Cloud computing (3+1+1)

Cloud computing postgraduate studies aim at top European education and training, which after graduation will be able to deliver scalable and resilient infrastructure, platforms and software, which are high quality and reliable and which meet the needs of local industry.

The cloud computing program is compatible with the respective studies offered at most of the world's universities that support this topic and provide student mobility.

  • Name of the proposer: University "St. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje,   Faculty of Information Sciences and Computer Engineering - FINKI
  • Name of the study program:   Academic   second cycle cloud computing studies
  • Scientific-research area:   2 technical-technological
  • Поле:   212   Computer Technology & Informatics
  • Област:   21208   other
  • The value of postgraduate studies is   60 ECTS credits .
  • Duration of studies:   2 semesters .
  • An academic year consists of two semesters lasting 30 weeks (1 semester = 15 weeks).
  • Conditions for enrolling in the studies : The studies can be enrolled in cloud computing graduate students who have 240 or 180 undergraduate credits.
  • Introductory layer : students who earned less than 240 credits during their studies a set of differential introductory courses is offered. After their successful realization, the student acquires the right to continue with the first semester of postgraduate studies.
  • First semester: 2 compulsory subjects, 1 elective general education subject, 2 elective subjects in the field, one of which can be from the list of free elective subjects at UKIM.
  • Second semester: 2 elective courses in the field, one of which can be from the list of UKIM (only if in the first semester the courses are selected at the faculty level) and completed project - master's thesis (18 ECTS)
  • 1 ECTS credit corresponds to 30 hours of total work engagement
  • The number of contact hours is 4

Acquired title:     Master of Information Science and Computer Engineering in the field of cloud computing.

2.   Introductory layer

The introductory layer is intended for students who study for less than four years or have earned less than 240 credits from previous studies.

Table 1: List of introductory layer items

 

code

subject

SEMESTER

ECTS

Prerequisite

1

CSEW506

Web programming 

seventh

VII

6

Internet technologies

2

CSEW705

Innovation in ICT  

seventh

VII

6

no

3

 

Elective course 1

seventh

VII

6

 

4

 

Elective course 2

seventh

VII

6

 

5

 

Elective course 3

seventh

VII

6

 

6

CSES802

Cloud Virtualization and Computing

eighth

VIII

6

Computer Network Design, Network Services Administration, Computer Networks, Internet

7

CSES628

Service Oriented Architectures

eighth

VIII

6

Internet programming

8

 

Elective course 4

eighth

VIII

6

 

9

 

Elective course 5

eighth

VIII

6

 

10

 

Optional *

eighth

VIII

6

 

* Course can be selected from the University list of free elective courses

 

Table 2: List of electives in introductory layer

 

 

code

subject

SEMESTER

ECTS

Prerequisite

1

CSEW526

High performance computing

seventh

VII

6

Computer architecture and organization or computer architectures

2

CSEW513

Distributed Systems

seventh

VII

6

Computer Networks, Algorithms and Data Structures

3

CSEW702

Web based systems 

seventh

VII

6

None

4

CSEW718

Distributed and parallel processing

seventh

VII

6

Operating systems, parallel programming

5

CSEW312

Multimedia Technologies

seventh

VII

6

Introduction to IT or

Fundamentals of Software Engineering

6

CSEW515

Computer Ethics

seventh

VII

6

None

7

CSEW514

Implementation of Free and Open Source Systems  

seventh

VII

6

None

8

CSEW522

Advanced Web Design 

seventh

VII

6

None

9

CSES621

Parallel programming

eighth

VIII

6

Advanced Software Development

10

CSES602

Security of computer systems

eighth

VIII

6

Operating systems

11

CSES634

ICT Project Management 

eighth

VIII

6

None

12

CSES601

Administering IT systems

eighth

VIII

6

None

13

CSES618

Network Security 

eighth

VIII

6

Data and Computer Communications, Operating Systems

14

CSES622

Data Mining 

eighth

VIII

6

None

15

CSES630

Modern computer architectures 

eighth

VIII

6

Computer Architecture and Organization or Computer Architectures

16

CSES619

Advanced Databases 

eighth

VIII

6

Databases

17

CSES609

Computer Network Design

eighth

VIII

6

Data and computer communications

 

After usOn completion of all ten courses and 60 credits, the student with previously acquired 180 ECTS credits (or completed three-year studies) continues with the courses from the second year of postgraduate studies.

3. Studies
 

Table 1: List of Postgraduate Courses

 

 

Name of the subject

Status

Семестар

ECTS

1

Virtualized Data Centers 

M

winter

6

2

Scalability and multitenancy for SaaS applications 

M

winter

6

3

Elective general education subject *

E

winter

6

4

Elective

E

winter

6

5

Elective

E

winter

6

6

Elective

M

summer

6

7

Elective

E

summer

6

8

Master Thesis

M

summer

18

* Select one item from Table 2

Table 2. General education subjects  

 

Code

Name of the subject

Status

Семестар

ECTS

1

СЕ-E2-08

Business modeling 

E

winter

6

2

ОО-M-01

Research Methods and Writing Techniques

E

winter

6

3

СЕ-E1-04

Privacy, ethics and social responsibility

E

winter

6

3.1 Electives

The student can choose a subject from the list of offered elective courses from all study programs of the second cycle of studies. The list of offered elective courses can be found at this link.