Operating systems 7.5 credits

About the course

The goal of the course is to introduce the students to modern operating systems design. Both practical and theoretical aspects of operating Systems will be studied. The course will cover 5 main topics, namely,

Topic 1: Introduction
This module will provide a top level description of modern operating systems.

Topic 2: kernels and processes
Introduces the students to the design and implementation of different operating system kernels in some detail.

Topic 3: concurrency, synchronization and scheduling
The module covers threads and the semantics of concurrency, synchronization of multi-threaded programs, deadlocks, race conditions, processor scheduling and other related topics.

Topic 4: memory management
The fourth module cover topics related to memory such as hardware and software address translation mechanisms, caching and virtual memory.

Topic 5: I/O and File Systems
This module introduces the File system abstraction, different storage devices and filesystems

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Spring 2026
- Operating systems
  
  Spring 2026 / Umeå / English / On site
  
  Application opens 15 September 2025
  
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  Starts
  19 January 2026
  
  Ends
  23 March 2026
  
  Number of credits
  7.5 credits
  
  Type of studies
  On site
  
  Study pace
  50%
  
  Teaching hours
  Daytime
  
  Study location
  Umeå
  
  Language
  English
  
  Application code
  UMU-57325
  
  Eligibility To be admitted you must have 60 ECTS-credits in Computing Science or 2 years of completed studies, in both cases including good knowledge and experience of the programming language C, including working with threads. You should also have knowledge and experiences of programming directly with/to an operatingsystem. These requirements are fulfilled by the course C-programming and Unix or equivalent.
  
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  Academic credits
  
  Application
  The online application opens 15 September 2025 at 09:00 CET. Application deadline is 15 October 2025.
  
  Application and tuition fees
  As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.
  
  Application fee: SEK 900
  
  Tuition fee, first instalment: SEK 19,038
  
  Total fee: SEK 19,038
  
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