MSc Software Engineering at University of Stuttgart

Programme overview

The Software Engineer M.Sc. study programme at the University of Stuttgart is purely software-engineering oriented without unduly focusing on individual application areas. Instead, you can specialise by choosing from the extensive offering of advanced module series. They cover the entire research sweep of the subject area and so lay the groundwork for entering the profession either in industry or in research.

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years) | Study mode: full-time, German-taught | Intake: Winter or summer semester | Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Stuttgart software engineering is further distinguished by being a highly practically-oriented education that prepares graduates directly and comprehensively for a job in software design and development.

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Application information

Entry requirements

To be admitted to the software engineering Master’s programme, you need to have completed a Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related programme of study with good results. What we look for especially is project experience that equates with the study project in our Bachelor’s study programme. Applicants from related Bachelor’s programmes can be admitted with conditions. The conditions normally comprise one or two basic or core modules from the software engineering Bachelor’s degree programme. You will be given the details of any eventual conditions at the time of admission. Application period for the winter semester: May 15 – July 15 summer semester: December 1 – January 15

Intake: Winter or summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/study/application/online/

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