BSc Applied Computer Science at Ruhr University Bochum

Applied Computer Science at Ruhr University Bochum is a single-subject Bachelor programme of 6 semesters (3 years), taught in German and English. What sets it apart: you can explore all of our exciting areas of application in computer science. You will use computer science as a tool to advance digital and technical progress in a wide variety of fields, such as economics, linguistics, biology, civil engineering and mechanical engineering. Interdisciplinary exercises and projects will prepare you well for your professional life, where you will work on exciting projects that involve many interfaces with other industries.

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught and English-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Specialisation areas: Engineering Informatics; Bioinformatics; Computational linguistics; Cryptology and Theoretical Informatics; Neuroinformatics; Operations Research.

Career pathways

Graduates frequently work as a software engineer; as a machine learning engineer; as a data scientist; in project management, e.g. in Industry 4.0; as an IT consultant; in specialised fields of application, such as bioinformatics or media informatics.

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