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Detailed Information

Program of Study

The Master’s Program in Telecommunications at the University of Maryland is designed to provide students with the professional skills needed to advance a successful career in telecommunications. The program combines fresh, innovative, and cutting-edge technical courses with management, regulatory, and public policy instruction–creating a telecommunications professional who is technically savvy, business-minded, and acutely in tune with the policy issues that surround a constantly changing industry. The curriculum was carefully developed with the guidance of telecommunication industry leaders. Since its inception, new state-of-the-art classes have been added each year to keep pace with the technological advancements of the telecommunications industry.

Requirements for the M.S. in Telecommunications include completing 33 credit hours of course work with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0/4.0. These 33 credits include eight core courses, two elective courses, and 3 credit hours for a project. The program can be pursued either full-time or part-time. Classes are scheduled in the evening to accommodate full-time working students.

Research Facilities

Students can use several research facilities at the University of Maryland, including the program’s own Telecommunications Lab. The Telecommunications Lab is a state-of-the-art facility that contains cutting-edge tools and resources for both engineering and business instruction. Software applications featured include Crystal Ball, OPNET Modeler, Premium Solver, MaxPlan, Satellite Toolkit, Pathloss, and Pro-Scout drive test equipment. Students also have access to some resources at the University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Business. The campus has an extensive library system for both technical and business research.

Financial Aid

Financial aid is not available.

Cost of Study

Tuition is currently $853 per credit.

Living and Housing Costs

Boarding and lodging are available in many private homes and apartments in College Park and its surrounding area. A list of accommodations, both University and private, is maintained by the University’s housing bureau.

Student Group

There were 92 students registered in the program during the fall 2006 semester, of whom 77 were full-time and 15 were part-time. There are 71 international students and 25 women.

Student Outcomes

Graduates of the program are currently making their mark at companies like Verizon, Booz Allen Hamilton, Hughes Network Systems, Nokia, and Sprint and at government agencies like the Federal Communications Commission.

Location

The University of Maryland is located along the thriving Washington-Baltimore corridor, one of the most prosperous and fastest-growing technology areas in the United States. The area is home to more than 3,000 high-tech companies, and more than half of the nation’s Internet traffic is carried on the communication lines of local industry. This proximity to such a vibrant region offers students a wealth of opportunities in the telecommunications industry.

The University

The University of Maryland (also known as UM or UMD), is a public university located in College Park, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. The University of Maryland is also a top twenty public research university. Maryland has seventy programs overall in U.S. News & World Report’s top twenty-five rankings (undergraduate and graduate) and forty-five in the top fifteen.

Applying

Applicants must have a regionally accredited baccalaureate degree with a cumulative average of a B grade or better. Students applying generally hold degrees in engineering, computer science, and other technical fields. In the statement of purpose, successful applicants articulate a desire to enroll in a program that combines both technical and business aspects of telecommunications rather than traditional electrical engineering or M.B.A. programs. All applicants must have successfully completed calculus 1, calculus 2, and differential equations prior to gaining admission into the program. Application deadlines are May 15 (February 1 for international students) for the fall semester and October 15 (June 1 for international students) for the spring semester. All applicants are required to apply online at http://www.gradschool.umd.edu. In addition to submitting an online application for admission, a copy of the applicant’s college transcripts and three letters of recommendation are required for evaluation.

The Faculty and Their Research

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Armand Makowski, Professor; Ph.D., Kentucky. Stochastic control, queuing systems, applied stochastic processes.
• Prakash Narayan, Professor; D.Sc., Washington (St. Louis). Communication and information theory, performance evaluation in hybrid wideband terrestrial and satellite communication networks.
• Adrian Papamarcou, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Cornell. Statistical communications.
• Mark Shayman, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard. Control theory, robotics, computer networks.
• Steven A. Tretter, Associate Professor and Program Director; Ph.D., Princeton. Communication theory, coding, signal processing.
• College of Business and Management
• Joseph P. Bailey, Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Issues in telecommunications, economics, public policy of new information infrastructures with specific emphasis on the Internet.
• Michael Ball, Professor and Chair, Management Science and Statistics; Ph.D., Cornell. Applications of operations research to telecommunications, transportation systems, and manufacturing.
• Curtis Grimm, Professor and Chair, Transportation, Business, and Public Policy; Ph.D., Berkeley. Strategic management in transportation industry, public policy issues in transportation and telecommunications.
• Robert Krapfel, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State. Long-term buyer-seller relationships and associated risks.
• Subramanian Raghavan, Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Optimization, particularly applied to problems in network design and telecommunications.
• Henry P. Sims Jr., Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State. Executive and managerial leadership, self-managing teams.
• M. Susan Taylor, Professor and Chair, Management and Organization; Ph.D., Purdue. Career development, organizational recruitment, performance-feedback management.
• Robert Windle, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Wisconsin. Transportation economics and policy issues.
• School of Public Policy
• Steven Fetter, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley. International security and economic policy.
• Department of Computer Science
• Raymond Miller, Professor; Ph.D., Illinois. Parallel computation, distributed systems, computer networks, theory of computing.

Correspondence and Information

University of Maryland
Master’s Program in Telecommunications
2433 A. V. Williams Building
College Park, Maryland 20742
Telephone: 301-405-3682
Fax: 301-314-9324
Email: ece-entsinfo@umd.edu