How can we develop secure and robust software? How can we teach computers to see? How can we make our software easily adaptable to new tasks? How do we improve learning by computers?
If you find these questions fascinating, you should choosethe Master's degree programme in Computing Science in Groningen.This programme deals with both the theoretical and the practicalaspects of computing.
You will develop and increase your in-depth knowledge within the areas of Data Science & Systems Complexity, IntelligentSystems & Visual Computing or Software Engineering &Distributed Systems. Most courses offer insightful lecturescovering both theory and practice. Apart from acquiring corecomputing science skills, mathematics and research methodology arealso important.
In student colloquia research and presentation skills aredeveloped. For those aiming to go into business rather thanacademia, project management and related topics are also offered.All skills acquired are actively used in research projects, eitherwithin the university or during business and industrialinternships.
Because computing science is pivotal in many areas ofresearch, students can easily participate in one of many researchcollaborations with other fields, such as bioinformatics, medicineand astronomy. In addition, contacts with many businessesfacilitate internships in a variety of fields, matching theinterests of most students.
The University of Groningen is leading in analysis andvisualisation of medical data. For example, the development ofdata-driven network visualisations of high density EEG coherence,used for important research in the area of mental fatigue andageing.
Study guide
How can we develop secure and robust software? How can we teach computers to see? How can we make our software easily adaptable to new tasks? How do we improve learning by computers?
If you find these questions fascinating, you should choose theMaster's degree programme in Computing Science in Groningen. Thisprogramme deals with both the theoretical and the practical aspectsof computing.
You will develop and increase your in-depth knowledge within the areas of Data Science & Systems Complexity, IntelligentSystems & Visual Computing or Software Engineering &Distributed Systems. Most courses offer insightful lecturescovering both theory and practice. Apart from acquiring corecomputing science skills, mathematics and research methodology arealso important.
In student colloquia research and presentation skills aredeveloped. For those aiming to go into business rather thanacademia, project management and related topics are also offered.All skills acquired are actively used in research projects, eitherwithin the university or during business and industrialinternships.
Because computing science is pivotal in many areas ofresearch, students can easily participate in one of many researchcollaborations with other fields, such as bioinformatics, medicineand astronomy. In addition, contacts with many businessesfacilitate internships in a variety of fields, matching theinterests of most students.
The University of Groningen is leading in analysis andvisualisation of medical data. For example, the development ofdata-driven network visualisations of high density EEG coherence,used for important research in the area of mental fatigue andageing.
Study guide
After your studies
Job prospects
Having completed the Master's degree programme in ComputingScience, you will be spoilt for choice regarding future employment.There are hardly any areas of business or research which do notrequire computer scientists, either software engineers andarchitects, or researchers. Usually our students are offeredsuitable jobs within one month of graduating (or even beforegraduating).
After graduating, most of our alumni move on to softwarecompanies (or found their own) or to academia, usually by enteringinto PhD programmes.
Those in industry are generally promoted to managerial rolesafter a few years and, for example, become project managers. Inacademia the usual path is from PhD via post-doctoral researcher touniversity staff member, though quite a few of our successful PhDstudents have moved on to industry as well. Many MSc and PhDstudents have gone into the field of medical imaging, either atvarious universities or in the research labs of large companies.More and more are moving into bioinformatics.
Having completed the Master's degree programme in ComputingScience, you will be spoilt for choice regarding future employment.There are hardly any areas of business or research which do notrequire computer scientists, either software engineers andarchitects, or researchers. Usually our students are offeredsuitable jobs within one month of graduating (or even beforegraduating).
After graduating, most of our alumni move on to softwarecompanies (or found their own) or to academia, usually by enteringinto PhD programmes.
Those in industry are generally promoted to managerial rolesafter a few years and, for example, become project managers. Inacademia the usual path is from PhD via post-doctoral researcher touniversity staff member, though quite a few of our successful PhDstudents have moved on to industry as well. Many MSc and PhDstudents have gone into the field of medical imaging, either atvarious universities or in the research labs of large companies.More and more are moving into bioinformatics.
Job examples
- PhD research position
- Work for a software company
- Medical imaging
- Bioinformatics
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