MASTER'S DEGREE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Education level: Master's degree
- Type of curriculum: Research - In-Depth study
- Academic program: Master's Degree in Engineering - Computer Engineering
- Title granted: MSc. of Engineering – Computer Engineering
- SNIES Code: 106674
- Creation year: 1987
- Opening year: 1987
- Campus: Bogotá
- Faculty: Engineering
- Estimated duration: 4 semesters
- Total credits: 52
- Semester tuition described by points:
Academic Fee
Administrative Fee
Welfare Fee
Insurance Fee
155
30
10
26,000 COP
- Point equivalence: currently daily minimum wage for 2020 - ( Circular 1 of 2020 - General Secretariat ) = 29,260 COP
- Approximate tuition for the semester: $5.731.700 COP
Program Features
PROFILES
Candidate Profile
Graduate Profile
OBJECTIVES
- To generate research in the area of Computer Engineering or in an interdisciplinary way, through structured projects aimed also at generating knowledge or testing those that are part of knowledge.
- To create new technologies and adapt existing technologies providing solutions to the problems of society and our context.
- To improve the preparation of university lecturers in the area of Computer Engineering and other related disciplines where advanced training is required.
- To apply and innovate in the area of Computer Engineering or in an interdisciplinary way by developing new technologies or adapting existing technologies to provide solutions to the problems of society and the national context.
- To improve the academic training of professionals from non-academic sectors in the area of Computer Engineering and other related areas.
CURRICULUM STRUCTURE
IN-DEPTH CURRICULUM
Academic Activities and Courses
Credits
Final Work
10
Proposal of Final Work
4
Seminars
6
Total Academic Activities
20
Required Courses
12
Eligible Courses
20
Total In-Depth credits
52
RESEARCH CURRICULUM
Academic Activities and Research Courses
Credits
Thesis
22
Thesis Project
4
Research Seminars
6
Total Academic Activities
32
Eligible Subjects
20
Total Research Credits
52
SUBJECTS AND COURSES
Courses offered change every semester.*
*For the full list of courses offered please refer to https://siabog.unal.edu.co/buscador
TEACHING STAFF
- Wilson Adarme Jaimes - Web , CvLAC
- Jairo Hernán Aponte Melo - Web , CvLAC
- Emiliano Barreto Hernández - CvLAC
- Christian Johannes Bruszies - CvLAC
- Libia Denisse Cangrejo Aljure - Web , CvLAC
- Jorge Eliecer Camargo Mendoza - Web , CvLAC
- Ismael Castañeda Fuentes - Web , CvLAC
- Oscar Fernando Castellanos Domínguez - Web , CvLAC
- Jean Pierre Charalambos Hernández - Web , CvLAC
- Félix Antonio Cortes Aldana - Web , CvLAC
- Helga Duarte Amaya - Web , CvLAC
- Jonatan Gómez Perdomo - Web , CvLAC
- Fabio Augusto González Osorio - Web , CvLAC
- German Jairo Hernández Pérez - Web , CvLAC
- Elizabeth León Guzmán - Web , CvLAC
- Gabriel José Mañana Guichon - Web , CvLAC
- Sonia Esperanza Monroy Varela - Web , CvLAC
- Carlos Eduardo Moreno Mantilla - Web , CvLAC
- Luis Fernando Niño Vásquez - Web , CvLAC
- Jorge Eduardo Ortiz Triviño - Web , CvLAC
- Ingrid Patricia Páez Parra - Web , CvLAC
- Cesar Augusto Pedraza Bonilla - Web , CvLAC
- José Ismael Peña Reyes - Web , CvLAC
- Felipe Restrepo Calle - Web , CvLAC
- Sandra Liliana Rojas Martínez - Web , CvLAC
- Edgar Eduardo Romero Castro - Web , CvLAC
- Mario Armando Rosero Muñoz - Web
- Jenny Marcela Sánchez Torres - Web , CvLAC
- Juan Carlos Torres Pardo - Web , CvLAC
- Jesús Guillermo Tovar Rache - Web
- Henry Roberto Umaña Acosta - Web
- Edgar Miguel Vargas Chaparro - Web , CvLAC
RESEARCH
Research Lines
- Applied Computing
- Theoretical computation
- Software Engineering
- Intelligent Systems
- Systems and organizations
Research Groups
Name of the Group
Description
Category
Basic and applied study of the algorithm: the science and art of designing algorithms for the systematic resolution of combinatorial problems that appear in various areas of science. For example, bioinformatics, graph theory, data classification and sorting, algorithms for encryption and numerical calculation.
A1
Scientific and technological research in the development of health solutions through the use of modern technologies for the exchange of valid information for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases or damages, in remote communities due to geographical, social, cultural or political particularities.
A1
Software engineering. Information Systems. Software Architecture. 3D visualization of software artifacts. Free software repository mining. Model-based testing processes. Development of information.
B
Research in organizations to determine their aspects of creativity, innovation, organization (Networks) from a perspective of complexity.
B
Research in business intelligence, text mining, data mining and information retrieval.
B
Artificial life research. Augmented network for collaborative and educational environments. Autonomic computing.
A
Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigación y Desarrollo en Gestión, Productividad y Competitividad BIOGESTION
Research for the development of solutions such as: Planning, design and implementation of strategies that strengthen the management of the technological variable. Identification of trends in research and technological development. Analysis of supply and demand of technologies.
C
Grupo Investigación en Gestión y Organizaciones GRIEGO
Research in management of science, technology, innovation and knowledge in organizations; management and governance of IT - digital transformation; evaluation of use, adoption and impact in sectors of the information society: e-learning, e-government, e-banking, e-participation, e-commerce among others; technological surveillance and competitive intelligence and foresight, marketing, strategy in organizations.
A
Grupo de Investigación en Sistemas y Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación en las Organizaciones GISTIC
Research on Systems and ICT in Organizations, their impact on industry and the interactions generated between actors, in an interdisciplinary framework.
C
Laboratorio de Investigación en Sistemas Inteligentes LISI
Research in machine learning. Applications of intelligent techniques. Research in bioinformatics and bioinspired computing. High performance computing and intelligent systems fundamentals.
C
The group’s research focuses on the fundamentals of computer learning and its application to the solution of complex problems such as the fusion and representation of multimodal information, learning representation and large-scale learning. Some of the application areas in which the group has worked include: information search and retrieval, computer vision, medical information analysis and data mining.
A1
Research on the practical and theoretical aspects of the design and implementation of programming languages, and their integration with software and hardware systems. Includes: Design and implementation of programming languages; Analysis and automatic manipulation of source code; Languages to support the software development lifecycle; Methods and tools for the design of fault-tolerant systems; and Education in computer programming.
C
Productividad, Competitividad y Calidad
Technical reports in Environmental Management and sustainability. Advice on continuous improvement processes, competitiveness, quality, productivity, organizational technology and production chains.
B
Research in supply chain management and logistics. Urban socio-economic studies. Productivity and quality in Smes. Research in production and marketing of aromatic plants.
B
THESIS AND FINAL MASTERY WORKS
CONSULT REPOSITORYADMISSION PROCEDURE
Master's Degree in Engineering - Computer Engineering
Call for Proposals 2020-2
NON-MASS ADMISSION PROCESS
PROCESO DE ADMISIÓN NO MASIVO
INSTRUCTIONS
- If you have completed undergraduate studies at the National University of Colombia, you still have credits and are interested in obtaining the benefit to pursue postgraduate studies at the university, access this link for more information http://www.legal.unal.edu.co/rlunal/home/doc.jsp?d_i=36926
If you are a foreign student, click on the link for more information Aspirantes Extranjeros. We clarified that the certificates of admission / acceptance letters (if required) are issued only to applicants selected by the National University in the admissions process established.
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
- Pay registration fees from Wednesday 12 February to Thursday 16 April 2020 until 15:00 hours.
- Register online from Wednesday 12 February to Thursday 16 April 2020 until 23:59 hours.
- To complete the web application for resumes and support of applicants: from 22 May to 5 June 2020 at 4:00 p.m. On May 21 the information of access to the web platform will be sent to the email with which it formalized the registration in the system of admissions.
- Deadline for submission of an argumentative essay, June 1st at 11:59 p.m. Guidelines for the delivery of the essay will be sent to the email with which you formalized the enrollment in the admissions system.
- Publication of summons to final tests: On Tuesday, June 16th will be sent to the email with which you formalized registration in the admissions system, notifying whether the applicant continues in the process or not.
- Application of the final tests (INTERVIEW): from June 19th to July 1st The interviews will be conducted via video conference via the Google Meet platform. Access information to the platform will be sent to the email with which you formalized registration in the admissions system.
- Publication of final admissions results: Friday 3 July 2020.
DOCUMENTOS REQUERIDOS
Los documentos señalados con (*) son opcionales. Sin embargo, esos soportes otorgan puntos dentro de la calificación de la hoja de vida, se recomienda adjuntarlos en caso de contar con ellos.
a) HOJA DE VIDA
- Documento de identificación.
- Tarjeta profesional
- Soportes de estudios universitarios:
- Acta de grado.
- Diploma.
- Certificado de notas.
- Documento legalizado mediante apostilla o delegación diplomática (en caso de títulos obtenidos en el extranjero).
- Certificado de culminación de estudios expedido por la institución donde desarrolló los estudios (para estudiantes que aún no tienen el título de pregrado).
- Reporte de Historia Académica (para los estudiantes de pregrado de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia con opción de grado de materias de posgrado).
- Distinciones Académicas*:
- Nombre de la distinción, institución que otorga, fecha en que se otorgó y adjuntar soporte.
- Experiencia Laboral*:
- Nombre de la institución o empresa, tipo de vinculación, fecha de inicio y de finalización(o en curso), cargo, función principal y adjuntar soporte.
- Experiencia Docente*:
- Nombre de la institución, dedicación, fecha de inicio y de finalización (o en curso), áreas de trabajo, información de asignaturas impartidas e intensidad de horas por semana y adjuntar soporte.
- Experiencia Investigativa*:
- Nombre de la investigación, institución, área del proyecto, entidad financiadora, funciones principales, fecha de inicio de vinculación y de finalización (o en curso), país y adjuntar soporte.
- Producción Intelectual*:
- Tipo de producción (artículo en revista indexada, libro, capítulo de libro, patente, software, planta piloto, diseño industrial, otra producción), datos de la producción y adjuntar soporte.
- Certificaciones de idioma*:
- No se exige acreditación de inglés como requisito en el proceso de admisión, sin embargo, adjuntar soporte si lo tiene.
- Referencias académicas o profesionales*:
- La aplicación web le solicitará los datos básicos de contacto de dos personas que realizarán el registro de 2 referencias académicas o profesionales según el perfil al que aspira (las referencias académicas aplican para el perfil de investigación, mientras que para el perfil de profundización aplican las referencias académicas o profesionales). La información diligenciada por las personas que usted indique es confidencial y será de conocimiento únicamente para las directivas del programa durante el proceso de evaluación de la admisión.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
- Attached document with a written description of the topic or idea to be raised or developed during the programme, maximum 2500 characters with spaces.
NOTE: Those people who enter by early admission or automatic admission (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) must apply for the sending of documents in order to register their resume in the program.
FORMA DE RECEPCIÓN DE LA DOCUMENTACIÓN
- Adelantar el proceso de cargue de documentos con anterioridad a la fecha de cierre.
- Verificar que cuente con todos los documentos requeridos, cada uno en formato PDF(únicamente) y que no exceda el tamaño de 10MB.
- Disponer de tiempo suficiente para efectuar el cargue de los documentos. El cargue de los documentos puede hacerlo por partes, cerrando sesión cada vez que termine de cargar cada parte de la documentación solicitada.
- Los documentos relacionados con un (*) son opcionales, los demás son obligatorios.
- Para realizar cambios en los documentos que ha cargado previamente, debe cargar el nuevo documento y guardar los cambios. El nuevo documento reemplazará el cargado previamente.
- El aplicativo mediante un menú indica la cantidad de registros cargados en cada sección y señala en color rojo la sección en la cual no hay soportes cargados.
- Contactar previamente a las personas que relacionará como referencias, y asegurarse que ingresen las recomendaciones dentro del plazo establecido.
- Al finalizar de cargar la totalidad de la documentación, bastará con cerrar sesión para guardarla. Esta información quedará almacenada y será enviada automáticamente a los evaluadores después del cierre del aplicativo.
ADMISSION CRITERIA
Component
Weighting
Qualifying
Minimum approval score
Curriculum Vitae
30
No
-
Exams
30
Yes
2.0
Interview
40
No
-
TOTAL
100
3.0 over 5.0
CV Assessment criteria
- Affinity of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
- Professional experience (including experience as professor).
- Experience in research.
- Previous academic performance.
- Academic references.
- Academic distinctions.
- Intellectual production.
- Language.
Exams Assessment Criteria
Interview Assessment Criteria
- Commitment to the program, reasons to advance graduate studies.
- Availability of time to attend the program.
- Economic sufficiency.
- Ability to work in research groups.
- Communication skills.
- Experience in the research line or deepening in which you intend to work.
Minimum admission score
QUALITY AND ACCREDITATION
Self-assessment report Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering 2017Background information of self-assessment report Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering 2017
Self-assessment report Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering. Update 2018
High quality accreditation Decision 2018
NORMATIVITY
Creation :
Agreement 20 of 1987 Academic CouncilOpening :
Agreement 20 of 1987 Academic CouncilResearch Lines :
Agreement 6 of 2013 Council Faculty of Engineering - Bogotá HeadquartersDistribution of Credits :
For the Research curriculum refer to the Agreement 070 of 2018 of the Faculty Council.For the In-Depth Study curriculum refer to the Agreement 055 of 2018 of the Faculty Council.
Tuition :
Decision 567 of 2004 Council Faculty of Engineering - Bogotá HeadquartersAdmission Process :
Agreement 28 of 2016 Council Faculty of Engineering - Bogotá HeadquartersCONTACT
Coordinator: Felipe Restrepo Calle
Email: dacursci_fibog@unal.edu.co - maesisc_fibog@unal.edu.co
Telephone: (+57) (1) 3165000 Ext. 14068
Address: Av. NQS (Carrera 30), 45-03, Campus Ciudad Universitaria- Building 453, Office 114- 209.
DIRECTORATE
Director:
Jenny Marcela Sánchez Torres
Full Professor
Av. NQS (Carrera 30), 45-03, Campus Ciudad Universitaria,
Building 453 (Aulas de Ingeniería), 2nd Floor Office 209.
Email: dacursci_fibog@unal.edu.co
Telephone: (+57) (1) 3165000 Ext: 14068