Software Engineering TEMPUS (3+1+1)

• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team
• Capacity for critical analysis and synthesis
• Capacity for applying knowledge in practice
• Capacity for generating new ideas (creativity)
• Capacity to learn
• Decision-making
• Knowledge of a second language
• Research skills 

• Show mastery and critical thinking of the software engineering (SE) knowledge and skills and professional issues necessary to begin practice/research as a software engineer.
• Work as individual or as part of a team to develop and deliver high quality software artefacts, being able to analyze its level of quality.
• Identify, analyse, and reconcile conflicting project objectives, finding acceptable compromises within limitations of cost, time, knowledge, existing systems and organizations.
• Analyze, design and document appropriate solutions in more than one application domains using SE approaches that integrate ethical, social, legal and economic concerns.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and critically analyze and apply current theories, models and techniques that provide a basis for problem identification and analysis, software design, development, implementation, verification and documentation.
• Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding for the importance of negotiation, effective work habits, leadership and good communication with stakeholders in a typical, industry-strength software environment.
• Learn new theories, models, techniques and technologies as they emerge and appreciate the necessity of such continuing professional development. 

• Offered by: Sts. Cyril and Methodius University - Skopje, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering – FCSE in collaboration with the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Study programme: Joint MSc curricula in Software Engineering / Tempus JEP 18035
• Scientific-research field: Computer Science
• Category: Computing
• Sub-category: Software and its Engineering, Theory of Computation, Information Systems
• The master studies cycle consists of 60 ECTS.
• Study duration: 2 semesters
• One academic year is divided into two semesters with 30 weeks each (1 semester = 15 weeks)
• The first semester is comprised of courses only, while the second semester there is devoted to the final project, i.e. master thesis.
• Enrollment requisites: fully completed undergraduate study cycle with a minimum of 240 ECTS with a degree in the fields of computer science and/or computer engineering.
• First semester: 5 elective courses divided into two groups: general SE competence and specific SE competence. Student can select at most two from the general SE courses, and at leas from the specific SE courses
• Second semester: Final master thesis project that equals 30 ECTS.
• 1 ECTS = 30 hours of work load.
• Contact hours per week is 4.