The Master programme comprises four semesters. The first two semesters provide theoretical knowledge in the domains Management, Software Engineering and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. In addition, seminars on recent developments in Information Systems and Software Engineering are offered.

The third and fourth semester are 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.

* From this list of electives, students choose courses summing up to 24 credit points.

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 70 professors look after 2600 students), students get intensive personal support during their studies.