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Program founded 1971
The first program of its kind in the nation
11/25/13
Interdisciplinary
Telecom
Program
“The program is one of the best for
networking in the country and
delivers all-around knowledge of
the telecom industry.”
— Pushkar Sambhoos (Telecom ‘07)
ITP at a Glance
>Graduate degrees: MS and PhD in Telecommunications
>Graduate-level certificates: Energy Communication
Networks, Network Architecture, Telecommunications
Policy, Computer and Network Security, and Wireless
Networks and Technologies
The Interdisciplinary Telecom Program (ITP)
at the University of Colorado Boulder College
of Engineering and Applied Science is the
nation’s first and one of the most prestigious
graduate telecommunications programs in the
world. Offering master’s and doctoral degrees
in telecommunications as well as professional
certificate programs, ITP has honed the
educational process for more than 30 years. We
develop multi-faceted professionals who are able
to manage the intense and rapidly changing
technology environment.
Telecommunications is no longer a matter of
technology alone — it has matured to include
complicated business and management issues as
well as legal, political, and regulatory concerns. The
Interdisciplinary Telecom Program is dedicated
to producing professionals who understand the
technology and the complex multidisciplinary
environments that characterize modern
communication networks.
Opportunities for Giving
>Graduate Fellowships
>Full-time students can complete degree in 18-24 months
>Endowed Faculty Support
>Approximately 150 students from 13 countries
>ITP Lab
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Designing the Next Generation of the Internet
Researchers at CU-Boulder are helping develop the next
generation of the Internet — a more mobile version — and
ITP is employing the new technology in a laboratory setting
to allow students first-hand experience with this technology.
New, so-called “WiMAX” technology extends the CU wireless
network to buses running between the main Boulder campus
and off-campus student residence halls located about a mile
away. Within the ITP, the new protocol is being used in a
course that helps students design and analyze wireless networks.
“The laboratory WiMAX system will open up opportunities
for our students to study the potential for interaction between
WiMAX and other wireless services such as the campus Wi-Fi
service,” said ITP scholar in residence Kenneth Baker. “This
allows us to research new applications of the WiMAX protocol.”
CU-Boulder’s WiMAX system is part of a Global Environment
for Network Innovations (GENI) project incorporating similar
test systems on several campuses across the country.
Two Degrees — Plus One Global Impact
Marco Kuhlmann graduated with two master’s degrees in
December 2008, one in telecommunications and one in
engineering management. Despite the economic downturn,
he was offered, and accepted, employment in Denver,
Colorado, prior to graduation. But that’s not all that’s
on Kuhlmann’s record; as an ITP graduate student, he
developed a solar-powered wireless network to introduce
Internet communications to a remote region of Peru’s
Amazon rain forest. As a result, poor, isolated communities
in northeastern Peru gained improved access to basic
medical and educational services, as well as global telephone
service via voice over IP (VoIP) technology.
New Digital Energy Program
Launched in the fall of 2010, the Graduate Digital Energy
Program represents ITP’s commitment to and expansion
into the energy sector — leveraging the study of Internet
technology, wireless, network design, security, and other
areas to integrate two-way telecommunications technology
into the electric power grid. The program is designed
to meet the needs of the changing energy economy by
preparing students from diverse backgrounds:
“I was attracted to ITP because it is a broad program
that includes the social, economic and legal aspects of
telecommunications, instead of just the technical parts,”
Kuhlmann says.
• Engineers in the electric utilities who want to expand
their skills into the new energy economy
• IT Professionals who want to enter the energy field
• Business professionals and environmentalists interested in
the study of smart grids
• Policy makers who want to understand industry trends
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