Magisterprogram i programvaruteknik, 60 hp

Utbildningen

The growth and influence of software in business and our daily lives have been phenomenal. Software Engineering deals with design and development of high quality software systems and hence an increasingly important area in computer science. In these programs you will gain theoretical knowledge and excellent practical skills in software engineering.

During this programme, students will acquire fundamental knowledge and excellent expertise in engineering software intensive systems, which imply the ability to cope with complexity of understanding, designing and implementing such systems in the global work place. The students will obtain knowledge in principles for the analysis, design and implementation of large and complex software systems. The modern trends that will dominate future software development including component-based software engineering, service-oriented architectures, interoperability and global system development will be taught.

Our program reached new heights of excellence with recent successes at the software engineering project contest (SCORE) in ICSE, the topmost software engineering conference. During 2009, four of the ten teams that reached the finals including the final winning team was from our program. During 2010, two of our teams reached the finals including the runner-up in the competition.

A student successfully completing this programme will be able to demonstrate understanding of the methodologies and techniques of software management and be able to apply them to a range of development scenarios. The students will be able to transcend global diversity and work in international teams. The industrial track will involve mentoring and thesis projects related to partner industries such as ABB, Ericsson, and Volvo etcetera. One of the highlights of our program is an industry-sponsored top-talents program intended for educating software professionals.

Forskning

This master programme is hosted by the Division of Software Engineering at Mälardalen University. The division has several internationally acclaimed researchers with proven records of excellence and active involvement in world-leading conferences. The major areas of research at the division include Component-Based Software Engineering, Software Processes, Software Testing, and Dependable Software Engineering.

All research is performed in projects with specific goals with respect to publications, collaborations, and prototype tools. We transfer our research results to our educations as far as possible. Most of the advanced-level courses will cover state-of-the art research in software engineering.

Framtid och jobb

The one-year Master Programme in Software Engineering equips you with the know-how to develop high-quality software systems, which is invaluable for presumptive software architects, project leaders, and technical specialists. The demand for high-skilled experts in software engineering is constantly rising, thus making you highly competitive nationally as well as internationally, in both the industrial sector and academic research.