Erasmus Mundus Master's Programme Software Engineers for Green Deal (Triple Degree)
LUT University
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Campus location
Lappeenranta, Finland
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 9,000 / per year *
Application deadline
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* non-EU/EEA students - scholarships available
Introduction
The Erasmus Mundus Master's Programme Software Engineers for Green Deal (SE4GD) educates software engineers with a sustainable mindset to tackle sustainability challenges. These experts will be able to innovate, design, and implement software-based solutions with a sustainable effect for local and global contexts. Our graduates will have an impact on individuals, societies, industries, and governments through new, responsible ways of developing systems.
The program focuses on sustainable development through the use of software solutions. It emphasizes human aspects of sustainability, develops the education aspects of sustainability with a social perspective, and educates ICT professionals with advanced sustainability knowledge, skills, and competencies.
The program also emphasizes the employability of the students by developing their career skills throughout the program. Thus, the program aims for learning outcomes in both hard and soft skills.
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Scholarships and Funding
Programme countries – all EU Member States and the following non EU Programme Countries: North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey and Serbia. See the exhaustive list of programme countries as defined in the countries
Partner countries are all countries not listed in the programme countries.
Travel costs depend on the place of residence at the time of scholarship application. See distance calculator.
Applicants will be considered as either partner or programme country students as follows:
Partner country students
- citizens of partner countries who have not carried out their main activity (studies, training or work) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in a programme country.
Programme country students
- citizens of programme countries.
- citizens of partner countries who have carried out their main activity for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in a programme country.
Curriculum
The Master's Program Software Engineers for Green Deal is a two-year program.
After completing the program, you will receive three degrees from three universities: Master of Science in Technology (software engineering), Master of Computer Science, and Master of Science in Computer Science (software engineering and green IT). ´The program is 120 ECTS credits.
The program is divided into four semesters.
Semester 1, 30 ECTS credits
Software engineering fundamentals. During this semester, you will focus on software engineering fundamentals in both the engineering and architecture of software systems. You will learn how to design, model, and analyze complex systems and their architectures. The courses are organized at the University of L'Aquila, Italy, at the Department of Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics.
Semester 2, 30 ECTS credits
Sustainable software. During this semester, you will learn to understand the fundamentals of sustainable development, the role of software in sustainable development, and approaches to making software sustainable. The semester addresses the sustainability of software. The courses are organized at LUT University.
Semester 3, 30 ECTS credits
Software for sustainability. The objective of this semester is to build upon the skills and competencies acquired in the first year of studies: the foundations of software engineering and sustainable software. You will learn to design modern service-oriented software, understand its historical, current, and future role in our society, and assess the extent to which software systems impact sustainability goals. This semester addresses the instrumental role of software in sustainability. The courses are organized at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Master's thesis, 30 ECTS credits
This semester is dedicated to your Master's thesis. Students will be assigned consortium partners for their thesis.
Program Outcome
The program aims to educate a new generation of software engineers who will emphasize the sustainability of software as well as the sustainability effects of software on society.
After the completion of the Master's program, you will have acquired:
- knowledge and understanding of sustainable development challenges and environmental limitations (i.e. a sustainable mindset) in relation to the engineering and digitalization of services;
- skills in identifying both technical and social needs in relation to sustainable development challenges, and in the design and execution of the right, impactful decisions on software development;
- competence in designing, evaluating, and adapting software, software development processes, and software development tools to tackle the identified sustainable development challenges;
- a professional network around the world, providing you with links to local and global sustainability challenges and societies trying to solve them.
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Career Opportunities
The Master's Program Software Engineers for Green Deal will train you for traditional software engineer positions, specialist roles, or project and team leader positions.
The program will also enable you to conduct research and pursue an academic career.
Possible jobs for graduates are sustainability consultant, software developer, software architect, user experience specialist, etc.