European Master in Software Engineering

Introduction

The program of European Master in Software Engineering (EMSE) is an international master program. It is in cooperation with the departments of computer science of four Universities:

Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), in Karlskrona, Sweden
University of Kaiserslautern (TU-KL), in Kaiserslautern, Germany
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB), in Bolzano, Italy
Technical University of Madrid (UPM), in Madrid, Spain (partnership until 2013)

Since it is a 2-year master program, an EMSE student can choose 2 out of these partner universities and spend two semester of their master study in each university. In other words, TU-KL may be chosen for either the 1st year or the 2nd year master study.

News

The EMSE Programme 2012-2014 is now open for Student Applications
Examination Regulations are added.
Now the 1st year study plan can be made ONLINE.
Lecture information is presented on the web page.

EMSE Master Study in TU-KL

The EMSE program consists of mandatory basic lectures in 6 modules and selected lectures in 2 modules. The lectures are held in English. Moreover, there are the SE seminar and project, which are offered in the name of the Computer Science department, but in cooperation with the Fraunhofer IESE. German language courses are offered in TU-KL in oder to improve the language of the visiting students.

During the 1-year study in TU-KL, all students will have a coordinator (Bo Zhang), and a mentor (Prof. Madlener). The coordinator will help the students dealing with procedural issues and fit into their study in TU-KL. The mentor will officially administrate their study.

a) Contract

For 1st-year students, a Master study contract between the EMSE consortium and the student should be signed as soon as the student arrived TU-KL.
The contract should be duplicated in 3 copies: one for the student, one for TU-KL, and one for the EMSE consortium.

b) Lectures

c) Study Plan

Before the winter semester starts, each student should choose lectures that he/she wants to visit, and put them into the study plan. In TU-KL there are certain requirements regarding the credits and modules of lecutures to choose:
- For 1st-year students: Min. 60 ETCS, including Mandatory & Selected Lectures, SE Seminar. To choose lectures, students should read the Offered Lectures and fill out the form ONLINE or in Excel Study Plan Template .
- For 2nd-year students: Min. 60 ETCS, including Selected Lectures, SE Seminar, SE Project, and Thesis. Please note that the 1st-year credits cannot be used to fulfill the 2nd-year credit requirements. To choose lectures, students should read the Offered Lectures and fill out the form Study Plan Template .
Since the selected lectures may be conflicted in time with each other, please check the lecture time and exercise time of all the lectures. The lecture schedule in upcoming semesters can be found in the KIS System as well as in the CS department webpage.
The completed Study Plan need to be submitted to the coordinator before the winter semester starts.

d) Prüfungsplan (Exam Plan)

The Prüfungsplan is a list of lectures that the student plans to take those exams. The student is only allowed to register for the exam of the lecture in the exam plan.
Since the lectures in the Prüfungsplan is usually the same as that in the study plan, it is requred that the student should fill out the form of the Prüfungsplan Template at the beginning of the winter semester.
- Note that only the lectures for the upcomming 2 semesters need to be filled. Then the exam plan needs to be signed by the mentor and submitted to Prüfungsamt.
- In the template please write the year of the upcoming semester after "Studienbehinn", and leave the column "Unterschrft" (signature) blank for the mentor.
- More detail lecture information can be found in the KIS System.
During the semester time, if the student want to change any lecture in the Prüfungsplan, she/he should firstly contact the coordinator to update the Prüfungsplan. Then it needs to be approved and signed again by the mentor. After that the Prüfungsplan must be submitted to the Prüfungsamt theoretically no later than the deadline of exam registration. Otherwise the exam registration will not be succeeded.

e) SE Seminar

SE Seminar is mandatory for each EMSE student. 1st-year Students should take the seminar in the summer semester, while 2nd-year students should take the seminar in the winter semester.
It is important to attend the kick-off meeting of the seminar to choose a topic.
The website of SE seminar offered in the winter semester 2011/2012 is here.

f) German Language Course

It's called Orientation Course and offered by ISGS.
It's FREE and strongly recommended for all international EMSE students.

g) 1st-year Lecture Approval (ONLY for 2nd-year students)

For 2nd-year EMSE students, their 1st-year lectures taken in another university need to be approved by TU-KL in oder to get a Master degree here.
Please fill out the EMSE 1st Year Courses Approval Form , and get it approved and signed by the mentor. This should be done early, normally at the beginning of the winter semester.
Finally the form need to be submitted to the Prüfungsamt together with the official transcripts from their 1st-year university.

h) Master Thesis (ONLY for 2nd-year students)

The thesis topic should be related the software, but not limited to software engineering.
All the CS working groups and allied institutes offer master topics. The students should consider their thesis topic, find out their own interests, and get in touch with corresponding researchers as early as possible.
To get Master degrees from both TU-KL and the 1st-year university, the students will get a second thesis supervisor from the 1st-year university. More detail is in the EMSE Master Thesis Regulations .

Schedule

From mid-August:
- Signing EMSE contract (only for 1st-year students)
- Taking German language course
From Sep. to mid-Oct.:
- Making study plan with the help of the coordinator
Mid-Oct. (before winter semester starts):
- Get the Prüfungsplan approved and signed by your mentor
- Get the 1st-year lecture approval approved and signed by the mentor (only for 2nd-year students)
Before Dec.:
- Submit the Prüfungsplan to the Prüfungsamt
By the end of study (better earlier):
- Submit the 1st-year lecture approval to the Prüfungsamt together with official transcripts. (only for 2nd-year students)

Past Events

06.02.2012: EMSE Student Meeting
12.10.2011: Study Plan Meeting
10.10.2011: Orientation Meeting

Reference Link

Existing EMSE Program
EMSE Programme 2012-2014
Computer Science Department
Current "Terminplan" (Semester Schedule)
KIS System (Lecture Information)
QIS System (Exam Management)
Prüfungsamt (Building 47, Room 310 - 328)

Contact

Bo Zhang is the contact person of the EMSE program in TU-KL.

Update: 06.05.2012

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