Study programme
Dutch-taught Master of Computer Science: Software Engineering
This programme is taught in Dutch. On these pages, and for informational purposes only, we provide basic information about this programme in English.
We do offer this programme in English. Were you looking for the English equivalent of this programme? Take a look at the study programme of the English-taught programme
2024-2025
Model Path over 2 years
Compulsory courses (18 ECTS-credits)
Model Driven Engineering
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Moharram Challenger
Modelling of Software-intensive Systems
- Hans Vangheluwe
Software Testing
Elective courses (42 ECTS-credits)
Choose 42 ECTS-credits from the list of elective courses, of which at least 6 ECTS-credits (min. 12 in total) to be chosen from the partial list of "elective course units: broadening from every other Master's degree in Computer Science". If you want to follow additional courses at another university, you have to ask for permission of the Study Programme Commission by sending a request to the Helpdesk. The same procedure has to be followed when you choose a course from the other 2 specializations of this master if not listed below.
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In-depth electives in Software Engineering
Selected Topics in Software Engineering
Specification and Verification
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Programming Paradigms
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
General electives
Academic Literacies for Scientists
- Li Lin
- Frank Blockhuys
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Pierre Van Mechelen
Philosophy of Science
- Karim Zahidi
- Jan Potters
- Paride Del Grosso
Mathematical Logic
- Els Laenens
Broadening electives in Computer Networks
Advanced Wireless and 5G Networks
- Michael Peeters
- Johan Bergs
- Arno Troch
Future Internet
Introduction to Performance Modelling
- Benny Van Houdt
Advanced Networking Lab
- Michael Peeters
- Johan Bergs
Internet of Things
Topics in computer networks
Broadening electives in Data Science and AI
Artificial Intelligence Project
- Bart Goethals
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning' or 'Python for machine learning'
- David Martens
Database Systems
- Floris Geerts
Information Retrieval
Artificial Neural Networks
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
- Hamed Behzadi Khormouji
Bioinformatics
- Kris Laukens
Case Studies in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Bart Goethals
Data Mining
- Bart Goethals
- Toon Calders
Reinforcement Learning
- Kevin Mets
Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the first year. (18 ECTS-credits)
Management and organisation
- Johanna Vanderstraeten
Strategic Business Communication
- Mariëlle Leijten
- Nina Vandermeulen
Financial management and legal aspects
- Sven Damen
- Alain Praet
Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the second year. (12 ECTS-credits)
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
Master thesis
Master thesis including internship
Master thesis Computer Sciences including internship : Software Engineering
- Wout Bittremieux
- Toon Calders
- Moharram Challenger
- Serge Demeyer
- Jeroen Famaey
- Floris Geerts
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Kris Laukens
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Benny Van Houdt
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
2023-2024
Model Path over 2 years
Compulsory courses (24 ECTS-credits)
Model Driven Engineering
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Moharram Challenger
Modelling of Software-intensive Systems
- Hans Vangheluwe
Data Mining
- Bart Goethals
- Toon Calders
Reinforcement Learning
- Steven Latré
Elective courses (36 ECTS-credits)
Choose 36 ECTS-credits from the list of elective courses, of which at least 12 ECTS-credits from the following list elective courses - major. If you want to follow additional courses at another university, you have to ask for permission of the Study Programme Commission by sending a request to the Helpdesk. The same procedure has to be followed when you choose a course from the other 2 specializations of this master if not listed below.
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ELECTIVE COURSES: MAJOR
Selected Topics in Software Engineering
Software Architecture
- Herwig Mannaert
Specification and Verification
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Programming Paradigms
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Software Testing
ELECTIVE COURSES: MINOR
General Topics
Academic Literacies for Scientists
- Li Lin
- Frank Blockhuys
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Pierre Van Mechelen
Philosophy of Science
- Bert Leuridan
- Jan Potters
- Paride Del Grosso
Mathematical Logic
- Els Laenens
Programme computer networks
Advanced Wireless and 5G Networks
- Michael Peeters
Future Internet
Introduction to Performance Modelling
- Benny Van Houdt
I-Robotics
- Rafael Berkvens
- Mohammad Hasan Rahmani
Advanced Networking Lab
- Michael Peeters
Internet of Things
Topics in computer networks
Programme data science and artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Project
- Bart Goethals
Data Science and Ethics
'Data mining' or 'Machine learning'
- David Martens
Database Systems
- Len Feremans
Information Retrieval
Artificial Neural Networks
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
- Hamed Behzadi Khormouji
Bioinformatics
- Kris Laukens
Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the first year. (18 ECTS-credits)
Management and organisation
- Johanna Vanderstraeten
Strategic Business Communication
- Mariëlle Leijten
- Nina Vandermeulen
Financial management and legal aspects
- Sven Damen
- Alain Praet
Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the second year. (12 ECTS-credits)
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
Master thesis including internship
Master thesis Computer Sciences including internship : Software Engineering
- Wout Bittremieux
- Toon Calders
- Moharram Challenger
- Serge Demeyer
- Jeroen Famaey
- Floris Geerts
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Kris Laukens
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Benny Van Houdt
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
2022-2023
Model Path over 2 years
Compulsory courses (24 ECTS-credits)
Model driven engineering
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Moharram Challenger
Modelling of software-intensive systems
- Hans Vangheluwe
Data mining
- Bart Goethals
- Toon Calders
Reinforcement Learning
- Steven Latré
Elective courses (36 ECTS-credits)
Choose 36 ECTS-credits from the list of elective courses, of which at least 12 ECTS-credits from the following list elective courses - major. If you want to follow additional courses at another university, you have to ask for permission of the Study Programme Commission by sending a request to the Helpdesk. The same procedure has to be followed when you choose a course from the other 2 specializations of this master if not listed below.
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ELECTIVE COURSES: MAJOR
Selected topics in software engineering
Software architecture
- Herwig Mannaert
Specification and verification
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Programming paradigms
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
- Brent van Bladel
Software testing
ELECTIVE COURSES: MINOR
General Topics
Academic Literacies for Scientists
- Li Lin
- Frank Blockhuys
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Pierre Van Mechelen
Philosophy of science
- Bert Leuridan
- Jan Potters
- Paride Del Grosso
Programme computer networks
Advanced Wireless and 5G networks
- Michael Peeters
Future Internet
Introduction to performance modelling
- Benny Van Houdt
I-Robotics
- Rafael Berkvens
- Mohammad Hasan Rahmani
Advanced networking lab
- Michael Peeters
Internet of Things
Topics in computer networks
Programme data science and artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Project
- Bart Goethals
Data science and ethics
'Data mining'
- David Martens
Database systems
- Floris Geerts
Information retrieval
Artificial Neural Networks
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
Bioinformatics
- Kris Laukens
Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the first year. (18 ECTS)
Management and organisation
- Johanna Vanderstraeten
Strategic Business Communication
- Mariëlle Leijten
- Nina Vandermeulen
Financial management and legal aspects
- Sven Damen
- Alain Praet
Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the second year. (12ECTS)
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
Master thesis including internship
Master thesis Computer Sciences including internship : Software Engineering
- Toon Calders
- Moharram Challenger
- Serge Demeyer
- Jeroen Famaey
- Floris Geerts
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Kris Laukens
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Benny Van Houdt
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
2021-2022
Model Path over 2 years
Compulsory courses (36 ECTS-credits)
Computer and network security
- Jeroen Famaey
Model driven engineering
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Moharram Challenger
Modelling of software-intensive systems
- Hans Vangheluwe
Data mining
- Bart Goethals
- Toon Calders
Reinforcement Learning
- Steven Latré
Software reengineering
- Serge Demeyer
- John Businge
Elective courses (24 ECTS-credits)
Choose 24 ECTS-credits from the list of elective courses, of which at least 12 ECTS-credits from the following list elective courses - major. If you want to follow additional courses at another university, you have to ask for permission of the Study Programme Commission by sending a request to the Helpdesk. The same procedure has to be followed when you choose a course from the other 2 specializations of this master if not listed below.
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ELECTIVE COURSES: MAJOR
Selected topics in software engineering
- Serge Demeyer
- Moharram Challenger
- John Businge
Software architecture
- Herwig Mannaert
Specification and verification
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Programming paradigms
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
- Brent van Bladel
ELECTIVE COURSES: MINOR
General Topics
Academic Literacies for Scientists
- Li Lin
- Frank Blockhuys
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Pierre Van Mechelen
Numerical Optimisation
- Wim Vanroose
Philosophy of science
- Bert Leuridan
- Raoul Gervais
Programme computer networks
Advanced Wireless and 5G networks
- Michael Peeters
Future Internet
Introduction to performance modelling
- Benny Van Houdt
Internet of Things
Programme data science and artificial Intelligence
Database systems
- Floris Geerts
Information retrieval
Mathematical Foundations of Reinforcement Learning
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
- Benny Van Houdt
Artificial Neural Networks
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
Bioinformatics
- Kris Laukens
Research (30 ECTS-credits)
Research Project 1
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Toon Calders
Research Project 2
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Toon Calders
Option Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the first year. (18 ECTS)
Management and organisation
- Johanna Vanderstraeten
Strategic Business Communication
- Rebecca Van Herck
Financial management and legal aspects
- Sven Damen
- Alain Praet
Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the second year. (12ECTS)
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
Master thesis including internship
Master thesis Computer Sciences including internship : Software Engineering
- Toon Calders
- Moharram Challenger
- Serge Demeyer
- Jeroen Famaey
- Floris Geerts
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Kris Laukens
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Benny Van Houdt
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
2020-2021
Model Path over 2 years
Compulsory courses (36 ECTS-credits)
Computer and network security
- Jeroen Famaey
Model driven engineering
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Moharram Challenger
Modelling of software-intensive systems
- Hans Vangheluwe
Data mining
- Bart Goethals
- Toon Calders
Reinforcement Learning
- Steven Latré
Software reengineering
- Serge Demeyer
- Henrique Santos Camargos Rocha
Elective courses (24 ECTS-credits)
Choose 24 ECTS-credits from the list of elective courses, of which at least 12 ECTS-credits from the following list elective courses - major. If you want to follow additional courses at another university, you have to ask for permission of the Study Programme Commission by sending a request to the Helpdesk. The same procedure has to be followed when you choose a course from the other 2 specializations of this master if not listed below.
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ELECTIVE COURSES: MAJOR
Selected topics in software engineering
- Serge Demeyer
- John Businge
- Moharram Challenger
Software architecture
- Herwig Mannaert
Specification and verification
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Programming paradigms
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Software testing
ELECTIVE COURSES: MINOR
General Topics
Academic Literacies for Scientists
- Tom Van Hout
- Frank Blockhuys
- Paul Scheunders
- Hans Vangheluwe
Numerical Optimisation
- Wim Vanroose
Philosophy of science
- Bert Leuridan
- Raoul Gervais
Selected topics of computational science
- Annie Cuyt
- Karel In't Hout
- Wim Vanroose
Programme computer networks and distributed systems
Advanced Wireless and 5G networks
- Michael Peeters
Introduction to performance modelling
- Benny Van Houdt
Topics in computer networks
- Steven Latré
Programme data science and artificial Intelligence
Artificial Neural Networks
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
Bioinformatics
- Kris Laukens
Database systems
- Floris Geerts
Information retrieval
Research (30 ECTS-credits)
Research Project 1
- Annie Cuyt
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Toon Calders
Research Project 2
- Annie Cuyt
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Toon Calders
Option Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the first year. (18 ECTS)
Financial management and legal aspects
- Sven Damen
- Alain Praet
Management and organisation
- Johanna Vanderstraeten
Strategic Business Communication
- Mariëlle Leijten
Management and Entrepreneurship
Take the courses from the list below in the second year. (12ECTS)
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
Master thesis including internship
Master thesis Computer Sciences including internship : Software Engineering
- Chris Blondia
- Toon Calders
- Serge Demeyer
- Jeroen Famaey
- Floris Geerts
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Kris Laukens
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
- Guillermo Perez
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Benny Van Houdt
2019-2020
Model Path over 2 years
Compulsory courses (30 ECTS-credits)
Computer and network security
- Jeroen Famaey
Data mining
- Bart Goethals
- Toon Calders
Distributed Artificial Intelligence
- Steven Latré
Model driven engineering
- Hans Vangheluwe
Modelling of software-intensive systems
- Hans Vangheluwe
Software reengineering
Elective courses (24 ECTS-credits)
Choose 24 ECTS-credits from the list of elective courses, of which at least 12 ECTS-credits from the following list elective courses - major. If you want to follow additional courses at another university, you have to ask for permission of the Study Programme Commission by sending a request to the Helpdesk. The same procedure has to be followed when you choose a course from the other 2 specializations of this master if not listed below.
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ELECTIVE COURSES: MAJOR
Selected topics in software engineering
Programming paradigms
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Software testing
Specification and verification
- Guillermo Alberto Perez
Software Architecture
- Herwig Mannaert
ELECTIVE COURSES: MINOR
General Topics
Academic Literacies for Scientists
- Tom Van Hout
- Frank Blockhuys
- Pierre Van Mechelen
Artificial Neural Networks
- Paul Scheunders
Philosophy of science
- Bert Leuridan
- Raoul Gervais
Selected topics of computational science
- Annie Cuyt
- Karel In't Hout
- Wim Vanroose
Programme computer networks and distributed systems
Introduction to performance modelling
- Benny Van Houdt
Mobile and wireless networks
Topics in Advanced Programming
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Topics in networks and distributed systems
- Steven Latré
Programme data science
Bioinformatics
- Kris Laukens
Database systems
- Floris Geerts
Information retrieval
Option Research (30 ECTS-credits)
Choose 30 ECTS-credits from one of the options: Research, Management and Entrepreneurshi
Research Project 1
- Annie Cuyt
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Toon Calders
Research Project 2
- Annie Cuyt
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Toon Calders
Option Management and Entrepreneurship (30 ECTS-credits)
Choose 30 ECTS-credits from one of the options: Research, Management and Entrepreneurship
Financial management and legal aspects
- Peter-Jan Engelen
- Alain Praet
Management and organisation
- Peter Verhezen
Strategic Business Communication
- Mariëlle Leijten
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Process management and quality care
Master thesis including internship
Master thesis Computer Sciences including internship : Software Engineering
- Chris Blondia
- Toon Calders
- Serge Demeyer
- Jeroen Famaey
- Floris Geerts
- Bart Goethals
- Steven Latré
- Kris Laukens
- José Antonio Oramas Mogrovejo
- Guillermo Perez
- Hans Vangheluwe
- Benny Van Houdt