M.Sc. Advanced Software Engineering

University of Applied Sciences FHDW Minden

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  • 3 semesters
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About the programme

Advanced Software Engineering is a Master of Science at FHDW Hannover for developers who want to take on technical leadership. You learn to make sound technical decisions in large projects and steer their delivery, with a focus on modern software architecture, IT security and quality assurance for distributed systems such as web applications and cloud solutions. You also cover automation of development processes, agile project management and machine learning, applying AI-supported development methods in real projects. The programme has 90 ECTS over 18 months, including 15 months of lectures with practical parts, alternating each quarter between theory and practice; lectures are on Fridays and Saturdays, plus Thursdays in the first quarter, and can be streamed live. It starts in January, in Hannover or online. Graduates can move into software development, IT architecture or AI roles.

Fields of study

Computer Science(Computer Science & IT)

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What you need to apply for Advanced Software Engineering at University of Applied Sciences FHDW

English language

IELTS Overall
6/ 9.0

German language

German for application
B1

Academic requirements

Completed Bachelor's degree
Required
Minimum ECTS credits
180

ECTS are study credits. One year of full-time study is about 60 ECTS.

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required

Several years of relevant professional experience can also up to a maximum of 10 ECTS credits. The decision on this is made by the

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Prerequisites

University degree qualifying for a profession with at least 210 CP or Bachelor's degree with 180 CP plus bridging course (opens in a new tab). You can acquire the missing ECTS credits with us before or by arrangement in parallel with your Master's degree. If no ECTS are made up, the start of studies is regularly in January.

20 ECTS in Mathematics and 10 ECTS in Statistics

Proof of entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences

A professionally qualifying university degree with at least 210 ECTS

For students with a 180 ECTS Bachelor, a postgraduate program is available

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Programme-specific documents

the final certificate of the Bachelor's degree. If the degree has not yet been completed at the time of application, a complete overview of the achievements made in the degree to date must be submitted as an alternative,

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14,904 – 23,904 EUR

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The tuition fees amount to 15,840 EUR, which are divided into monthly installments and examination fees per semester.

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