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Master in Software Engineering

Structure of the programme

In our Master in Software Engineering you will learn how to conceive, design, implement, customize, and maintain systems and software technologies that ensures robust, safe, secure, uninterrupted, and real-time operations by applying software engineering principles to the industry practice and develop and test your prototypes. Courses are designed to provide you with advanced software engineering knowledge and practice of software and systems development complemented by competences in lean management and entrepreneurship.

Study Plan

Here you can find the structure of the whole study course with the allocation of lectures on years and semesters, as well as some general information.

Course contents: overview of the topics covered in the study course

Here you can find the short version of the syllabi of all lectures offered in the study course, with the topics covered in each course, giving you a general overview.

Detailed course description

The detailed information on the courses offered in each academic year, with the indication of the lecturer, educational objectives, teaching format, learning outcomes, assessment, evaluation criteria and reading list, can be found in the course descriptions that you can download from the page Course Offering.

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Study Plan Advisor / Tutor

Each Master student has an individual Study Plan Advisor / Tutor. These are researchers of the Faculty who help you to get information and take decisions related to your study career. More details can be found under Tutoring.

Courses: Alternatives from Catalogue and Free Choice

Courses: Alternatives from Catalogue and Free Choice

There are two catalogues of optional courses in the study plan: Specialization Topics and Advanced Topics. You can choose an optional course from the Specialization Topics catalogue in the first semester of the first year, and another optional course from the Advanced Topics catalogue in the second semester of the second year

You can add or delete the optional courses from your study plan by yourself in my SNS.

At the beginning of each semester you are required to add to your study plan the optional courses.

Free Choice credit points

"Free Choice" Credit Points are the perfect opportunity to deepen your specialization, explore unusual facets in Software Engineering or make up for gaps in your previous academic preparation. Therefore we highly recommend that you consult with your Tutor when making your choice

To get your "Free Choice" Credit Points, you can choose:

  • lectures of the Master Degrees of the Faculty of Engineering
  • lectures of other Faculties of unibz, of other universities, or ordered online with credits certificates, always approved by the Tutor

If you choose lectures of other Master Degrees of the Faculty of Engineering:
before the exam session, send an e-mail from your unibz account to the Faculty Secretariat indicating:

  • your name
  • your student ID
  • the lecture title
  • the lecture code

In this way, the course can be added to your on-line study career and labeled "Free Choice"

If you choose other lectures:
At the beginning of each semester send an approval request via e-mail from your unibz account to your Tutor, motivating your choice and indicating:

  • your name
  • your student ID
  • the lecture title
  • the lecture code
  • the credit points assigned to the lecture
  • the name of lecturer
  • the Faculty, Degree Course and University offering the lecture

Your tutors will evaluate if the chosen lectures are consistent with the study path of the degree programme..

After approval:

  • your Tutor sends an approval e-mail to the Faculty Secretariat, attaching the Course Presentation Form and putting you in the cc;
  • you have to arrange your attendance with the respective University / Faculty / Professor

If you choose an Internship:

  • You have to follow all deadlines and regulations set for internships 

Remember that you can also choose lectures from other universities: in particular, unibz is part of the Euregio Universities together with the University of Trento and the University of Innsbruck

Recognition of Working experience:

You can have your work experience recognised as a Mandatory Internship or an Optional Internship:

Please note that one month of work experience, means one month of full-time job and it must be specified by the company you worked for.

  • If you choose to recognise your work experience as a Mandatory Internship, it must first be approved by your Study Plan Advisor, and then you can make an official request in MySNS to obtain the approval of the Course Council.
  • If you choose to have your work experience recognised as a Free Choice Internship:
    • please note that a maximum of 6 CP can be recognized;
    • the work experience must begin after the start of the study programme.
  • You can apply for the recognition of your work experience by following the instructions.

Change of Study Program and Modification of Individual Study Plan

Modification of Individual Study Plan

All modifications to the individual study plans, and exam recognitions have to be agreed in advance with the Tutor / Study Plan Advisor and approved by the Degree Committee of the Master.

For general information:

Master in Software Engineering

Only for students enroled before 2023/24

Additional language proficiency besides English. If you enrolled before 2023/24, you are enrolled in our previous Master in Software Engineering for Information Systems.

  • Enrolled in 2021-22: During the two years at unibz students must attend a language course at the A1.1 level in German and Italian (Art. 4.7 Regolamento Didattico).  
  • Enrolled in 2022-23: During the two years at unibz students must provide proof of language skills at the A1 CEFR level in German and/or Italian (Art. 1 Regolamento Didattico), or, alternatively, complete the language courses (A1.1 and A1.2) offered by the Language Centre.

Exams
Some lectures might not be offered any more, but you still have the right to pass all the exams of your original study plan, see Exams.