At a glance

PARTNER INSTITUTION(S)	Université du Luxembourg ILNAS
DURATION	4 semesters (60 ECTS) – including 1 semester internship
NEXT SESSION	September 2024
TIME	Courses organised on Fridays, and every two weeks on Saturdays
LOCATION	Alternately at the LLLC (Friday) and at the University of Luxembourg (Saturday)
LANGUAGE(S)	English
ASSESSMENT	The course evaluation is made by a continuous assessment through intermediate tests and homework, as well as one projects paper presentations and final examinations. The exact modalities differ per course, but the emphasis is as much as possible put on continuous knowledge control, in addition to final examinations, internship and thesis project defenses. A student who does not pass a course will be allowed to continue his studies and to redo that examination later in one of the two annual exam sessions. In accordance with the rules of the Internal Regulations of the University, a student will have the opportunity to re-register at the University of Luxembourg beyond 2 years to re-pass non-validated exams without additional cost. However, note that the maximal study length of 3 years (6 semesters) may not be exceeded.
CERTIFICATION	The Master’s diploma in Technopreneurship is delivered by the University of Luxembourg, in conformity with the rules of the Bologna process.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS	Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of experience in a related field, or Master’s degree in a related field, and IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with at least 5.5 or TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language); 213 for the computer based test, 79 for the Internet based test and 550 for the paper based test. Details of the requirements available on www.uni.lu
REGISTRATION FEES	€6,400.-  for the 4 semesters The candidates as well as their employer can benefit from financial support by the state, under certain conditions.

Objectives

This Master degree aims for the students to transfer smart Secure ICT knowledge directly into technical innovation, through the prism of the competitive and innovative tool of technical standardisation, during their internship in collaboration with their company.

The Master covers various Smart ICT technologies, such as Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchains and Distributed Ledger Technologies, while addressing Digital Trust aspects related to these technologies (smart secure ICT).

It allows the students to:

• master the smart secure ICT and Technopreneurship concepts and their implementation in the market;
• cater for the current and future issues and standardisation needs in ICT areas such as digital intelligence and digital trust;
• develop a prospective view on future and emerging technologies to assimilate, disseminate and effectively use the knowledge;
• take advantage of the benefits of ICT governance in companies and governments to control and effectively use the competences and resources of the organisation;
• measure the challenges of digital trust and information security for the development of smart ICT;
• identify the key principles and technologies to achieve smart secure ICT projects;
• understand how the voluntary technical standards process works, particularly in the ICT sector;
• identify and use published and draft standards relevant to business;
• discover the role of standardisation delegate working on draft standards;
• analyse the opportunities offered by smart secure ICT and create value for business through an internal standardisation strategy.

Target audience and admission requirements

Target audience

The Master is mainly designed for professionals in the Smart ICT driven economy sectors, technopreneurs and anyone fulfilling the conditions for admission.

The positions open to graduates from this programme are, amongst others, technology officer, consultant emerging technologies, digital strategy consultant, smart ICT consultant, innovation manager, standards manager, project manager, head of innovation, head of digital strategy and technopreneur.

Admission requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of experience in a related field, or
• Master’s degree in a related field, and
• IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with at least 5.5 or TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language); 213 for the computer based test, 79 for the Internet based test and 550 for the paper based test.

Details of the requirements available on www.uni.lu.

Organisation and programme

Organisation

Courses take place over 4 semesters on Fridays and Saturdays during the day every two weeks.
The entire programme lasts two years, including 1 semester internship.

Programme *

Content

STANDARDISATION (4 ECTS) Smart Secure ICT and Innovation  Technical Standardisation

SMART ICT (10 ECTS) Smart ICT Technologies I Smart ICT Technologies II

DIGITAL TRUST FOR SMART ICT (9 ECTS) Security for Smart ICT I Security for Smart ICT II Trust Architectures for Smart ICT

TECHNOPRENEURSHIP (7 ECTS) Management of Business and Technical Innovation Digital Intelligence Legal Aspects

Master Thesis (30 ECTS)

* non-contractual, subject to change

Certification

The Master’s diploma in Technopreneurship is delivered by the University of Luxembourg, in conformity with the rules of the Bologna process.

Request for application form

Please send your request for the application form to mtech@uni.lu.

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Partner institution(s)

Université du Luxembourg

The University of Luxembourg is a European research university with a distinctly international, multilingual and interdisciplinary character. It is a modern institution with a personal atmosphere, close to European institutions, innovative companies and the financial place. With over 6.400 students and about 2.000 employees from all over the globe, the University offers a unique mix of international excellence and national relevance, delivering knowledge for society and businesses.

The University’s ambition is to provide the highest quality research and teaching in its chosen fields and to generate a positive scientific, educational, social, cultural and societal impact in Luxembourg and the Greater Region.

The University is composed of three faculties and three interdisciplinary research centres. The research priority areas are Materials Science, Computer Science and ICT Security, European and International Law, Finance and Financial Innovation, Education, Digital and Contemporary History, Health and Systems Biomedicine, and Data Modelling and Simulation. Times Higher Education ranks the University of Luxembourg among the top 251 – 300 universities worldwide.

ILNAS

ILNAS is a public administration under the authority of the Minister of the Economy.

ILNAS currently represents a network of competencies relating to quality and safety of products and services, whose missions support national competitiveness.

ILNAS, as Luxembourg’s national standards body, is a member of European and international standards organizations (CEN, CENELEC, ETSI, ISO, IEC and ITU-T). In this context and through the “Luxembourg Standardization Strategy 2020-2030”, ILNAS allows and encourages the participation of the national market in the technical standardization process.

Among other activities, ILNAS is supporting and strengthening education about standardization and related research developments. In this frame, a strong collaboration between ILNAS and the University of Luxembourg was initiated in 2016, notably with the launch of the professional University certificate “Smart ICT for business innovation”, which was a first step before the creation of the Master MTECH.

Along with technical standardization, digital trust is another key topic of the Master MTECH. ILNAS, through its Digital Trust Department, supervises notably various national organizations to guarantee a high level of confidence in the digital services provided in Luxembourg. It is in charge of the supervision of trust service providers and the trust services that they provide with respect to the requirements of the eIDAS Regulation. It is also Luxembourg’s supervisory body for providers of digitization or electronic archiving services (PSDC). Finally, in the context of the European Regulation on cybersecurity certification, also known as the Cybersecurity Act, ILNAS was designated as a National Cybersecurity Certification Authority (NCCA) in charge of supervisory tasks.

General terms and conditions

Read the general terms and conditions HERE.