About our Computer Networking & Telecoms students

Etudiants du DUT Réseaux et Télécom en coursThe "DUT Réseaux et Télécom" (Computer Networking & Telecoms) is a French national undergraduate diploma for candidates owing a good "Baccalauréat" (equivalent to "A" Levels in maths and science). They attend a two-year course, with 35 hours per week divided up into lectures (20% of the total time), tutorials (30%) and practicals (50%), which ends in a 10-week work placement (12 weeks abroad). The bias is on practical work.

 

Here are some possible positions and responsibilities :

  • IT Technician,
  • Junior Network manager,
  • Network Systems Administrator,
  • Network Engineer,
  • Security Operations Engineer…

Here are some possible projects :

  • Design, install, manage and supervise a network (VLAN, VPN)
  • Improve and troubleshoot a network
  • Implement a wifi network
  • Implement a Voice over IP network
  • Configure a PABX
  • Troubleshoot computer hardware and software problems
  • Create a database (with MSQL)…
  • Configure a web server
  • Implement an IDS (Intrusion Detection System) on a network or a WIFI network
  • Implement an anti-spam solution
  • Implement a back up solution
  • Install and manage an Active Directory with LDAP etc.

Our degree offers a unique set of skills both in Telecoms and Networks.
Their skills in Network Management/ Telecommunication Network Management/ Telephone Network Management include installation, maintenance, fault diagnosis, design and implementation of network solutions.

First and second year subjects :

Networking

  • OSI and TCP/IP model
  • LANs
  • Switching (VLAN) and Dynamic routing
  • Network OS management, user management, file management, audit
  • Internet technologies (DHCP, DNS, Proxy firewall, NAT, web server…)
  • Directory services (Open LDAP)
  • Network management (SNMP, RMON, MIB…)
  • Troubleshooting
  • WANs (ADSL, RNIS, Frame relay, ATM)
  • Wireless networks
  • VoIP and QoS
  • Advanced network security (VPN, Ipsec, TLS)


Lab equipment :  Linux router, CISCO 1, CISCO Switch, HP Switch
(one of each for every two students)
Our department is a CISCO Certified Academy for the CCNA

Computing

  • OS (Windows XP, Linux)
  • Computer Architecture
  • Algorithms and programming (C, C++, C#, OOP)
  • System programming
  • Event oriented programming
  • Client server and web server applications
  • Databases (MySQL)

Telecommunications

  • Mobile phones/ directory service (GSM, UMTS, DECT)
  • Telephony (PABX)
  • Internet technologies, WAN, Internet Providers Networks
  • Digital Transmission
  • Digital Signal Treatment (MATLAB, OCTAVE)

Electronics for Telecommunications

  • Sampling, quantification and filtering
  • PSPICE simulation
  • Radiofrequency simulation (ADS)
  • Components and integrated circuits
  • Functions of electronics and analogue circuits

 

The placement lasts from mid-April to the end of June but can start later and last longer if you wish.

There is no obligation on your part, even though it would be greatly appreciated… Alternatively, you could also decide to pay him/her on merit, at the end of the placement, or provide some help towards accommodation and food.
Our students are allowed to apply for grants through our university which could help cover their living costs. In order to apply for those grants, they will need a copy of the Training Agreement, which is why we usually insist on your sending us this agreement as early as possible.

Once you have agreed to taking a student on a placement, perhaps following a telephone interview, you will be sent a Training Agreement by the university. This agreement will contain the following information :

  • the student's name and details as well as the company's name and address
  • the name of our university
  • the name of the degree
  • the name of a supervisor in the company and at the university with a possible topic
  • the dates of the placement/internship
  • the obligation for the student to have his own insurance
  • the obligation for the student of writing a final report

Thank you for your interest. For further information please contact :
Véronique CHARRIAU (Placement Coordinator)
veronique.charriau@univ-rennes1.fr
Département Réseaux informatiques et Télécommunications
IUT de Lannion (Université de Rennes 1)
22302 LANNION, France.       
Tel: 00 33 2 96 46 94 70/ Fax: 00 33 2 96 46 93 91