perhaps superior to those<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered by other European Universities which are ranked high <strong>in</strong> the University<br />
Evaluation lists <strong>of</strong> their countries.<br />
>>><br />
by George Chasapis,<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Electrical and Computer<br />
Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, AUTh.<br />
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