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The Master programme comprises four semesters. The first two semesters provide theoretical knowledge in the domains Management, Software Engineering for Distributed Systems, Advanced Information Systems and Logistic Systems. In addition, seminars on recent developments in these domains are offered.

The third and fourth semester are usually spent working as an intern in a company to gain more practical experience. This second year therefore is dedicated to training assignments in application oriented research and development projects.

After a successful completion of these studies, Hof University of Applied Sciences awards you the academic degree "Master of Engineering".

All courses are offered by recognised experts (all with PhDs). This table gives you an overview of the courses that you have to take. For details on the course content, please click here

course title contact hours credit points
General    
Language requirement (German or English) 60 4
Management    
Introduction to Managment and Organisation 60 4
Project Management 60 4
Leadership 30 3
Software Engineering for Distributed Systems    
Component Oriented Software Development 60 5
Generic Application Protocols* 60 4
Semantic Networking 60 5
Recent Trends in Software Engineering 30 3
Advanced Information Systems    
Efficient Storage of Non-Relational Data Types* 60 4
Analytical Information Systems 60 5
Data Mining* 60 4
Recent Trends in Information Systems 30 3
Logistic Systems    
Principles of Logistic Systems* 60 4
Control of Distributed Manufacturing Environments 60 5
Automatic Planning Methods 60 5
Recent Trends in Logistics 30 3
Training Assignments    
Project "Software Specification and Design"   14
Seminar "Software Specification and Design" 30 1
Project "Software Validation"   14
Seminar "Software Validation" 30 1
Master Thesis   30

* Three out of the four subjects marked with an asterix have to be chosen.

The master programme consists of three types of courses:

  • Lectures provide theoretical background knowledge, which will be built through exercises.
  • Seminars provide the opportunity to discuss recent developments in selected topics. The participants of a seminar will prepare papers for these topics and summarise their papers during a presentation.
  • Training assignments facilitate the application of theoretical knowledge to practical problems. The starting point of a training assignment is a task description. The student has to complete a task in a given time period under the supervision of a professor. In order to successfully perform these tasks students may have to organise and manage a team.

Lecturers have profound experience both in the industry and in academia. With a very comfortable student-lecturer ratio (at our University, about 65 professors look after 2000 students), students get intensive personal support during their studies.

 
head of master of software engineering

Prof. Dr. Ralph Lano
phone +49 9281 409-482
fax +49 9281 409-55-482
e-mail ralph.lano[at]fh-hof.de
http://ralph.lano.fh-hof.de/


Contact

Beate Werner
phone +49 9281 409-536
fax +49 9281 409-55-536
e-mail beate.werner[at]fh-hof.de


 
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