Master’s Programme in Mobile Computing Services and Security at
TKK
Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) is the second oldest university in Finland, established in 1849 and received university status 1908. TKK is the leading university for science, technology and architecture in Finland, and it also has a high international stature. There are approximately 15,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and over 3,000 members of staff. The university is based in Otaniemi in Espoo, 10 km from the centre of Helsinki. The campus hosts several technology businesses at the Innopoli Technology Centre. Several head offices of some of Finland’s largest companies – one of them Nokia – can be found near Otaniemi. Otaniemi has the highest concentration of high technology in the Nordic countries. Otaniemi has twice been chosen as one of the most innovative areas in Europe, and it has also 
been awarded the EU Award of Excellence.
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, founded in 1986, is well-known for top level international research and the most extensive computer science study programme in Finland. The department focuses particularly on top level research, postgraduate education and internationalization of both education and research.
Helsinki University of Technology
Master’s Programme in Mobile Computing –
Services and Security
Master of Science (Technology) –degree 120 ECTS
http://mobilecomputing.tkk.fi
- Mobile computing
- Data security
- Computer Science
- Services on the Internet
- Broad cooperation with industry
In Master’s Programme in Mobile Computing – Services and Security you can study a combination of courses covering general computer science and the specific fields of technical information security, network applications and services, Internet technologies and mobile networking. IT-technologies are at the core of the technical framework of the programme. Key subject areas for the Internet and mobile networks are network applications and services, as well as service management issues including charging, quality of service, mobility and security. In the open Internet environment, security is a critical issue when developing services.
This programmme builds on a long industrial and educational tradition to focus on security, mobility and services in Finland together with the other Nordic countries. The Finnish Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) industry and Helsinki University of Technology are global leaders in research and education in mobile communication. Finland was one of the pioneers in large scale Internet usage in Europe and Finland together with the Nordic countries were the first to deploy regional cellular networks giving the mobile networking industry a good starting point to develop the second and third generation mobile networks and devices. The biggest on-line banking system in the world covers the Nordic countries already over ten years. Mobility, services and security are key drivers and enablers for the growth of the mobile networking and ICT in the future, too.
The close ties to the industry give our students the possibility to work with world-class research teams and to participate in developing future products and services. Most Master's theses are written as part of research projects in different companies, though, academically focused students can do the Master’s theses in the university research units.
Admission criteria
Admission criteria to the programme is a high quality Bachelor's degree encompassing a minimum of 180 ECTS credits in Engineering (Computer Science or Information technology) or equivalent studies i.e., it must be a degree of at least three years of full-time studies.
The applicants should have a
Solid knowledge of:
- mathematics (discrete mathematics)
- programming (both functional and object-oriented programming, especially C)
- data structures and algorithms
Principles of
- theoretical computer science (finite automata and regular languages)
- computer architecture
- computer networks
A basic knowledge of following subject areas will be an advantage:
- computer security
- distributed systems
- logic in computer science
- software engineering
- operating systems
- concurrent programming
- simulation/modelling
The language of instruction is English. The applicants must have an excellent command of English and most of the applicants must present an official language test report. One of the following language tests is accepted:
TOEFL (score 580/237/92 or higher)
IELTS (score 6.5 or higher)
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) (grade "C" or higher)
For details, go to the website http://mobilecomputing.tkk.fi/admission/criteria.html
Application deadline
The application deadline is January 31st annually.
Contact information
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Helsinki University of Technology TKK
Ms Eija Kujanpää
street: Konemiehentie 2 (P.O. Box 5400)
02015 TKK (city: Espoo)
Finland
tel: +358-9-451 4773
fax: +358-9-451 3015
http://mobilecomputing.tkk.fi
Enquiries concerning admission: foresta@tkk.fi
Enquiries concerning the content of the programme: mobilecomputing@tkk.fi
