Educational objectives

The goal of education is to provide high level knowledge of natural and technical sciences related to the field of information technology for the students, in order to make them capable to design, improve, implement and integrate IT systems, furthermore, to coordinate and perform research and development tasks for IT purposes. The students will also be prepared to continue their studies in the Ph.D. training program at Széchenyi István University.

Language

The master's program is in English that will enable students to secure positions and/or participate in a project in the IT industry internationally. They will also be able to continue their studies abroad or fulfill leadership roles in multinational firms.

Properties of the master's program

The admission requirements of the master's program are defined by the decree of EMMI (Ministry of Human Capacities) 18/2016. (VIII.5) paragraph 9.4.

Level of education: master's degree (MSc)

Qualification specified in diploma: Computer Science Engineer

Duration of education: 4 semesters

Required number of ECTS credits: 120

The content and proportion of training fields is the following:

Specialization/modules: there are no specialization in the degree.

Professional practice: have to be performed at a firm which is independent from the university, has to last at least for six weeks.

The supervisory system of knowledge: it is composed of performing the requirements detailed in the curriculum, finishing professional practice, creation of thesis work and passing the final exam.

Requirements of the thesis

The thesis has to solve an IT task of a specialization or work out a research topic during two semesters based on the knowledge of the student, complimented by studying the literature and supervised by consultants. The candidate proves by the thesis work his or her proficiency in applying the knowledge learned, ability to perform analysis and design tasks, is experienced in the literature and can use it to create value.

Conditions for taking the final exam

All requirements of the curriculum must be met, furthermore

• collect at least 120 credits, in which the thesis work represent 30 credits,
• the requirements of physical education and professional practice must be fulfilled,
• the thesis work must be judged and accepted by a reviewer.

Conditions of issuing the degree

On all courses of the Faculty regardless of the course level (Bachelor or Master) the Student must have a complex state language exam at intermediate level (B2) or an equivalent secondary school leaving certificate in any of the following foreign languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish.

Parts of the final exam

The candidate presents and defends his/her thesis work. The members of the committee ask questions referring the topic of the thesis during the complex exam, in order to check the skills of the candidate.

The result of the final exam

The committee grades the result of the final exam with a single mark by averaging the grades given to the thesis defense and the complex exam. If this grade is “fail”, the committee decides whether partly or fully accepts the thesis work.

The assessment of degree

Weighted grade point average considering the whole study time, arithmetic average of the grades given to the complex exam and thesis defense.

University degree: Computer Science Engineer

Specialization: Computer Science Engineer (MSc)

Curriculum: Computer Science Engineer (MSc), full-time, 2018

Obligatory subjects

Differentiated professional subjects

At least 22 credits must be collected until the end of studies from this group of subjects.

Optional subjects

At least 6 credits must be collected until the end of studies from this group of subjects.