Curricula Development for Parallel Architectures and DSP and Teaching Activity in Advanced Studies (MSc) in Communications Department of Technical University Cluj- Napoca (Romania) Authors: Radu Arsinte* , Eugen Lupu** *Software ITC , 109 Republicii str , 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania ,E-mail: radu@sitc1.dntcj.ro **Technical University Cluj-Napoca, 28 Baritiu str., 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania, E-mail: Eugen.Lupu@com.utcluj.ro Abstract The paper presents several fundamental aspects of DSP teaching in Communications Department of the Technical University Cluj-Napoca (Romania): structure of the course, projects, practical works. The paper also presents other related background courses in DSP and Parallel Architectures. Communications Department of Technical University Cluj-Napoca - short profile The Communications Department was founded in 1990, as a result of the necessity to improve the students education in a very dynamic field: telecommunications. The Department is part of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications. Main Groups of the department are : • Microprocessors Systems Design, Communications Techniques, Computer Networks • Information Theory, Telephony • Television, Image Processing, Multimedia Systems and Applications • Switching Systems, Broadband Networks, Digital Networks in Telecommunications • Microwaves, Radio Communications, Mobile Communications • Programming, Operating Systems, Software Engineering • Data Transmission, Communications Techniques, Advanced Techniques in Digital Transmission • Telephony Transmission Systems, High-Speed Transmission Systems, Neural Networks in Telecommunications • Speech Processing, Programming • Microprocessors Systems Design, Speech Analysis and Synthesis • Satellite Communications • Image Processing • Audio-Video Systems, Data Recording Scope of the DSP and Parallel Architectures teaching