Master in Software Engineering (SE)

Bergen University College offers a joint Master’s program in Software Engineering with the University of Bergen. The program is organized as 60 ECTS of course work and 60 ECTS of thesis work. The students will at graduation receive a joint Master’s degree (MSc in Informatics) from Bergen University College and the University of Bergen.

Students attending the program will gain competence in creating high quality reliable software products in a systematic, controlled and efficient manner, with important emphasis on analysis, specification, design, and evolution.

The candidates will also gain experience in evaluating and choosing the right technologies, methods, and tools necessary to develop complex ICT systems. The program is research-based. The candidates will learn about research methods in Software Engineering and they have to document these skills within the framework of a master thesis.

Relevant master’s degree courses given at Bergen University College (other courses can be taken at the Dept. of Informatics at the University of Bergen): MOD250, MOD251, MOD252, MOD351.

Assessment

Master Thesis. Grading A-F.

Admission requirements

Bachelor degree in Computer Science or similar programs with no less than 60 ECTS from Software Engineering subjects and 20 ECTS from Mathematics.