UCI

Master's degree in Advanced Computer Science

Program of Excellence, accredited by the National Accreditation Board.

 

The Master's program in Advanced Informatics trains professionals who achieve a second level in computer science knowledge, capable of assuming tasks related to cloud computing and all advanced technologies for high connectivity.

The program allows the development of a broad scientific culture in the area of computer science, as well as a greater professional capacity to exercise teaching, research, development and innovation from the development of skills in advanced topics of artificial intelligence, interactive computing, software engineering, scientific computing and high performance computing. In addition, graduates will be able to apply mathematical foundations, algorithmic principles and computer theory to real problems, analyze a problem and identify the appropriate computing requirements for its solution. They will also possess the skills to design, implement and evaluate a computer-based system, process, component or program, and apply design and development principles to build software systems of varying complexity.

 

Research, development and innovation lines

  • Human-Computer Interface Technologies
  • Scientific computing
  • Software engineeringArtificial intelligence
  • Educational technology
  • Internet of things
  • Cloud computing
  • Computer security
  • Telecommunications networks

 

Program structure

To obtain the Master's degree in Advanced Computing it is necessary to accumulate at least 60 credits structured as follows:

Activities      Credits
Theoretical-methodological training activities 19
Activities of the main axis (research, development and innovation) 32
Elaboration and defense of a written report with the results of a research or innovation project 9

 

Enrollment requirements

  • Be a university graduate with basic knowledge of.
  • Data structures and algorithms
  • Software Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Security
  • A2 level of English language, so as to be able to understand computer science literature written in this language

 

Application and registration documents

  • The application for enrollment will be made through the admission system, https://admision.uci.cu.
  • The following documents in pdf format must be submitted at the time of application:
    • Photocopy of the identity document, on both sides.
    • Photocopy of the university graduate degree, duly checked against the original, by legally authorized personnel at the Higher Education Center that issued it. The name of the person who performed the review of the degree and the date on which it was performed must be recorded.
    • Curriculum Vitae (in the established model and with the collated photocopies of the certificates of those courses received that you intend to accredit).
    • Letter of consent from your work center that endorses the data included in the Curriculum Vitae and the application form, as well as the availability of time to dedicate to the program through the execution of a professional research or innovation project.
    • In the case of cadres, they must present the authorization of the cadre commission of their level of management;
    • In the case of the non-state sector, the presentation, together with the original, of the document that accredits it.

To formalize the registration, the selected professionals must submit the above documentation, the registration application form duly completed and a passport photo, at the Secretariat of Postgraduate Studies of the Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas.

 

Contact information

PhD. Dunia María Colomé Cedeño, Coordinator of the Master's Program. 
Postal address: Carretera a San Antonio de los Baños, Km 2 ½, reparto Torrens, municipio Boyeros, La Habana, Cuba. POSTAL ADDRESS: CP: 19370
Email: dcolome@uci.cu
Telephone: +53 52883934