The Master’s Degree Course in Advanced Automotive Electronic Engineering (AAEE) aims to educate electronic engineers with a solid knowledge of the methods and tools that make electronics the foundation of all the systems that collect, process, transmit and store information, with a particular emphasis on the electronic subsystems that are embedded in vehicles and future vehicles.

The Program lasts two academic years and, during the first year, it provides students with essential knowledge on how to design and program the so called “embedded” and “real-time” electronic systems conceived to work in close contact with physical reality in order to process the signals received from the sensors, and any input from the driver, within the time necessary to guarantee functionality and safety. At the same time, it offers content pertaining the mathematical and algorithmic tools to process those signals and automated control methods that enable to put into practice the actions planned by the system.

The second year complements and specializes the first, providing specific examples of real electronic sub-system projects installed on existing vehicles, exposing students to embedded system programming methods and demonstrating how systems installed on vehicles can be made to interact to generate high-level behaviour such as, for example, self-driving or interfacing with the driver thanks to augmented reality. Teaching will take place in two neighbouring Universities: first year in Bologna, second year in Modena. Professors are selected by an Interuniversity Coordination Committee open to the involved Companies among professors and practitioners, Italian and foreigners, with recognized experience in the field, in order to maximize teaching quality.

The number of places is limited to a maximum of 30 students. Admissions are based on merit and interviews evaluating motivations and skills. All teachings are delivered entirely in the English language.

The international teaching staff of Muner includes highly experienced lecturers and professionals. The contents of the Courses have been defined together with the contribution of the partner companies so as to ensure that training is in line with current requirements of the labour market. The Program requires student participation in numerous laboratory activities either on campus or on the premises of industrial Partners, in line with a “learning by doing” approach. It also includes mandatory internships in private companies and lab-based thesis preparation activities carried out following a “project work” approach.