- Degree
- Master of Science in Computer Science
- Course location
- Paderborn
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- Winter semester (staring in October):
31 May for international applicants
(21 September for applications from Germany/EU)
Summer semester (starting in April):
30 November for international applicants
(21 March for applications from Germany/EU)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Based on their undergraduate experience the students earn additional formal, algorithmic, and mathematical competences as they
• are enabled to describe and analyse problems with formal methods;
• acquire up-to-date research results and detailed, deep knowledge from a self-chosen area within the so-called Focus Areas, which are Classical and Quantum Algorithm Design, Computer and Communication Systems, Data Science and Intelligent Systems, Security, and Software Engineering;
• are enabled to develop solutions to incompletely defined problems;
• can handle complex, incomplete, and even contradictory information; and
• can structure and formalise problems and solution approaches.
During the Master's study programme the students acquire competences on methods and project management, which enable them to
• design and implement computing models, systems, and processes;
• apply innovative methods;
• develop the area of computing as a scientific discipline;
• define goals and topics, infer task assignments, organise solutions, lead and represent teams; and
• assess the non-technical effects of computing systems.
Based on this programme, in the end the Master's students are able to work in high-level professional positions, as well as continue their qualification with a PhD dissertation.