CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

BSc in Electrical Engineering

Presentation of the programme

STRUCTURE & CONTENT

The continued technological revolution of the 21st century transforms societies and dramatically changes people's lifestyles, as well as the way they think.

The global high-tech industry relies heavily on applied results of electrical engineering, which makes electrical engineering the protagonist in a wide range of research, scientific and professional activities. From everyday use of smartphones, industrial control systems, applications to medical practice to communications and the utilization of natural resources, they all have at their core the understanding of the electronic properties of materials, the transfer of information and the ability to create integrated systems.

The BSc in Electrical Engineering degree is a four-year program and includes compulsory infrastructure and advanced specialization courses, English language courses for academic purposes and elective courses from other departments of the University.

It combines strong theoretical scientific knowledge with excellent training in the design, analysis, and evaluation of electrical and electronic systems. It focuses on higher mathematics, physics, electrical circuit analysis, communication systems, digital signal processing, etc. In addition, the program offers capstone design knowledge and experience and a range of elective courses from other disciplines of engineering. The program also includes a series of laboratory courses conducted in the state-of-the-art electrical engineering laboratories of the University.

The graduates of the program are eligible to register as members of the Technical Chamber of Cyprus (ETEK) enjoying all the professional rights of the Engineer.

SEMESTER MODULES

Students admitted from the 2026 academic year onwards:

A – Semester modules

1st Semester
	Course code	Title	ECTS
1	EEI 101	Advanced Mathematics I	5
2	EEI 102	Physics I	5
3	EEΝ 111	Electrical Circuits Analysis	6
4	EEN 117	Introduction to Computing and Programming	6
5	LCE 113	English for Electrical Engineers I	4
6	EEN 115	Digital Logic	5
Total			31

2nd Semester
	Course code	Title	ECTS
1	EEI 103	Advanced Mathematics II	5
2	EEI 145	Linear Algebra	5
3	EEN 105	Physics II	5
4	EEN 112	Electrical Circuits Analysis II	6
5	EEN 118	Object-oriented Methodology and Programming	6
6	LCE 114	English for Electrical Engineers II	4
Total			31

3rd Semester
	Course code	Title	ECTS
1	EEΝ 201	Advanced Mathematics III	5
2	EEΝ 202	Physics III	5
3	EEΙ 234	Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes	5
4	EEN 212	Digital Systems	5
5	EEN 213	Electrical Circuits Laboratory I	4
6	ΕΕΝ 214	Electronics I	5
Total			29

4th Semester
	Cousre code	Title	ECTS
1	EEΝ 217	Electronics II	6
2	EEΝ 215	Electrical Circuits Laboratory II	4
3	EEΝ 216	Bio Engineering	6
4	EEΙ 231	Signals and Systems	6
5	EEΙ 233	Computer Organization	6
Total			28

5th Semester
	Course code	Title	ECTS
1	EEΝ 311	Control Systems	6
2	EEΝ 313	Electrical Circuits Laboratory III	4
3	EEΙΝ 314	VLSI Systems Design	6
4	EEN 310	ΙMedical Imaging	6
5		Department Elective	6
Total			28

6th Semester
	Cousrse code	Title	ECTS
1	EEΝ 316	Electromagnetism	6
2	EEΝ 317	Communication Systems	6
3	EEΝ 318	Digital Signal Processing	6
4	EEΝ 319	Electrical Circuits Laboratory IV	4
5	EEΝ 320	Power Systems	6
Total			28

Summer Semester (optional)
	Course code	Title	ECTS
1	PLA 300	Practical Training	3
Total			3

7th Semester
	Course code	Title	ECTS
1	EEΝ 411	Design Project I	7
2	EEΝ 413	Introduction to Photonics	6
3		Department Elective	6
4		Department Elective	6
5		Engineering Elective	6
Total			31

8th Semester
	Course code	Title	ECTS
1	EEΝ 412	Design Project II	8
2		Department Elective	6
3		Department Elective	6
4		Engineering Elective	6
5		Free Elective*	6
Σύνολο			31

B – Elective modules

Semester	Code	Title	ECTS
Fall	EEN 442	Power Systems II	6
Fall	EEN 443	Power Electronics	6
Fall	EEN 444	Digital Image Processing	6
Spring	EEN 445	Renewable Energy Sources	6
Spring	EEN 446	Wireless Communications	6
Fall	EEN 448	Advanced Digital Signal Processing	6
Spring	EEN 450	Electrical Installations	6
Fall	EEN 451	Modern Digital Communication	6
Spring	EEN 452	Power Systems Control and Operation	6
Fall	EEN 457	Integrated Circuit Design Techniques	6
Spring	CSE 329	Statistical Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning	6
Spring	EEN 456	Engineering Economic Analysis	5

Students in the Electrical Engineering stream may select elective courses from the Computer Engineering and Informatics stream and vice versa, subject to Departmental approval.

Restriction on elective course selection:
Students may select courses from the list of elective courses of the programme. Of the elective courses selected, at least four (4) must belong to the Energy area. The following are considered Energy-area courses:

EEN 442 Power Systems II
EEN 443 Power Electronics
EEN 445 Renewable Energy Sources
EEN 450 Electrical Installations
EEN 452 Control and Operation of Electrical Energy Systems

Elective Courses in the Engineering Area
Courses from other departments of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology may be selected subject to Departmental approval.

Free Elective Courses
Courses in the fields of social sciences and humanities, business administration, economics, etc. may be selected subject to Departmental approval.

C – Program structure

TYPE OF MODULE	Number	ECΤS
COMPULSORY COURSES	33	175
DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES	5	30
ELECTIVES IN THE ENGINEERING AREA	3	17
FREE ELECTIVE	1	6
DESIGN PROJECT I & II	2	15
PRACTICAL TRAINING	1	3
Total	45	246

Students admitted up to and including the 2025 academic year

A – SEMESTER MODULES

1st Semester		2nd Semester
	ECTS		ECTS
EEI 101 Advanced Mathematics I	5	EEI 103 Advanced Mathematics II	5
EEI 102 Physics I	6	EEI 104 Linear Algebra	5
EEN 111 Electrical Circuits Analysis I	6	EEN 105 Physics II	6
EEI 132 Introduction to Computing and Programming (C)	6	EEI 133 Object-oriented Methodology and Programming with C++	6
LCE 113 English for CEI Ι	4	EEN 211 Electrical Circuits Analysis II	6
		LCE 115 English for CEI ΙI
Total	27	Total	32
3rd Semester		4th Semester
	ECTS		ECTS
EEI 201 Advanced Mathematics III	5	EEN 214 Electronics I	6
EEI 202 Physics III	5	EEN 215 Electrical Laboratory II	5
EEI 203 Introduction to Biology	5	EEI 216 Bioengineering	6
EEN 210 Engineering Economic Analysis	5	EEN 231 Signals and Systems	6
EEN 212 Digital Systems	6	EEI 233 Computer Organization	6
EEN 213 Electrical Laboratory I	5
Total	31	Total	29
5th Semester		6th Semester
	ECTS		ECTS
EEN 311 Control Systems	6	EEN 316 Electromagnetism	6
EEN 312 Electronics II	6	EEN 317 Communication Systems	6
EEN 313 Electrical Laboratory II	5	EEN 318 Digital Signal Processing	6
EEN 314 VLSI Systems Design	6	EEN 319 Electrical Laboratory IV	5
EEN 310 Indroduction to Medical Imaging	6	EEN 320 Power System	6
EEI 331 Probabilities and Random Processes	5
Total	34	Total	29
7th Semester		8th Semester
	ECTS		ECTS
EEN 411 Project Design Ι	7	EEN 412 Project Design ΙΙ	8
EEN 413 Introduction to Photonics	6	Department Elective	6
Engineering Elective	6	Department Elective	6
Engineering Elective	6	Engineering Elective	6
Free Elective *	6	Engineering Elective	6
Total	31	Total	32

* For students admitted in 2021, an Engineering Faculty elective must be selected instead of a Free Elective.

Department Elective

EEN 442 Power Systems II

EEN 443 Power Electronics

EEN 445 Renewable Energy Sources

EEN 446 Wireless Communications

EEN 447 Advanced Electronics

EEN 448 Advanced Digital Signal Processing

EEN 449 Medical Imaging

EEN 450 Electrical Installations

EEN 451 Modern Digital Communication

EEN 452 Power Systems Control and Operation

EEN 453 Image-guided therapies

Students from Electrical Engineering can register for modules from Computer Engineering and Informatics and vice versa, after approval by the Department.

Engineering Electives

Students can register to modules offered by the Departments of the Faculty of Engineering after approval by the EEI Department.

Free Electives

Students can register to free elective modules after aproval by the EEI Department.

B - PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

MODULES	NUMBER	ECTS
COMPULSORY MODULES	34	188
DEPARTMENT ELECTIVES	3	18
ENGINEERING ELECTIVES	3	18
FREE ELECTIVE	1	6
DESIGN PROJECT Ι & ΙΙ	2	15
TOTAL	43	245

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE – 2021 INTAKE

MODULES	NUMBER	ECTS
COMPULSORY COURSES	34	188
DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES	3	18
ELECTIVES IN THE ENGINEERING AREA	4	24
DESIGN PROJECT I & II	2	15
TOTAL	43	245

ENTRANCE EXAMS (NATIONAL EXAMS - COURSES)

TABLE 19

COMPULSORY (3)

ELECTIVE (1)

New Greek
Mathematics
Physic

Chemistry or
Biologys or
Computer Science
Free Drawing
Architecture-Technical Drowing or Architecture Drawing Techn.Sch. (Th.Dir.)
Design and Technology or Technoly Techn.Sch. (Th.Dir.)

CSE 470 Integrated Circuits Design and Testing

Course Purpose and Objectives

The main objectives of this course are:

• The study and in-depth understanding of the design goals of digital circuits and systems hardware implementations (FPGAs, ASICs, ASIPs) in terms of speed, power consumption and implementation area etc.

• The study, in-depth understanding and subsequent practical application of the design flow and implementation flow of hardware circuits and systems as well as the analysis and comparative evaluation of the different alternative circuit design architectures.

• The in-depth understanding of the different strategies / methodologies for designing hardware designs.

• The study and application of optimization techniques for digital circuits and systems hardware design such as parallelism, pipelining and algorithmic loop unfolding,at system, algorithmic, register, circuit levels of the design flow for optimal digital designs implementation regarding the selected optimization factor (speed, power, area).

• The definition of functional specifications and the verification of the circuits' or systems' correct functionality.

• The description of digital circuits and systems using the VHDL hardware description language.

• Acquiring hardware design experience through "lab training" homeworks ( with provided hardware synthesis and simulation tools) through weekly mini-tasks on the above topics.

• Introduction to the basic concepts of testing and testability of ICs, the valuation of ICs production lines (yield), the economics of ICs testing and so on.

• Study and analysis of fault Models and faults detection as well as introduction to design for testability(DFT) ICs.

• Introduction to logic fault simulators, test patterns generation and application as well as in techniques for circuit testing.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course the student will:

· Understood in-depth the alternatives of digital systems hardware designs architectures and implementations and the corresponding required theory for designing high speed, low-power and low-integration area digital circuits and systems

· Understood thoroughly the various design strategies, so as to choose the most suitable according to the needs of the algorithm or the application to be implemented in hardware

· Be able to choose between different implementations or apply appropriate optimization techniques to design high-speed or low-power or limited integration area hardware designs according to the algorithmic design constraints.

· Be able to apply optimization techniques at all levels of the design flow (system, algorithm, register, circuit) for the efficient implementation of algorithms in hardware designs

· Be thoroughly aware of the methods and techniques required to verify the correct functionality of VLSI circuits and systems.

· Have acquired design experience on the above topics through weekly mini lab exercises homework.

· Have acquired extensive experience through weekly mini lab exercises homework in designing, describing and implementing digital hardware systems using the VHDL hardware description language

· Understood the basic need for integrated circuits testing and the need for their design for increased testability taking in consideration economic aspects of ICs design and implementations.

· Have knowledge on how to detect and model faults at logic level in ICs.

· Become experienced in generating and applying test vectors as well as in testing techniques for ICs.

Prerequisites

EEN 212 and EEN 314 or CEI 122 and CEI 323

Course Content

Basic and advanced techniques for developing, designing and testing integrated circuits. Digital design optimization techniques in terms of various designs parameters (speed, power, area) as well as practical approaches in testing the designed Integrated Circuits. Analysis of digital hardware design flow, design levels and implementations, Top/Down and Bottom/Up hardware design approach with examples. Timing and optimizations, Pipelined Digital Design for high throughput, Parallel Digital Design for low area consumption, Parallel, Algorithmic Loop Unfolded and Pipelined Digital Designs for low area consumption, Testbences for hardware designs simulations, Challenges in 90nm Digital Hardware Design. Digital Hardware Design with hardware description language VHDL. Extensive case study, analysis and optimized redesign of hardware designed cryptographic algorithm: Pipelined SHA-1 Hash function. Introduction to the need for testing, Failures, Defects and Fault Models, Stuck-at Faults, Simple and multiple stuck-at faults, Faults coverage, Bridging Faults, Logic fault simulation, Serial, parallel, deductive and concurrent fault simulators, Test patterns generation, Algebraic and algorithmic methods for test patterns generation, Design for testability, Observation and control points, Pseudoexhaustive testing, Scan path design technique.

EEI 101 Advanced Mathematics I

EEI 102 Physics I

EEI 103 Advanced Mathematics II

EEI 131 Introduction to Computation and Programming (6 ECTS)

EEI 133 Object-oriented Methodology and Programming with C++ (6 ECTS)

EEI 201 Advanced Mathematics III (5 ECTS)

EEI 203 Introduction to Biology

EEI 231 Signals and Systems (6 ECTS)

EEI 233 Computer Organisation

EEI 312 Electronics II (6 ECTS)

EEI 450 Electrical Installations (6 ECTS)

EEN 112 Electrical Circuits Analysis II (6 ECTS)

EEN 212 Digital Systems (6 ECTS)

Course Purpose and Objectives

The objectives of this course are:

• Study and understanding of the basic functional principles of Digital Systems and Circuits, their parameters, their design constraints and the technologies for their implementation and design.

• The thorough study and detailed understanding of the main issues and concepts for designing combinational and sequential logic circuits as well as their optimal design and the various implementation parameters.

• Understanding of the programmable logic devices with an emphasis on FPGAs and introduction to describing digital circuits and systems using HDLs

• Analysis and design of counters (synchronous and asynchronous) and registers.

•Analytical study and understanding of State Diagrams design and implementation of the respective FSM State Machines.

• Analytical study and detailed understanding of the operations of basic types of RAM (SRAM, DRAM) and ROM.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course the students will have understood the basic principles, parameters and limitations of digital systems design and implementation of the corresponding circuits as well as how to evaluate and compare various designs and implementations.

Students will also have acquired the necessary knowledge to design and optimize digital systems, having studied extensively the design of combinational and sequential circuits, as well as FSM State Machines.

In addition, they will have understood the basic principles of various programmable logic devices, especially FPGAs, and will have acquired some basic knowledge of circuit design with HDL languages.

In addition, they will be able to design counters and registers according to the needs of their applications.

Finally, they will know the functions and operations of the basic types of semiconductor memories (RAMs, ROMs) and their specific characteristics.

Course Content

Integration Technology and Advantages, Integrated Circuits (ICs) Logic Families, Critical Path, Integration Area and Power Dissipation, Noise and Noise Margins, Fan-out, Logic Gates Implementation in TTL, CMOS, CMOS Logic Function Design and Power Consumption, CMOS Transistor Sizing, Transmission Gates, CMOS Physical Layout.

Combinational Logic: Design of Combinational circuits, Design with CAD tools and Hardware Description Languages(HDL), Basic Combinational logic functions and circuits: Adders (Ripple Carry Adder, Carry Look-Ahead Adder, Carry Select Adder), Subtractor, Add/Sub circuit, Multiplexers, Demultiplexers, Comparators, Priority Encoders, Decoders and other digital circuits, Combinational Logic ICs Hierarchical Design and Cascade Extension, Applications of Combinational Circuits.

Programmable Logic Devices: ROMs, PLAs, PALs, CPLDs, FPGAs and Digital Design Implementation, Design Simulation and Debugging, Performance Estimation and Implementation Area

Sequential Logic Circuits: Latches, Master-Slave, D, J-K and T Flip Flops, Set and Reset Signals (Synchronous and Asynchronous), Operating conditions and Timing of Flip Flops, Special Design Issues for Flip Flops, Flip Flop ICs and Applications.

Synchronous and Asynchronous Counters: Binary, Decimal, Modulo-n, Methodology for Synchronous Counter Design: General Case, Counters ICs and Counting Extension (Cascade), Sequential Design with Hardware Descriptive Language (HDL).

Registers: Parallel Load, Shift Register, Serial or Parallel Input / Serial or Parallel Output, Multi-Function Shift Register, Registers-Counters (Johnson Counter)

Finite State Machines: State Diagram, Mealy and Moore State Machine Circuits, Design Methodology and Examples.

Semiconductor Memories: Typical Memory Internal Memory, Memory Features, Memory Storage Cells-Organization-Adressing-Read and Write Operations in SRAMs and DRAMs, Read-only memory, EEPROM, Flash.

EEN 213 Electrical Circuit Design Lab I (5 ECTS)

EEN 214 Electronics I (6 ECTS)

EEN 215 Electrical Laboratory II (5 ECTS)

Course Purpose and Objectives

The objectives of this course are:

• Students to gain hands-on experience in digital circuit design and in usage of integrated ICs both in educational boards and with CAD tools in FPGAs.

• To acquire practical knowledge and to practice the necessary design approaches for designing systems such as reusability, hierarchical design, abstraction levels, etc.

• Students should acquire practical knowledge and practice simulation techniques and debugging both during the design phase.

• The study and understanding of the basic functional principles of Digital Systems and Circuits, their parameters, their design constraints and the technologies for their implementation and design, as well as the way of their interconnection.

• The use and understanding of the structure and utilization of FPGA devices, the schematic description of combinational and sequential logic circuits, as well as the introduction to the description of digital circuits and systems with hardware languages (HDL).

• Implementation in educational boards as well as with CAD tools in FPGAs, while understanding the basic operation principles, of combinational and sequential logic design, as well as their optimal design and the various implementation parameters.

• Analysis, design and implementation of counters (synchronous and asynchronous) both in educational boards and with CAD tools in FPGAs.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course the students will have learned to:

-Implement combinational and sequential logic circuits in both CAD tools (ALTERA QUARTUS II software) with final implementation in FPGAs as well as in educational boards.

-Use the ALTERA QUARTUS II software to design and simulate digital circuits and to finally implement their designs in FPGA boards.

-Make excellent use of the laboratory equipment for their experimental designs such as breadboards, ICs, Signal generators, multimeters, digital oscilloscopes, etc.

-Use design techniques to efficiently implement large designs by managing the complexity of designs and assessing the advantages / disadvantages of each design approach.

-Perform efficiently simulations and debugging of their designs during the design phase.

-Design and implement ad-hoc counters (synchronous and asynchronous) on both FPGAs and educational boards, according to the needs of their applications.

-Design basic digital circuits using hardware description language (VHDL) and implement in FPGAs

Course Content

Introductory course to lab equipment, familiarization with basic logic gates and design and implementation of combinational circuits with SSI and MSI ICs ın breadboards. Familiarization with Flip Flops: S-R flıp flop, D flıp flop, J-K flıp flop. Preset and Clear functıons. Design and implementation of digital sequential circuits with SSI and MSI ICs in educational breadboards: Registers, Synchronous and Asynchronous Counters. Introductory course to design software ALTERA Quartus II, to programmable logic devices and implementations of digital circuits on FPGA. Design and FPGA implementation of combinational circuits: Adders, Comparators, Multiplexers, Encoders/Decoders, Hierarchical and Cascade Design. Design and FPGA implementation of sequential circuits: S-R flıp flop, D-Type flıp flop, J-K flıp flop, Asynchronous and Synchronous counters. Hierarchical design and FPGA implementation of Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU). Introduction to HDL. Design and FPGA implementation of combinational and sequential circuits with VHDL. Hierarchical design using HDL and FPGA implementation of Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU). Advantages and disadvantages of levels of abstraction: comparison of ALU alternative designs.

Prerequisites

EEI 132 - Digital Systems

EEN 216 Biomedical Engineering

EEN 311 Control Systems (6 ECTS)

EEN 313 Electrical Laboratory III (5 ECTS)

EEN 315 Introduction to Medical Imaging

EEN 316 Electromagnetism (6 ECTS)

EEN 317 Communication Systems (6 ECTS)

EEN 318 Digital Signal Processing (6 ECTS)

Course Purpose and Objectives

Students should assimilate the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge about the various phases in digital processing of one-dimensional and two-dimensional digital signals. Design and analysis of digital systems and their applications / implementations using programming. The course is offered through a combination of lectures, exercises and programming workshops.

Learning Outcomes

Gain comprehensive knowledge of signal analysis, specifications, operation, design, analysis and programming of digital systems. Also obtain knowledge of discrete-time systems and properties, continuous and discrete Fourier transform and applications. Introduction to the design of finite and infinity digital filters (FIR and IIR) impulse response.

Course Content

The course is based on the basic elements of the analysis and processing of digital signals and systems, offered in the prerequisite course, and has as its main objectives the following:

Recapitulation on signals, systems, sinusoidal sampling. Aliansing and folding. Sampling theorem.
Discrete-time systems and properties. Impulse response. Convergence. Application in MATLAB environment.
Series, Fourier transform and properties. System Frequency Response. Finite and Infinite Impact Response Systems (FIR, IIR). Applications in MATLAB environment.
Frequency response of FIR and IIR systems. Linear phase.
Frequency sampling. Discrete Fourier transform. Applications in MATLAB environment.
Fourier discrete transform properties and applications. Signal spectrum analysis. Circular convolution.
Introduction to digital filters. Design of FIR filters using windows. Applications in MATLAB environment.
Design of FIR filters by frequency sampling.
Z-Transform. Implementation in MATLAB environment.
Design of IIR filters.
Implementation of discrete time systems.

The following chapters are covered:
Sampling of sinusoids signals. Sampling theorem.
Discrete-time systems and their properties.
Fourier Series and Fourier Transform and Properties. Finite and Infinite convolution (Response) Systems (FIR, IIR).
Frequency sampling. Discrete Fourier transform. Circular convolution.
Introduction to digital filters. Design of FIR filters using windows and frequency sampling.
Transformation Z.
Design of IIR filters

EEN 319 Electrical Laboratory (IV) (5 ECTS)

EEN 320 Introduction to Electric Power Systems (6 ECTS)

EEN 411 Capstone Design I

EEN 412 Capstone Design II

EEN 413 Introduction to Photonics

Course Purpose and Objectives

Photonics 441 is a four hour per week course designed to give an understanding of the many facets of photonics.

Learning Outcomes

Detailed knowledge of Photonics.

Course Content

1. Introduction to Photonics and Optical Communication

Overview of photonics and the applications in different areas such as information technology and communications, healthcare, life sciences, optical sensing, lighting, energy and manufacturing. The evolution of light-wave systems will be discussed before the basics of optical communications systems will be introduced.

2. Nature of light and the production of EM radiation for photonics applications

i) Wave Nature of Light

Light waves in homogeneous media. Refractive index. Group velocity and group index. Magnetic field, Irradiance and Poynting vector. Snell's law and total internal reflection. Fresnel's equations. Multiple interference and optical resonators. Temporal and spatial coherence. Diffraction principles. Polarisation. Methods to define the characteristics of light mathematically (Stokes parameters, Jones vectors & matrices) and how to determine these characteristics.

ii) Optical sources and transmitters

Principles of light emission and amplification in semiconductors, light emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers (edge emitting lasers and VCSELs).

Semiconductor science and light emitting diodes (LED). Semiconductor concepts and energy bands. Direct and indirect band-gap semiconductors: E-k diagrams. P-n junction principles and band diagram. LED and materials. Heterojunction high intensity LED and characteristics. Steady state semiconductor rate equation. LED for Optical fibre communications. Single frequency solid state lasers. Quantum well devices. Optical amplifiers.

3. Optical waveguides

The propagation of light in optical waveguides.

Dielectric waveguides and optical fibres. Symmetric planar dielectric slab waveguide. Modal and waveguide dispersion in the planar waveguide. Step index fibre. Numerical aperture. Dispersion in single mode fibres. Bit-rate, dispersion and optical non-linearities, Electrical and optical bandwidth. Graded index optical fibre. Attenuation in optical fibres-light absorption and scattering. Fibre manufacture.

4. Optical detectors and receivers

The detection of light and the demodulation of light including

photoconductors, photodiodes and receiver systems.

Principle of the p-n junction photodiode. External photocurrent. Absorption coefficient and photodiode materials. Quantum efficiency and responsivity. The pin, avalanche and heterojunction photodiodes. Phototransistors. Photoconductive detectors and photoconductive gain. Noise in photodetectors. Generic system issues: sources of noise and signal-to-noise ratio, limitations on temporal response and effective bandwidth.

5. Imparting information onto EM radiation & communication techniques

i) Basic modulation principles

Polarisation and modulation of light. Light propagation in anisotropic media: birefringence. Birefringent optical devices. Optical activity and circular birefringence. Electro-optic effects. Integrated optical modulators. Acousto-optic modulator. Magneto-optic effects. Non-linear optics and second harmonic generation.

ii) Modulation

Acousto-optic and electro-optic techniques, LED switching, analogue and digital techniques using lasers, AM, FM, phase modulation techniques

6. Applications for light-wave systems

A summary of important concepts of digital communication including base band and broadband digital transmission, bit error rate, bit group error rate and time division multiplexing (TDM) and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). Trends and new directions in photonic applications

i) Noise and detection

Noise arising from the properties of fibres, transmitters, receivers and amplifiers as well as the determination of the bit error rate.

ii) Optical MUX and DEMUX

The operating principle of multiplexers and demultiplexers. Different optical devices, essential to optical networks, optical amplifiers, polarisation control devices, optical isolators, optical filters and diffraction gratings, modulators and switches.

iii) Optical systems design

Design process for a point-to-point optical links.

EEN 443 Power Electronics (6 ECTS)

Course Objective

For the student to understand the function and characteristics of power converters for specific applications
To fully analyze the basic power electronic circuits
To understand and prepare specifications
To design assemblies that include power electronics at system-level
To design power converters at circuit level
To get to know and appreciate the new trends in power electronics

Learning results

Acquiring comprehensive knowledge about the analysis, specification, operation, design and implementation of Photovoltaic systems. Knowledge of Wind Turbines operation and the basic site selection parameters.

Ability to follow developments in their field.

Prerequisites

EEN 312 Electronics II

Course Content

Semiconductor Power Switches

Ideal power switch. Construction, operation and switching characteristics, transition delay from cut-off state to conduction state and vice versa of semiconductors: Rectifier Diode, Thyristor, Contact Transistor, Power MOSFET Transistor, IGBT and others. Power losses due to time delays.

Topology and Operation of Converters

Five basic Power Electronics circuits (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC, AC/AC and Active Filters): Operation with reference to the modes and input-output voltage relationships and duty-cycle of semiconductors. Generation and description of relevant voltage and current waveforms.

Analysis (and PSICE/PSIM simulation) of Power Electronic Circuits

Voltage and current relationships at all points of the five basic circuits in the Permanent Response (Fourier – Switching Function). Extraction of input - output harmonics and average output value. Transient Response (simulation)

Output/input quality (mains pollution): Calculation of Power Factor, Distortion Factor, THD, Generation of input-output Frequency Spectrum.

Applications

Limited presentation of applications in Photovoltaic and wind turbine systems, FACTS

New Trends:

Description of new trends and new systems in Power Electronics

EEN 444 Digital Image Processing (6 ECTS)

Course Purpose and Objectives

Students will integrate in this course the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge around the various phases in designing and implementing high performance digital image integration systems with design automation tools. This will be accomplished through a combination of lectures, exercises and workshops.

Learning Outcomes

Acquire comprehensive knowledge of the basics of image processing, analysis, compression, transfer and segmentation, for 2D and 3D digital signals (image and video). Design and analysis of 2D digital image filters.

Prerequisites

ΕΕΝ 318 – Digital Signal Processing

Course Content

The course is based on the basic elements of digital signal processing and analysis offered in the prerequisite course and has as its main objectives:

Introduction to the basics of 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional digital signal theory and methods (image and video)
use of programming in Python/Open CV environments to implement and design integrated systems for image analysis.
gain full-time experience in the process of editing and analyzing digital image analysis systems using a computer, through laboratory exercises
Upon completion of the course, students will be expected to have a good knowledge of 2-D signal analysis and processing, the basic concepts and application areas of digital image processing, to understand the operation of basic multimedia image coding standards and to be able to use their programming experience for the development of image and video editing programs. Also be able to use image processing algorithms and appropriate techniques to solve specific problems.

The following chapters are covered:

1. Course introduction: Recovery, storage, transfer, image editing. Image illustration geometry

2. Binary Image Processing

3. Image Histogram and Point Functions

4. Discrete Fourier Image Transformation

5. Linear Image Filtering and Image Transformations,

6. Nonlinear Picture Filtering

7. Image Compression, JPEG, PACS: Image Encoding, Compression Templates (MP3, JPEG, JPEG2000 etc.)

8. Image Analysis I: Image correction and segmentation, edge detection.

9. Image Analysis II and Introduction to Digital Video Editing

EEN 445 Renewable Energy Sources (6 ECTS)

EEN 446 Wireless Communications (6 ECTS)

EEN 448 Advanced Digital Signal Processing (6 ECTS)

EEN 451 Digital Communications (6 ECTS)

EEN 452 Control and Operation of Electric Power Systems

EEN 490 Practical Training

EEΙ 104 Linear Algebra (5 ECTS)

EEΝ 331 Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

ENN 105 Physics II

EΕN 202 Physics III

LCE 113 English for Academic Purposes: Electrical Engineering

Course Purpose and Objectives

LCE 113 is a three-hour per week course, particularly designed to support Electrical Engineering Computer engineering and Informatics students’ studies. Its general objective is to enable students to communicate competently at a B1-B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages on issues related to students’ social and student life (university, curriculum, field of study), as well as on issues related to their future professional careers (occupations, short CV, etc.). Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and culture awareness development are done through communicative situations deriving from authentic-like communication situations students may experience in their lives, during their studies and professional careers. Language competence is acquired through the use of text types, scenarios, and roles which promote the production and understanding of spoken and written language related to the topics covered.The course is based on post communicative era method, a student-centered, blended learning approach, and aims to familiarize students with authentic reading material related (a) to general topics such as university student life, learning styles and language learning, (b) to academic topics such as how to study effectively, take notes and use the appropriate reference style and (c) to specific topics related to the field of Electrical Engineering Computer engineering and Informatics. This material is used to develop students’ skills in text comprehension and analysis, note taking and processing as well as acquaint students with writing styles, such as process, description and argumentation. It also develops students’ listening and speaking skills. Learners are expected in this way to develop their speaking and listening abilities by taking an active part in tasks such as dialogues, conversations, and oral presentations based on real life situations related to their academic and professional environments. The course is based on current learning theories, such as constructivism and social constructivism, and it aims at developing students’ language skills, as well as transferrable 21st century skills, such as communication, digital literacy, collaboration, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, intercultural awareness, autonomy and lifelong learning.

Learning Outcomes

Students will develop their language skills through communicative circumstances, scenarios and roles based on authentic situations of their social and student life (university, directions for access to university premises/buildings, field of study), as well as issues related to their future professional careers (workplace, potential professions, duties, and Electrical Engineer’s CV. Furthermore, students will also be able to communicate competently at a B1-B2 CEFR level (production and understanding of spoken and written language) on the aforementioned topics, through relevant and related text types, scenarios, and roles and for specific purposes
Students will use grammatical structures i.e. tenses, syntax, relevant to topics and communication tasks in order to ddemonstrate awareness of the writing process and be able to produce coherent and grammatically correct language at various levels (from paragraph to more extended texts)
Students will write texts of different types (reports, summaries) and rhetoric styles (description, process) at an academic level,
develop the ability to paraphrase, summarise, quote and avoid plagiarism.
Students will demonstrate their ability to listen and comprehend conversations, interviews, lectures and public speeches in order to identify the main points and respond appropriately by collecting and evaluating information from various sources (e.g. internet) before using it to support an argument in various forms of communication such as report writing, presentations etc.
Students will communicate effectively with the use of information and communication technologies. Students will also be able to demonstrate creativity, critical thinking and intercultural awareness though language use by applying 21st century skills, such as communication, digital literacy, collaboration, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, intercultural and global awareness and active citizenship, autonomy and lifelong learning.

Course Content

Studying Electrical Εngineering- skills and competencies
The Cyprus University of Technology – Identity/ Profile
University student digital profile
Careers in Electrical and Computer engineering
How do we study best? Academic skills development
Digital literacy
The Information age
Computer users
Graphical User Interfaces
Multimedia
Networks
The World Wide Web
Communications systems
Robotics
Software Engineering
Academic Articles in Electrical and Computer engineering
Bibliographic references, paraphrasing and avoiding plagiarism
Academic Skills: learning styles, text types, rhetorical modes, title types, introduction, paragraph and conclusion writing, cohesion, coherence & clarity,
Library skills: bibliographical references, paraphrasing, summary, avoiding plagiarism
Dictionary (monolingual, bilingual) skills

LCE 114 English for Academic Purposes: Electrical Engineering

Course Purpose

LCE 114 is the second part of a three-hour per week course, particularly designed to support Electrical Engineering students’ studies. Its general objective is to enable students to communicate competently at a B1-B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages on issues related to students’ social and student life (university, curriculum, field of study), as well as on issues related to their future professional careers (occupations, short CV, etc.). Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and culture awareness development are done through communicative situations deriving from authentic-like communication situations students may experience in their lives, during their studies and professional careers. Language competence is acquired through the use of text types, scenarios, and roles which promote the production and understanding of spoken and written language related to the topics covered.

The course is based on post communicative era method, a student-centered, blended learning approach, and aims to familiarize students with authentic reading material related (a) to general topics such as university student life, learning styles and language learning, (b) to academic topics such as how to study effectively, take notes and use the appropriate reference style and (c) to specific topics related to the field of Electrical Engineering Computer engineering and Informatics. This material is used to develop students’ skills in text comprehension and analysis, note taking and processing as well as acquaint students with writing styles, such as process, description and argumentation. It also develops students’ listening and speaking skills. Learners are expected in this way to develop their speaking and listening abilities by taking an active part in tasks such as dialogues, conversations, and oral presentations based on real life situations related to their academic and professional environments. The course is based on current learning theories, such as constructivism and social constructivism, and it aims at developing students’ language skills, as well as transferrable 21st century skills, such as communication, digital literacy, collaboration, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, intercultural awareness, autonomy and lifelong learning.

Learning Outcomes

Develop their language skills through communicative circumstances, scenarios and roles based on authentic situations of their social and student life (university, directions for access to university premises/buildings, field of study), as well as issues related to their future professional careers (workplace, potential professions and duties) and are able to communicate competently at a B1-B2 CEFR level (production and understanding of spoken and written language) on the aforementioned topics, through relevant and related text types, scenarios, and roles and for specific purposes
Produce coherent and grammatically correct language at various levels (from paragraph to more extended texts) and are able to write texts of different types e.g. (reports, summaries) and rhetoric styles (description, process) at academic level.
Collect and evaluate information from various sources (e.g. internet) before using it to support an argument in various forms of communication such as report writing, presentations etc.
Communicate effectively with the use of information and communication technologies
Demonstrate creativity, critical thinking and intercultural awareness though language use and apply 21st century skills, such as communication, digital literacy, collaboration, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, intercultural and global awareness and active citizenship, autonomy and lifelong learning

Prerequisites

LCE 113

Course Content

Studying Electrical and Computer engineering- skills and competencies

• University student digital profile

• Digital literacy

• Electrical Power Generation and transmission and distribution

• Signal Processing

• Communications systems

Signal Processing
MEMS
Virtual Reality

• Academic Articles and academic writing for Electrical Engineers

• Bibliographic references, paraphrasing and avoiding plagiarism

• Academic Skills: learning styles, text types, rhetorical modes, title types, introduction, paragraph and conclusion writing, cohesion, coherence & clarity,

• Library skills: bibliographical references, paraphrasing, summary, avoiding plagiarism

Dictionary (monolingual, bilingual) skills

ΕΕΝ 111 Electrical Circuits Analysis I

ΕΕΝ 211 Engineering Economic Analysis

Course Objectives

It will help Electrical Engineers to understand the basic principles of business management such as modern management methods, leadership, work organization, teamwork, management and quality systems, human resource utilization.

Additionally, the main purpose of the course is to provide students with knowledge about the structure, processes and financial management of business organizations as well as the rational understanding of the economic and social environment in which these businesses operate.

Learning results

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the basic principles of Management, Finance and the role of the Engineer. Recall the main terminologies, meanings and considerations of the economic and social business environment, the main scientific theories of management, the management of human resources, teamwork, leadership, and the management of the company's finances. 2. Know what standardization, certification, EU directives are and the importance of standards in Engineering. 3. Identify the main activities and what affects them, the options they have and be able to interpret how these can affect the efficiency and effectiveness of the business. Study and understand the basic financial characteristics of an investment and learn investment evaluation methods. 4. Discuss, using appropriate terminology and vocabulary, issues related to management, financial management and business behavior in engineering organizations. 5. Distinguish the different styles of financial management and recognize how they will contribute positively to effective management. 6. Give effective recommendations in solving specific administrative, financial and business problems taking into account the requirements of sustainability and corporate responsibility. 7. Understand and manage simple financial matters and calculations.

Course Content

Origin and development of modern management and modern business organization, Total Quality Management, Standardization and certification, Leadership, Economic management, Business environment, Investment plans and timing, Key features of investments, Financing, Equity capital, Reserve funds, Business Venture capital, Foreign and outside financing, Undertaking of merchandise receivables FACTORING, Forfaiting, Concession – Franchising, Cash flow– time relationship and equivalence, Applications of cash flow and time relationships, Price changes inflation, Risk Management, Business and corporate liability, Tax issues.

ΕΕΝ 314 VLSI Systems Design

Course Objective

For students to assimilate the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge around the various phases in the design and implementation of digital integrated systems with high performance requirements with design automation tools and hardware description languages, through a combination of lectures, exercises and workshops.

Learning results

Gain comprehensive knowledge around the analysis, specification, operation, design and implementation of very large scale integration (VLSI) digital integrated systems with high performance requirements, with design automation tools and hardware description languages. It also offers an introductory refresher on basic digital logic concepts.

Course Content

The course builds on the fundamentals of logic circuit design offered in the prerequisite course and has as its main objectives:

the introduction to the design of combinational and sequential digital circuits
the use of the Verilog hardware description language for their modeling and simulation as well as their implementation
the implementation of digital systems in programmable logic devices (CPLDs and FPGAs)
the study of the different types of memory used in computer systems
gaining experience in the full cycle of the process of designing, simulating and implementing digital systems using modern computer tools through laboratory exercises

The following sections-chapters are covered:

Logic gates, memory elements, combinational logic
Two-level/multi-level implementation of logic functions, Combinational circuits (multiplexers, encoders, decoders), numerical combinational circuits (fast adders, multipliers, dividers, sliders)
Sequential logic (registers, latches)
Serial circuits (counters, shift registers, parallel load registers)
Finite State Machines (FSMs).
Verilog language (basics, behavioral, register transfer layer, structured code style)
Representation of combinational circuits in Verilog
Representing sequential circuits in Verilog
Advanced Logic Design
Design digital circuits with schematic input
FPGA/ASIC Design Flow
Design Automation Tools
Simulation and verification of logic circuits (Verilog testbenches)
Logical Synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits
Placement and Routing
Error models
BJT and MOSFET models as switches
CMOS implementation, VLSI layout, stick diagrams
Redefining architectures, FPGA technology.
Integrated circuit technologies
Clocks, delays, distribution networks, synchronization, metastability issues
SRAM, DRAM, Buses
Piping, parallelism, performance gain

ΕΕΝ 442 Power Systems II (6 ECTS)

ΕΕΝ 456 Design of Embedded Systems with FPGA SoC

BSc in Electrical Engineering

Presentation of the programme

STRUCTURE & CONTENT

SEMESTER MODULES

Students admitted from the 2026 academic year onwards:

A – Semester modules

ENTRANCE EXAMS (NATIONAL EXAMS - COURSES)

Διδακτικό Προσωπικό Προγράμματος

STAFF SEARCH

Maps

Quick Links

Contact Details