Welcome new Master's Students!

Please note that this page is subject to change and that content may be added or changed before and during the introduction week. Check for updates regularly.

Contact information

Programme coordinator Ramanathan Thinniyam Srinivasan
Student advisor Liselott Dominicus (Please use <studievagledare@it.uu.se> when emailing Liselott)
Relevant contact information at the university (for non-programme-specific questions)
General information for new Master Students https://www.uu.se/en/students/department/information-technology/new-master-students

Roll call and enrollment formalities

The 2025 autumn term will start with some activities during the introduction week on 25-29 August. There will be two information meetings (on Monday and Tuesday) and then individual meetings with each student (Wednesday to Friday). You can find a preliminary schedule for the introduction week further down on this page. The courses start the week after the introduction week, from September 1.

Note that it is mandatory to attend the roll call on August 25, 13.15 - 15.00 and an individual meeting later in the week. If for some reason you are unable to attend, contact Ramanathan Thinniyam Srinivasan

as soon as possible (before the missed meeting) to discuss if there are any possibilities to proceed. The roll call will be held at the Ångström Laboratory campus, house 10, at 13.15, in room 2004.

Here is a map to room 2004 at the Ångström Laboratory: http://use.mazemap.com/?v=1&campusid=49&campuses=uu&sharepoitype=identifier&sharepoi=Ångström-2004

Here is the Ångström Laboratory marked on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/o6bUB42oCoKw3vyb8

During the individual meeting you will talk to the programme coordinator to discuss your study plan, select courses for the autumn term and finalise enrollment. Students with a conditional offer of enrollment must have provided the necessary documents to the University admissions ahead of time, as per the separate instructions that you should have received. The schedule for these meetings will be arranged after the roll call on August 25. You must have completed your course selection and enrollment in an individual meeting before the orientation week is over on August 31.

Get in touch with a student: For questions regarding the program and Uppsala, you can also get in touch with a currently graduating Student in the program: Shankar LinkedIn : Linkedin Shankar Email : siva-shankar.siva-saravanan.2145@student.uu.se

Courses: On Tuesday, 26 August, at 10.00-12.00 in 101130, you will be given practical information around courses and some brief presentations of the "recommended" courses for the autumn.

Here is a map to room 101130 at the Ångström Laboratory: https://use.mazemap.com/?campusid=49&sharepoitype=identifier&sharepoi=%C3%85ngstr%C3%B6m-101130

Note that you are not required to take all the courses that are marked as recommended for the programme (and indeed you shouldn't if you have already taken a similar course in your bachelor's). The programme syllabus lists several optional courses that can be taken instead, and it is sometimes possible to take courses that are not in the programme syllabus at all.

It is a good idea to already now take a closer look at the syllabus of the master programme and in particular the list of courses offered as part of the programme. Note that each course has entry requirements that must be fulfilled in order to take it.

You can also look at the wider list of all courses offered by the Department of Information Technology during the autumn (including non-programme courses that it may be possible to take). Brief presentations of some of the courses on that list can be found here.

The courses that are recommended during the first semester of the programme are

Introduction to Studies in Embedded Systems, 5 credits (1DT086)
Computer Programming II, 5 credits (1TD722)
Operating Systems I, 5 credits (1DT044)
Real Time Systems, 10 credits (1DT004)
Microcontroller Programming, 5 credits (1TE723)

The above courses will be presented on Aug. 26. Previously, the course Introduction to Parallel Programming, 5 credits (1DL530) was recommended, but is now optional. You can consider to take it instead of Computer Programming II, if previously you have taken a second course in programming.

The courses that are recommended during the second semester of the programme are

Wireless Communication and Networked Embedded Systems, 5 credits (1DT194)
Advanced Computer Architecture, 5 (out of 10) credits (1DT024)
Programming Embedded Systems, 5 credits (1DT106)
Wireless Communication and Networked Embedded Systems, Project, 5 credits (1DT195)
Advanced Computer Architecture, 5 (out of 10) credits (1DT024)
Programming Embedded Systems, Project, 5 credits (1DT108)

The above courses will be presented at a meeting in October 2025.

Student account

To participate in the programme it is very important that you have a student account. You can read more about getting a student account here.

Survey to fill in

Most of you filled in the two-minute survey to help us plan for the autumn. If you did not do so, please do it at your earliest convenience: https://doit.medfarm.uu.se/bin/kurt3/kurt/8885256

Other welcoming activities

Activities are organized by various organizations every year to welcome new students.

The Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science students (UTN) arranges social activities and informative meetings specifically for you, the new students in one of our master's programmes. Read about those activities here (this page might not have been updated for 2025 yet).

For hundreds of years, the student nations have been a central part of student life for many. Uppsala's 13 student nations regularly organize events to welcome new students and then throughout the year. Read more about student nations here, here, and here. The student nations will post information on their web pages about welcoming activities over the summer.
Centrally, the University arranges help with some practical matters and a welcoming reception. See the Welcome Programme of the University.

On Wednesday, Aug. 27, a social activity is organized: using the museum steam train Lennakatten from Uppsala train station to the village Marielund, about 15 km from Uppsala. The train leaves at 10.10 from track 10, on the east side of the station.

In Marielund we will socialise and have some fun and games. A light lunch and refreshments will be served. Students in the masters programme in computer science are also invited, We'll be back in Uppsala at about 14.10

Preliminary introduction week schedule

When	What	Who	Where
Monday, August 25, 13:00-15:00	Roll call and welcome	Ramanathan Thinniyam, Liselott Dominicus, UTN and others	Ångström Laboratory, house 10, room room 2004
	=Welcome, introduction to programme : welcome-2025 =Info about studies and administrative procedures: liselott-2025 =Roll call =Around 1400: presentation by UTN (students union) =Booking of times for individual meetings. Edit: doodle will be distributed via email.

Tuesday, August 26, 10:00-12:00	Information about studies	Ramanathan Thinniyam, Liselott Dominicus and teachers during 1st semester	Ångström Laboratory, house 10, room 101130
	course-overview-slides-2025 Some slides have now been updated to the 2025 version below shown in bold. Brief presentations of "recommended" courses for the autumn by the teachers (Below) Introduction_ES.pdf os-embedded-systems-programme-kickoff-2025 Computer programming 2.pdf real-time-systems.pdf microcontroller-programming-2025 introPP_presentation.pdf
Wednesday August 27 10.10	Optional social activity (museum train excursion) (sign-up by Monday Aug. 26). Leaves from Uppsala station, track 10 (on the East side of the station) at 10.10 sharp to Marielund, where light lunch is provided. Back in Uppsala at about 14.10
Wednesday August 27 15.30 - 17.00	Individual meetings	Ramanathan Thinniyam/ Faouzi Atig	Meeting with Ram: Ångström Laboratory, house 10, room 105170 Meeting with Faouzi: 105190
	Before your meeting, think carefully about the courses that you want to take and fill in a study plan. You must now select courses for the autumn 2025. You are also encouraged to plan future courses for your entire program. During the meeting we will discuss (and possibly revise) your choices for the autumn, and then finalise course registration. You can download the study plan template here: study-plan-2025 The ISP template is here: ISP.docx Schedule for individual meetings (room 105170)
Thursday August 28 and Friday August 29 08.00 - 17.00	Individual meetings, Same as above		Meeting with Ram: Ångström Laboratory, house 10, room 105170 Meeting with Faouzi: 105190
	Schedule for individual meetings (room 105170)
Friday August 29 11.30 - 12.30	Get your Campus Card in the Ångström Reception here (you can also get it at a later time)
Friday 3 October 15.15 - 17.00	Overview by Ramanathan: slides General Information by Liselott: slides Wireless comm. by Christian: slides

Other information:

Info on Installing Matlab (w. toolboxes, e.g., Simulink)

We are looking forward to meeting you in Uppsala!