Year One – Fundamentals
During the first year, students will study fundamental courses.
Students have the opportunity to select their preferred study destination from the 8 awarded universities, as all of them offer similar fundamental course.
Overview
| Area | Balancing ECTS | Fundamentals ECTS | Total |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Software Engineering | 6 | – | 6 |
| Parallel Programming | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| Computer Architecture | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| Transversal Skills | – | 9 | 9 |
| Total | 24 | 54 | 78 |
Mathematics and statistics
Providing the basic mathematical and statistical tools to deal with Engineering problems and analysis.
Software engineering
Providing the basic techniques for sequential programming, debugging, and managing and organizing software.
Parallel programming
Providing the basic and advanced techniques for parallel programming, programming models, parallel languages, and software ecosystem.
Computer Architecture
Providing the basic and advanced concepts on the hardware, processors, memory hierarchy, I/O subsystem, networking, cloud and circuit design.
Transversal Skills
Transversal skills may be developed as part of a regular course or as standalone courses.
