5G Technology (Certificate)
5G is the wireless data communications system that will replace the 4G LTE systems currently in use around the world. However, 5G is not an update on 4G. It is a radically new system, using many different architectures, algorithms, circuits, chips and antennas than the previous system. 5G will enable faster streaming to mobile devices with theoretical speeds of up to 10 Gb/s as well as enabling the next generation of the Internet of Things.
As industry is working at a breakneck pace to build out these systems, there is a high demand for engineers who are fluent in the technological challenges and opportunities of this generational leap to 5G.
With a certificate in 5G Technologies, you will be well-equipped to work at the forefront of pivotal technology powered by advanced and advancing communications technologies.
Plan of Study
The 5GT GCP requires a total of 12 credit hours consisting of four graduate-level Electrical and Computer Engineering courses taken for a letter grade. Courses labeled “EOL” will be offered both as live classes and through EOL. Those without “EOL” are only offered to on-campus students. To view a full list of Electrical and Computer Engineering certificate degrees and courses, please visit their department website.
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Application Information
Students must meet ONE of the following requirements for admission into the 5G Graduate Certificate Program:
- Have a BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering from a regionally accredited four-year college or university, and have an overall GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4-point scale.
- Have a BS degree in the sciences or engineering from a regionally accredited four-year college or university with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4-point scale.
- Be a degree-seeking student in good standing in an NC State University graduate program in the sciences or engineering.
Applicant Information
- Delivery Mode: On Campus, Online, Hybrid
- Entrance Exam: None
- Interview Required: None
Application Deadlines
- Fall: January 9
- Spring: July 1
Plan Requirements
Students may choose from the course tracks below to complete coursework within a focus area.
Certificates earned will be distributed as: "Graduate Certificate in 5G Technologies" without focus area track specifications.
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 12 | ||
| Special Topics In Electrical Engineering (LTE and 5G Communications (EOL)) | |||
| Select a course sequence under any track area listed under "Focus Area Tracks" | |||
| Total Hours | 12 | ||
Focus Area Tracks
Circuits
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Sequence | |||
| Analog Electronics | |||
| Integrated Circuit Design for Wireless Communications | |||
| Special Topics In Electrical Engineering (Design of Millimeter-Wave Circuits and Systems (EOL)) | |||
Microwave Systems and Applied EM
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Sequence | |||
| Radio System Design | |||
| RF Design for Wireless | |||
| Special Topics In Electrical Engineering (Antennas and Arrays) | |||
Communications
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Sequence | |||
| Introduction to Wireless Networking | |||
| Signal Processing for Communications & Networking | |||
| Computer Networks | |||
Faculty
Full Professors
- David E Aspnes
- B. Jayant Baliga
- Mesut E. Baran
- Salah M. A. Bedair
- Subhashish Bhattacharya
- Donald L. Bitzer
- Alper Yusuf Bozkurt
- Gregory T Byrd
- Rada Yuryevna Chirkova
- Mo-Yuen Chow
- Huaiyu Dai
- William Rhett Davis
- Alexandra Duel-Hallen
- Michael James Escuti
- Do Young Eun
- Brian Allan Floyd
- Paul D. Franzon
- Edward F. Gehringer
- John J. Grainger
- Edward Grant
- Robert Wendell Heath
- Brian L Hughes
- Iqbal Husain
- Ki Wook Kim
- Frederick Anthony Kish Jr.
- Robert Michael Kolbas
- Hamid Krim
- Ning Lu
- Srdjan Miodrag Lukic
- Leda Lunardi
- Thomas Kenan Miller III
- Veena Misra
- Rainer Frank Mueller
- John F. Muth
- H. Troy Nagle Jr.
- Jagdish Narayan
- Arne Nilsson
- Omer Oralkan
- Mehmet Cevdet Ozturk
- Harilaos George Perros
- Douglas Stephen Reeves
- Eric Rotenberg
- Georgios Rouskas
- Xipeng Shen
- Mihail Lorin Sichitiu
- Zlatko Sitar
- Matthias F. M. Stallmann
- Daniel D. Stancil
- Michael B. Steer
- J. K. Townsend
- James Tuck
- Daryoosh Vashaee
- John Victor Veliadis
- Ioannis Viniotis
- Mladen Alan Vouk
- Wenye Wang
- Jonathan Wierer
- Fen Wu
- Huiyang Zhou
Associate Professors
- Jacob James Adams
- Dror Zeev Baron
- Michela Becchi
- Aranya Chakrabortty
- Hantao Cui
- Alexander G. Dean
- Ismail Guvenc
- Khaled Abdel Hamid Harfoush
- Michael W. Kudenov
- David S. Lalush
- Edgar Lobaton
- Zeljko Pantic
- Nuria Gonzalez Prelcic
- David Ricketts
- Nitin Sharma
- Cranos M. Williams
Assistant Professors
- Aydin Aysu
- Amay Jairaj Bandodkar
- Michael Daniele
- Demitry Farfurnik
- Caterina M. Gallippi
- Yaoyao Jia
- Shih-Chun Lin
- Yuan Liu
- Spyridon Pavlidis
- Bradley Galloway Reaves
- Muhammad Shahzad
- Wenyuan Tang
- Chau-Wai Wong
- Tianfu Wu
- Kaixiong Zhou
Practice/Research/Teaching Professors
- Jordan Besnoff
- Gregory Edward Bottomley
- Laura J Bottomley
- James Paul Dieffenderfer
- Robert Joseph Evans
- John Gajda
- Rachana Ashok Gupta
- Seth E. Hollar
- Douglas C. Hopkins
- Fu-Chen Hsaio
- Andrew J. Rindos III
- Steven D. Jackson
- Robert Dwight Oden Jr.
- Bongmook Lee
- David Lee Lubkeman
- Hatice Orun Ozturk
- Tania Milkova Paskova
- James Lee Reynolds
- Elena Nicolescu Veety
- Leonard Wilson White
- Donna G Yu
- Wensong Yu
Professors Emeritus
- George F. Bland
- John R. Hauser
- Wilbur Carroll Peterson
- Winser E. Alexander PhD
- Tildon H Glisson Jr
- Michael A. Littlejohn
- Carlton M. Osburn
- Sarah Ann Rajala
- Wesley E. Snyder
Adjunct Faculty
- Mihail Devetsikiotis
- Yan Solihin
Teaching Associate Professors
- Mihail Cutitaru
- Frederick J. Livingston