Introduction to IoT Infrastructures

Education facts

Code: DVA480

This course provides a fundamental knowledge of IoT, targeting physical devices, communication and computation infrastructure. The course gives theoretical knowledge as well as hands-on experiences to build an IoT application. About this course Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the concept of connecting physical devices all around the world. The "thing" can refer to any device in the range from a simple sensor to a more sophisticated device such as a smartphone. From the industrial perspective, experts believe that by 2020 more than half of the businesses will integrate IoT. This course focuses on fundamental aspects of IoT infrastructures. The goal is to provide knowledge and skills needed to build Internet of Things systems, going beyond traditional Embedded Systems courses; introducing a conceptual framework that embraces automation, communication and new forms of computing like Cloud and Fog/Edge. The IoT World Forum proposes a seven-layer reference model for IoT, from physical devices in the first layer up to business process layer on the top. This course focuses only on the first three layers, including physical devices and controllers; connectivity; and computing layers. * The course is fully online and there is no physical lecture, even for the examination * The course is flexible in a sense that you can read the course material within the course duration in your pace, although we have a recommendation as well * The assignments are available from the beginning for those who have some backgrounds in the topic, although the grades will come at the end of the course * The project work in this course has a flexibility to chose among topics with different platforms, e.g., you can chose to do on a real raspberry pi or on simulation * The course pace is 17% which makes it easy for those who have less time to put on the course

Entry requirements

100 credits where 60 credits in computer science and/or electronics and 7.5 credits in programming. In addition, Swedish course B/Swedish course 3 and English course A/English course 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish course B/Swedish course 3.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Introduction to IoT Infrastructures

  Mälardalen University

  Start date: 6 October 2025

  End date: 14 December 2025

  Pace of study: 17 %