Master Satellite Communication Systems : from engineering to end-to-end systems (SATCOM systems)
Satellite communication systems have been taught in Toulouse for over 40 years. Today, it takes the form of a two-year MSc run by INP-ENSEEIHT.
SATCOM Systems benefits from a unique research and professional environment, since Toulouse is the French capital of Space. The program also takes advantage of the strong ties that the faculty members of INP-ENSEEIHT have built with the aerospace and defense industries.
Major themes : Aeronautics and Space • Satellite systems• Telecommunications • Electronics • Digital communications • Networks• Optics• global navigation satellite systems
Aims of the program
The SATCOM Systems program aims to train students into becoming autonomous specialists in the field of satellite telecommunications. The level of expertise acquired in electronics, digital communications, networks and systems will allow them to readily access positions of responsibility in this field and more generally in the field of telecommunications.
This Master is tought by Toulouse INP-ENSEEIHT
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Program content
First year
- Semester 1 (M1): Integration semester (in common with ESECA MSc): Basics of Electronics, Electromagnetism, Signal and Digital Communications
- Semester 2 (M1): In common with ESECA MSc: Advanced Electronics, RF electronics, Optics ; specific to SATCOM MSc: Telecommunication systems
Second year
- Semester 3 (M2): Specialization semester
- Advanced telecommunication techniques (Network & telecommunication protocols, Digital filter banks, Spread spectrum techniques, Digital communications receivers and SDR technology, Modern channel coding)
- Fundamentals of SATCOM systems: satellite communications systems & markets, regulation & space law, satellite channel modelling, payload, ground segment, missions, platform, operations
- Evolution of SATCOM systems: evolution of satellite system architecture, satellite based networks, integration of satellite in 5G, introduction to satellite navigation, optical satellite communication, applications of SATCOM.
- Semester 4 (M2): 5 to 6 month final internship, which will be paid
Research Institutions & Industrial Partners
All teachers also work as researchers at laboratories affiliated to the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS): Plasma and Energy Conversion Laboratory (LAPLACE), Chemical Engineering Laboratory (LGC), and Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (LAAS).
A significant percentage of the lectures and industrial projects are managed or imparted by industrial R&D partners such as Airbus, Thales Alenia Space, Actia, Continental, EDF, GDF, SUEZ, CEA, ADEME, Liebherr Aerospace, Airbus Defence and Space, and SNCF.
The program’s industrial ties are strengthened through industrial projects and 6-month-long internships.
Job opportunities
While the main sector of activity is satellite telecommunications, graduates can also find jobs in the broad field of telecommunications.
Graduates are mainly hired by major European players in the field of satellite telecommunications (system and service providers): manufacturers (Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space, etc.), agencies (CNES, DLR, ESA, etc.), and operators (Eutelsat, SES, Inmarsat). Graduates are also recruited by large companies such as Thales and Orange, and by SMEs such as CLS, Silicom, and Sigfox.
Graduates can work as R&D, systems or project engineers. They may also pursue PhD studies.
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Fees
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Fees reduced to €5389/year for academic partners, European students, students from some developing countries, and selected students on a merit basis.
- Masters of Science are national degrees accredited fully accredited by the French ministry of higher education.
- Further studies: PhD program (3 years).
- All MSc Degree holders are allowable to take a step forward in the academic track to get the PhD degree.
- Pre-requisite: Bachelor’s degree.
- Holders of a Master’s degree can directly enter the second year under conditions.
- Toulouse INP and INSA Toulouse welcome many international students each year and are more than happy to help them for practical and administrative formalities.
- Tool’Box pack will take care of you from A to Z : You can get the « essentiel » pack with all options (except for guided tour) or « cité internationale » pack.
Toulouse INP offers scholarships through a reduction of fees.
Students can apply to different other scholarship programs (governmental scholarships, European student mobility programs, French Eiffel and French embassies’ scholarship programs, training support programs from private foundations and companies).
- 1 passport-size photos.
- Photocopy of passport or ID card.
- Results of English language test (if your native language is not English).
If you don’t have documents proving your level of English, an interview will be arranged. - Certified academic transcripts.
- Certified copies of academic diplomas.
- Curriculum Vitae in English or French (max. 2 pages).
- Short statement of motivation in English.
- Two letters of recommendation
