M.Sc. Professional Software Engineering
Work and study? Just do both!
The Professional Software Engineering Master's program is dual and focuses on the core topic of software. Cloud computing has changed the job profile of software developers and system administrators immensely. The Master's program meets these new requirements. As a symbiosis of "software development as craftsmanship" and the cloud-native paradigm, the Master's program teaches modern methods of software development. This also includes future-oriented cloud architectures and important soft skills such as customer centricity and lean software development.
Your advantages!
The program is explicitly designed to be dual and career-integrated. This allows you to apply your new knowledge while you are still studying. This benefits both you and your employer: it creates a win-win situation that opens all doors for your career path after your Master's degree. In addition, the Master's program trains you at different levels, from IT system architecture to software architecture and software development itself. For participants, the Master's program offers cutting-edge technical training at the highest level. The program also has a high practical relevance. Partner companies are involved in various modules.
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The M.Sc. Professional Software Engineering degree program
Agile methods, DevOps, microservices, and cloud computing have changed the job profile of software developers. Specialized knowledge, skills, and competencies are required to develop applications for the cloud or to migrate to the cloud. To really take advantage of the cloud, applications must be programmed in such a way that they can be continuously revised, tested, built, automated in the cloud, and monitored. The strict separation of development and operation no longer exists - "you build it, you run it" (DevOps).
Cloud platforms enable new architectural concepts such as microservices or serverless computing, which in turn entail new requirements for the design and development of applications for cloud environments. Graduates of the degree program are software developers who can develop applications using modern methods and tools, especially for modern cloud environments.
Dual integration. Study and Work? Both are possible here!
The M.Sc. Professional Software Engineering is fully integrated into a professional activity. A dual partner company is a prerequisite for admission to the study program. The Knowledge Foundation supports you in finding suitable partners with open job offers. Block courses allow for a few phases with intensive full-day lectures during the semester.
Herman Hollerith Zentrum
Your place of study is the Herman Hollerith Zentrum (HHZ) in Böblingen, the teaching and research center of the Faculty of Informatics. HHZ is well networked in the economically strong region, from which you as a student benefit directly: You can access the technical resources of the participating partners and new laboratories and software offerings are developed and realized in close cooperation with the participating companies.
And after the master´s degree?
Straight into the Job
The M.Sc. Professional Software Engineering degree program is your dual career booster for technical career profiles in the digital transformation. You can choose from a wide range of companies: IT providers, large companies, SMEs or start-ups, your expertise in cloud, software and IT architecture is in demand in all areas of the company, because digital change is something that no company can ignore.
Found a Start-up
The Professional Software Engineering master's program provides the necessary know-how to found a start-up or successfully complete innovation projects in established companies. In addition, the Center for Entrepreneurship here at the university offers support ranging from access to experts and investors to office space to get started right away!
Research and promotion
After your Master's degree at the HHZ, you also have the opportunity to go on to do a doctorate. Scientific research, participation in current research projects, the pursuit of your own research work and close collaboration with researchers in Germany and abroad - the HHZ offers you all the prerequisites for this and will be happy to accompany you on this path.
Our customers have recognized that software has become an essential component of business models, business processes and products. This is what makes software engineering so important, both as an engineering discipline and as a craft.
Paul Lajer, Vice President, CGI
There is no product on the market today that is not influenced by software engineering. This makes it extremely exciting to gain further qualifications in precisely this direction. Innovative, visionary, challenging - that's how the Master's program can be summed up.
Marvin Bermel, Projekt Manager Development E/E, Mercedes-Benz
