Same in Romania. For a 4 year curriculum: first 3 semesters (1.5 years): a heavy blend of math, physics, electronics. general programming and numerical methods

Same in Romania. For a 4 year curriculum: first 3 semesters (1.5 years): a heavy blend of math, physics, electronics. general programming and numerical methods (matlab) on the side. 4th semester: a programming heavy semester with lots of coding: algorithms, functional programming, network programming, FPGAs. It is this semester that filters the most.