Software Engineering

Software systems are in an increasing way supporting most activities of human endeavour, which puts emphasis on the quality of their design, development, testing, deployment and operations. Software engineering integrates skills, techniques and tools for systematic support of these activities, with emphasis on guaranteed quality of the software product. The goal of the study programme is to build the competencies of the students related to software engineering, including their understanding of deeper relations necessary when developing large-scale software systems, where each individual design decision critically impacts the quality and vitality of the final system or service. An integral part of the education is the practical training in terms of software development, as well as working within a software team, including experience with team-leading. These skills are necessary for meeting the expectations of the relevant job positions in industry. The practical skills will be acquired mainly within internships in industry, but also when leading projects of bachelor students at the faculty.

“Software systems as a means to future innovation”

The study is supported by two study plans. Within the "Design and development of software systems" direction, the emphasis is put on the design of high-quality software architecture and skills in programming and software development as such (including user-interface design, secure coding principles, data analytics). Within the "Deployment and operations of software systems" direction, the emphasis is put on the design of high-quality infrastructure for the operation of the software system and the ability to interlink the software development with its deployment and operation (including topics like secure infrastructure design, computer networks, cloud computing, UNIX administration).

Practical training

In the Software Engineering study programme, students complete a compulsory internship of 10 weeks/400 hours within one semester. Information on internships can be found in the Course Catalogue, in the study materials of the course or on the website.

The graduates of this study programme are equipped for the position of a senior software developer (in case of the Design and development of software systems) and a deployment (or DevOps) engineer (in case of the Deployment and operations of software systems), including leading roles within software development teams.

Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years

After completion of the studies, it is expected that the graduate moves to industry. It is however possible for them to continue within the Computing Technology and Methodology doctoral study programme at FI MU (after satisfying the admission requirements).