1. Overview: ERASMUS MUNDUS EUROPEAN MASTER IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
The Consortium of the Free university of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy), the Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (Sweden), and the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (Germany) offer a two year (120 ECTS credits) Joint Master’s Programme, named European Master in Software Engineering (EMSE).
The objective of the Master’s Programme is to educate professionals in the field of Software Engineering. Software engineering aims at the creation of high quality software in a systematic, controlled, and efficient manner. The participants will be able establish and use sound engineering principles and practices in order obtain economically viable software that is reliable and works on real machine. The programme foresees a mobility period in two different universities of the Consortium.
The Partner Universities of the European Master on Software Engineering are:
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (BTH), Sweden
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB), Italy
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Germany
2. MASTER’S PROGRAMME
Description of the Programme
The objective of the Master’s Programme is to educate professionals in the field of Software
Engineering. Software engineering aims at the creation of high quality software in a
systematic, controlled, and efficient manner.
This area covers a wide range of core topics,such as software process management,
verification and validation, software design, and requirements engineering, and a pool of specialities like software quality, distributed systems and development, open source
software, and agile methods.
Structure of the Programme
The curriculum consists of core topics, specialities, a project and a thesis. The students will
be admitted to a curriculum involving two universities of the consortium.
The student will spend one year in one university (the “first university”),and one year in the
other university (the “second university”). Project and thesis work will be carriedout at the
second university and will be jointly supervised and evaluated by two professors, one from
eachuniversity.
Starting term
The term starts between August – September depending on the first university regulation.
Learning outcomes
EMSE aims to train students in emerging research domains that shape the futureof Software
Engineering. It prepares students for employment in such cross-disciplinary areasand/or for
continuing their studies within PhD programmes.
After completing the EMSE studies the student will have expertise, competence, and
professionalism related to software management and quality, innovation and creativity,
software process and product standards, social and economic market of IT, and teamwork
The student will also attain expertise in putting his/her knowledge into practice by taking
part in projects and/or in industrial student placement schemes.
Moreover, the student will attain practical projectmanagement skills, which are necessary for
an effective application of the knowledge acquired.
The international dimension of the Master’s Course guarantees that students familiarise
themselves withdifferent educational methods and a multicultural education through the
immersion in two differentEuropean universities and two different countries.
Language
All courses are taught in English. Students will also undertake courses on the culture and
language of theEuropean countries of the two universities. Local language courses are free
of charge for EMSE students.
Graduation thesis
Work towards the thesis will be carried out at the second university will be jointly supervised
and evaluatedby two professors, one from each visited university.
3. MASTER’S DEGREE
Upon the successful completion of the curriculum and fulfilment of the Master’s course
requirements,students will be awarded a double degree, one for each university they have
visited. Theawarded degreesare:
- a Master of Science in Computer Science (Laurea Magistrale) from the Free University of
Bozen-Bolzano or
- a Master of Science in Software Engineering from the Blekinge Tekniska Högskola or
- a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
4. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION CRITERIA
Students are accepted in the program regardless of sex, age, or nationality. In order to be
accepted allstudents must fulfil the following requirements:
- Respect the application deadline
- Provide proof of proficiency in English language. TOEFL (>550 (paper based),>213
(computer based ), or >81(internet-based)), IELTS (>6.0) or equivalent certificates.
Only applicants who are Nationals and/or first-degree-holders of Antigua & Barbuda,
Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, English-speaking Canada, The Gambia,
Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Kiribati, Liberia, Mauritius,
Micronesia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St.
Vincent, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom, United
States of America, Zambia or Zimbabwe do not have to submit language certificates.
The consortium can request a further personal interview to assess the student's
English level.
- Have been awarded a BSc in Software Engineering, Computer Science or Computer
engineering.
- Provide certificate of the subjects taken during their degrees, along with the marks
obtained and the number of hours/credits devoted to each subject
Students will be selected according to the following criteria:
- Language skills
- Type of entrance qualification
- Academic records
- Work experience and professional qualifications
- Motivation and willingness
5. SCHOLARSHIPS
For the course 2012-2014 up to 6 scholarships will be offered to EU and NON-EU students.
Among the scholarship up to 2 are reserved to NON-EU students visiting the Free university
of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB) and the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TU-KL), up to 2 are
reserved to EU students visiting the Free university of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB) and the
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TU-KL), and up to 2 are reserved to EU students that
visit the Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (BTH) in the first year.
EU: are applicants who areresidents of countries within the European Union and the
European Economic Area / European Free TradeAssociation (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway)
NON-EU: are all the applicants not in EU category.
Grants cover tuition fees and social taxes (if any, about 130 Euro per year). Grant rates may
be taxed depending on each University regulation.
Non-EU: Each scholarship for each student amounts to 21,000 € per academic year; this includes 10 monthly grants of 1,600 € and a fixed amount of 5,000 € for fees, travel expenses, relocation costs, etc; so for these Master programmes lasting two years, each student receives double this amount, i.e. 42,000 €.
6. HOW TO APPLY
The application is on-line at the central EMSE website
http://emse.case.unibz.it/submissions/index.php OR see the link given below:
Applicants will be notified about the admission decision and whether they will be offered a
scholarship. Registration procedures as well as visa procedure will also start afteracceptance
and registration deposit payment. Additional documents may be required.
Applicants will be required to fill out the on-line forms and to provide the following
documents in electronicform.
Needed documents
- A copy/photocopy of the applicant's passport (or identity card for EU applicants).
Only pageswith a photo and personal data.
- A copy/photocopy of the IELTS, TOEFL, or CAE certificate (not later than 2008). - A copy/photocopy of all academic degree certificates (i.e. Bachelor or equivalent Master or equivalent) or other postgraduate degrees/academic qualifications. If the
degree is not inEnglish, German, or Italian, an English translation is needed, made
by an officially recognisedtranslator or your University.
- Copies/photocopies of all official transcripts or other official academic records that
give proof of the higher education studies (i.e. Bachelors, Masters etc.) including
credits and grades achieved in each single subject. Snapshots of university websites
are not accepted.
- Working Experience (if any)
- A Motivation Letter
Unreadable or incomplete documents or not submitted by the submission deadline will not
be considered in the selection.
7. IMPORTANT DATES
- March 19, 2012, submission for NON-EU applicants
- April 16, 2012,notification of admission and scholarship to NON-EU applicants
- May 22, 2012, submission for EU applicants
- July 23, 2012, notification of admission and scholarship to EU applicants
CLICK TO APPLY ON-LINE
8. CONTACTS
EMSE secretariat
University of Bozen-Bolzano
Faculty of Computer Science
Dominikanerstrasse, 3, P.za Domenicani
39100 Bozen-Bolzano (BZ) - Italy
E-mail: emse-secretariat@unibz.it
Web Site: http://emse.inf.unibz.it
Fax: +39 0471 016009
http://www.unibz.it/en/inf/progs/mcs/europeanmaster/emse/default.html
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