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🎓 Program Overview – Licence en Télécommunications

🏛️ General Information

  • Degree: Licence Académique (Bachelor’s Degree)
  • Field: Sciences et Technologies
  • Specialty: Télécommunications
  • Duration: 3 years (6 semesters)
  • Total Credits: 180 ECTS
  • Type: Academic (not professionalizing)
  • Language of Instruction: French
  • Accreditation: National LMD program under the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education

🎯 Purpose and Structure

This program aims to produce graduates capable of understanding, designing, managing, and improving modern telecommunication systems. It is structured progressively:

📌 Years 1 & 2:

  • Build a solid foundation in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science
  • Provide early exposure to electronics and electrotechniques

📡 Years 2 (S4) to 3 (S6):

  • Begin specialized training in telecommunications:
  • Signal processing
  • Analog and digital communication
  • Network systems and architecture
  • Antennas and wave propagation
  • Emphasize hands-on learning through lab work and projects
  • Conclude with a Final Year Project addressing real-world technical challenges

🧠 Pedagogical Philosophy

  • Interdisciplinary: Combines electronics, signal processing, IT, and physics
  • Hierarchical & Progressive: Courses increase in complexity and specialization over time
  • Skill-Oriented: Focuses on both theoretical mastery and practical expertise
  • Autonomy-Focused: Encourages personal initiative, research, and critical thinking through supervised projects

🧩 Course Unit Types

  • UEF – Fondamentale: Core scientific and technical knowledge (60% of credits)
  • UEM – Méthodologique: Practical and computational skills (30%)
  • UED – Découverte: Exploration of telecom applications, ethics, and professional context (10%)
  • UET – Transversale: Communication skills, entrepreneurship, English

🛠️ Evaluation Methods

  • Continuous assessment: Regular tests, lab reports, homework (TD & TP)
  • Final exams: Theory-based evaluations
  • Personal work: Projects, presentations, and documentation
  • Final year project (PFE): Capstone experience showcasing mastery of skills


Teaching Language : English

Curriculum Highlights

Core Courses

🧰 Core Courses

📘 Semesters 1 & 2 – Common Core (Socle Commun)

  • Fundamental Sciences: Math 1 & 2, Physics 1 & 2, Thermodynamics
  • Chemistry & Informatics: Structure of Matter, Programming (Fortran/C), Algorithms
  • Skills Development: Methodology of Scientific Writing, Technical English/French
  • Introductory Labs: TP in Physics, Chemistry, Computer Programming

⚙️ Semester 3 – Electrical Engineering Foundation

  • Mathematics 3
  • Electronics 1: Diodes, transistors, amplifiers
  • Electrotechnique 1: Transformers, magnetic circuits, DC machines
  • Waves and Vibrations
  • Probabilities & Statistics
  • Lab Work: Electronics, Electrotechnique, Signal Measurements
  • Discovery Modules: Energies & Environment, State-of-the-art in Electrical Engineering

📡 Semester 4 – Introduction to Telecoms

  • Telecommunications Fundamentals
  • Signal Theory: Fourier transforms, modulation
  • Logic Design: Combinatorial & Sequential Logic
  • Numerical Methods
  • Electrical/Electronic Measurements
  • Intro to Telecom Networks (Discovery: Applications, Telecommunications Law)
  • Labs: Digital logic circuits, signal processing, telecom fundamentals

🔍 Semester 5 – Specialization Begins

  • Analog Communications
  • Signal Processing: Filtering, convolution, system modeling
  • Propagation of Waves
  • Telecom Systems & Networks: Layered models, routing, switching
  • Computer Systems & Interfacing: Hardware/software interaction
  • Discovery Modules: Telephony, Transmission Media (optical, coaxial, etc.)
  • Labs: Signal processing, analog comms, wave propagation

🛰️ Semester 6 – Deepening & Project

  • Digital Communications: Modulation schemes, BER, coding
  • Antennas & Transmission Lines
  • Local Networks (LAN): Architecture, configuration, diagnostics
  • Information Theory & Coding: Source & channel coding, entropy
  • Final Year Project (Projet de Fin de Cycle): Independent applied research
  • Discovery Modules: Optoelectronics, Information Security
  • Soft Skills: Entrepreneurship, Project Management
  • Labs: Digital comms, LAN setup, antenna measurements



Advanced Topics

⚡ Advanced Topics – Licence en Télécommunications

🧭 Overview

In the third year (L3), students specialize in high-level theoretical and practical subjects that are directly aligned with the needs of modern telecom industries. Emphasis is placed on signal transmission, networks, systems integration, and emerging technologies.


📡 Semester 5 – First Stage of Advanced Specialization

🔊 Communications Analogiques

  • Amplitude and frequency modulation
  • Performance analysis in noisy environments
  • Modulators and demodulators

🎧 Traitement du Signal

  • Time and frequency domain analysis
  • Filtering, convolution, sampling
  • Discrete-time signals and systems

🌊 Ondes et Propagation

  • Propagation models
  • Wave behavior in different media
  • Reflection, refraction, attenuation

🌐 Systèmes et Réseaux de Télécommunication

  • Network architecture and layered protocols (OSI model)
  • Switching, multiplexing
  • Basics of mobile and satellite networks

🖥️ Calculateurs et Interfaçage (Microcontroller Systems & Interfacing)

  • Architecture of microprocessors
  • Data acquisition
  • Interfaces for sensors and actuators

🔧 Laboratory Modules (TP)

  • Analog communications
  • Signal processing
  • Propagation measurements

🛰️ Discovery Topics

  • Téléphonie: Traditional and IP telephony systems
  • Supports de transmission: Optical fiber, coaxial, twisted pair, wireless media

📶 Semester 6 – Advanced Integration and Project

📲 Communications Numériques

  • Digital modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM
  • Bit error rate (BER) analysis
  • Performance in bandwidth- and power-limited environments

📡 Antennes et Lignes de Transmission

  • Antenna types and characteristics
  • Impedance matching and line theory
  • S-parameters and radiation patterns

🌐 Réseaux Informatiques Locaux (LAN)

  • Topologies, switching, routing
  • Network configuration and troubleshooting
  • VLANs, IP addressing, DHCP, DNS

🔐 Codage et Théorie de l’Information

  • Shannon's theorem, entropy
  • Source and channel coding (Huffman, Hamming, CRC)
  • Error detection and correction

🎓 Projet de Fin de Cycle (Capstone Project)

  • Real-world telecom problem-solving
  • System design or implementation
  • Final report and oral defense

🔍 Discovery Modules

  • Optoélectronique: Photodetectors, LEDs, fiber optics
  • Sécurité de l’information: Cryptography, authentication, cybersecurity principles

📈 Transversal Skills

  • Entrepreneuriat et Management d’entreprise: Business basics, innovation, team management in tech industries

🎓 Learning Outcomes by Graduation

Students will:

  • Be able to analyze and design end-to-end communication systems
  • Configure and secure local area networks
  • Understand both analog and digital signal transmission
  • Use simulation tools and measurement instruments effectively
  • Integrate interdisciplinary knowledge in a capstone telecom project


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Admissions Information

🎓 Admission Information – Licence en Télécommunications

✅ Eligibility Requirements

To be admitted into the Licence en Télécommunications, students must have:

  • A Baccalauréat scientifique in one of the following streams:
  • Mathematics
  • Experimental Sciences
  • Technical Mathematics
  • Electrical Engineering (Génie Électrique)

This ensures a solid foundation in mathematics, physics, and technology, which are essential for success in telecommunications studies.


🧭 Pathway to Specialization

The program is organized in a progressive specialization track:

  1. Semesters 1 & 2 – Common Core (Socle Commun)
  2. Students from all specialties in the Sciences et Technologies domain follow the same foundational courses (Math, Physics, Chemistry, Informatics).
  3. Semester 3 – Group A Common Courses
  4. Shared with related disciplines:
  • Electrotechnique
  • Electronique
  • Automatique
  • Génie Biomédical
  • Maintenance Industrielle
  • Génie Industriel
  1. This semester includes introductory electronics and electrotechnics, preparing students for telecom-focused modules.
  2. Semesters 4 to 6 – Full Specialization
  3. From Semester 4 onward, students take courses specific to Télécommunications, including advanced communications, signal processing, networks, and antennas.

🔁 Passerelles (Mobility Options)

Academic mobility between specialties is encouraged, depending on performance and seat availability:

  • After Semester 2: Transfer to any other specialty within the Sciences et Technologies domain.
  • After Semester 3 or 4: Transfer to another specialty within Group A (Electrotechnique, Electronique, etc.), or even across groups, subject to equivalence and academic committee approval.


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