Master's Degree in Engineering Grenoble INP - Phelma, Signal and image processing, communication systems, multimedia (SICOM)

Overview

Master's Degree in Engineering

National Master of Engineering Degree
  • Degree awarded Master
  • Graduation year Bac + 5
  • Graduation level Level 7
  • Location
    • GRENOBLE Scientific Polygon
  • Duration 3 years (6 semesters)
  • Available as
    • Initial education
    • Continuing education

Summary

Signal Image Communication Multimedia (SICOM) offers you a two years cursus, jointly performed by Phelma and Ense3, to prepare a high level engineer degree in the field of Signal and Image Processing and Data Science, from sensor to decision. Students will receive an Engineer Degree from the Grenoble Institute of Technology, and a master degree.

The demand for engineers in this field is increasing due to the digital revolution and the fact that signal and image processing, communication and multimedia technologies are heavily involved in many industrial sectors such as information industries, telecommunications, biomedical sector, energy and environment sector, and the leisure industry. Our programme prepares the students for a successful future engineer’s career in industrial research and development in various fields involving skills in data science and artificial intelligence, signal or image processing, communications, computer sciences, electronics and multimedia.

Teaching staff includes faculty members from Grenoble-INP, full time researchers from CNRS as well as professional engineers from -usually international- companies located in Grenoble and around. Emphasis is put on practical training and most theoretical courses are coupled with labworks and integrated projects. The curriculum includes two internships (10 weeks and 6 months,) during which the students work fulltime, either in industry or in academic research facility.

Objectives

The objective of this Specialization is the training of high level engineers with expertise in signal processing, data science, artificial intelligence, computers and electronics, capable of developing industrial projects in the relevant sectors. The program is also designed to provide strong fundamental bases for further PhD studies.

Specificities


Languages
All courses and practicals can be taught in English.

Information on available scolarships
Are you a foreign student with a Master level qualification wanting to study at one of the six engineering Schools of the Grenoble Institute of Technology ? You can find all the funding schemes available for you course in Grenoble on the Bourses en Accueil page of our website at Grenoble INP.
You can also find all the funding schemes available for your course in Grenoble on the CampusFrance website.

Miscellaneous

For those requiring additional information on all the sources of academic funding, contact the Service de Coopération et d'Actions Culturelle (Cultural action and cooperation service, CSAC) of the French Embassy in your country.

  • Training partners

    Laboratories

    Labs

    • GIPSA-Lab : Grenoble-Images-Parole-Signal-Automatique
    • TIMA : Techniques de l'Information et de la Microélectronique pour l'Architecture d'ordinateurs
    • TIMC : Techniques de l'Imagerie, de la Modélisation et de la Cognition

    Companies

    Institution

    Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)

    Entreprises

    Associated companies

    AIRBUS, ALTEN, ALTRAN, ALEGRO-DVT, ARTURIA, ASTEK, ATOS, AUDIONAMIX, BMW, CAPGEMINI, CEA-LETI, CEREBRIS, COGNIZANT, CNES, DCN, DIGIGRAM, EADS, EDF, ENHANCIA, EIOSIS, FLYING EYE, FRAUNHOFER, GE-HEALTHCARE, GISAÏA, IN-CORE SYSTEMS, INRIA, MATHWORKS, MBDA, NEXVISION, NOKIA, ORANGE-LAB, PSA-CITROEN, RENAULT, REUNIWATT, RTE, SAGEM, SCHNEIDER, SIEMENS, SOPRA-STERIA, SOUNDTALKS, ST-MICROELECTRONICS, THALES, TOTAL, VINCI ENERGIES.

Admission

  • Who should apply? Bac + 2, Bac + 3, Bac + 4
  • Available as :
    • Initial education
    • Continuing education

Entry requirements


To be admitted into Year 1 (at two years of post-secondary study), students must have completed two years of preparatory courses (science-track or Institute of Technology common preparatory program) or have earned an undergraduate degree from a university (in France, mainly DUT or L2).

To be admitted into Year 2: the specialization program is open to students with the equivalent of a Baccalauréat + 3 years of undergraduate scientific studies (Licence). It is also open to exchange students from abroad.

Apply now


Visit the Admissions section of the school’s website (in French)

Program

  • Course duration 3 years (6 semesters)
  • Internships abroad

Program

The first year


2 tracks are available within the 1st year and lead to a Bachelor of Engineering science.

 


The second year

   
 

The third year

 
Semester 9 can be completed with an interdisciplinary program that concerns all majors:
> MANINTEC Management, Innovation, Technologies


MASTER THESIS
 
The End of Studies Project (Projet de Fin d'Etudes, PFE) is a very important element in an engineer's training. Students learn how to implement their theoretical and technical knowledge in real world industrial projects. This requires them to understand how an enterprise operates, how to manage a project, deal with theoretical and practical problems, how to work in a team and how to best utilize knowledge and skills.
 
In general, students work on projects offered by the enterprise in the different domains associated with their training. The duration of the project is generally 6 months. Students are required to document their placement in a report and take a viva. This accounts for 30 ECTS credits.
 

Board of examiners

Each semester is worth 30 ECTS credits, spread out over the different courses completed. Students must obtain a grade of at least 10/20 in each course to obtain the credits.

International

  • Language of instruction French / English
  • Internship abroad Yes
  • Erasmus areas Electronics and telecommunications engineering

International exchange


International exchange
Students in this major benefit from many agreements between Grenoble Institute of Technology and partners around the globe in the form of exchange programs, dual-degree programs, internships, and more.

Visit the international section of the school’s website (in french)

Prospects

  • Graduation year Bac + 5
  • Graduation level Level 7

Expected learning outcomes

  • Understanding of the principles, techniques and mathematical tools involved in signal and information processing.
  • Development of the concepts, methods and tools required for measurement and instrumentation.
  • Development of computer tools.
  • The ability to model the physical processes involved in signal generation.
  • The ability to design complex processing systems (multidimensional, multicomponent, multimedia)
  • Development of signal processing algorithms involved in digital communications and image or voice processing.

Careers

Industries

  • information industries,
  • telecommunications,
  • the biomedical sector
  • and the leisure industry.

Further learning opportunities

Education through research

Year 3 students planning to go on to a PhD program can earn a dual degree with another Master’s program relevant to their first major within the Grenoble University system.