
The Curriculum for Master of Science in computer science
- Kandidat i datalogi
- Master of Science in computer science
§ 1 - Description of the Programme
§ 1.1 - Programme
Programme titles
Master of Science in computer science (Master of Science (MSc))Ministerial orders
Bekendtgørelse om ændring af bekendtgørelse om ankenævn for afgørelser om merit i universitetsuddannelser (meritankenævnsbekendtgørelsen) (BEK nr 880 af 26/08/2019)
Bekendtgørelse om universitetsuddannelser tilrettelagt på heltid (BEK nr 2285 af 01/12/2021)
Bekendtgørelse om adgang til universitetsuddannelser tilrettelagt på heltid (BEK nr 69 af 26/01/2023)
Bekendtgørelse om talentinitiativer på de videregående uddannelser på Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriets område (talentbekendtgørelsen) (BEK nr 597 af 08/03/2015)
Bekendtgørelse om eksamener og prøver ved universitetsuddannelser (BEK nr 2271 af 01/12/2021)
Bekendtgørelse om karakterskala ved uddannelser på Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriets område (BEK nr 1125 af 04/07/2022)
ECTS value
120Academic Study Board
The Study Board for ScienceLanguage
EnglishCities
OdenseSemesters
AutumnLevel
Master§ 1.2 - Aim of Programme, including any professional profile and specialisations
- advanced proficiency in the field of computer science
- the ability to model and analyse complex issues independently and at a high level using tools from computer science and mathematicas
- competencies for formulating and solving practical problems in the business and public sectors using computer science, both nationally and internationally
- the necessary prerequisites for undertaking further research-based studies, including a PhD course
- Knowledge: This category is related to the specific programme or the specific course and covers the level of comprehension and reflection within a subject area in relation to the terms, theories, methods and scientific problems of the area.
- Skills: This category is aimed explicitly at the performance of practical skills, professional ethics and responsibility.
- Competences: This category entails the graduate’s personal and independent application of knowledge and skills. These competences are universal, not limited to the individual programme or course. Instead, they include skills such as analysis and abstract thinking, an attitude for learning, the ability to participate in academic and interdisciplinary collaboration, communicative skills and the graduate’s ability to acquire new knowledge and structure his/her own learning.
§ 1.3 - Didactic and pedagogical basis
- In the introductory phase the joint reference frame for theory, models and terms is established through the teacher’s use of varied teaching methods.
- The training phase is utilised by the students to obtain their own experiences and to immerse themselves in the material through active work and dialogue with the teacher.
- The study phase is a learning environment unaffiliated with the teacher and where the student independently acquires academic, personal and social skills in relation to an understanding of and immersion in the subject of science.
§ 1.4 - Profiles
MSc major in Computer Science - registration 1 September 2021, 2022 and 2023
MSc major in Computer Science and minor - registration 1 September 2022 and 2023
MSc major in Computer Science and minor - registration 1 September 2021
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Physics - registration 1 September 2023
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Mathematics - registration 1 September 2023
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Mathematics - registration 1 September 2021 and 2022
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Biology, Chemistry or Sports and Health - registration 1 September 2023
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Sports and Health - registration 1 September 2021 og 2022
MSc minor in Informatics for major outside Natural Sciences (75 ECTS) - Registration 1 September 2023
MSc minor in Computer Science for major outside Natural Sciences (75 ECTS) - Registration 1 September 2021 and 2022
MSc major in Computer Science (MSc for working professionals) - Registration 1 September 2021, 2022 and 2023
Preliminary MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Mathematics - registration 1 September 2024
§ 2 - Enrollment
§ 2.1 - Legal claim of admission
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from SDU
§ 2.2 - Direct access to programme
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from SDU (Legal claim of admission)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen or Aalborg University
§ 2.3 - Alternative entry requirements
Other Bachelor programmes containing courses worth a minimum of 100 ECTS within computer science. The following subject areas must be covered:
- Programming (at least 15 ECTS)
- Algorithms, data structures and complexity (at least 15 ECTS)
- Computer systems, including machine architecture and operating systems (at least 15 ECTS)
- Mathematical auxiliary subjects, including discreet mathematics (at least 10 ECTS)
- Databases (at least 5 ECTS)
§ 2.4 - Tuition
Additional provisions of the Study Board:
§ 2.5 - Entry requirements
Language requirements
The programme is offered in: English
The applicant are required to submit proof of proficiency in English unless the Bachelor's degree is from SDU. See the English language requirements.
§ 3 - Structure and Progression
§ 3.1 - The structure of the programme
the first year of the Master’s degree programme in Computer Science, the
student encounters a large number of specialised courses in topics from the
subject’s core areas and its applications. The courses add both breadth and
depth to the student’s computer science competencies and raise the level of the
student’s ability to work with complex issues. The courses also bring the
student close to the research front in the subjects of the course and thus form
the background for the thesis work. The first year of the Master’s degree
programme further includes the opportunity to take some of these types of
courses abroad and to do an internship with a company. The Master’s degree
programme ends with a Master’s thesis, in which a relevant scientific problem is
studied from a research perspective, usually in both theoretical and
experimental contexts. The Master’s thesis brings the student all the way to
the subject’s research front and scientific practice and also trains the
student’s ability to work independently with highly complex issues, acquire
knowledge and plan large project courses.
- The Danish and English title of the course
- The level of the course (Bachelor, Master’s or PhD courses)
- The responsible department and lecturer
- The amount of ECTS credits the course is worth
- Admission requirements
- Expected qualifications
- Purpose
- Learning objectives
- Content
- which language is used
- Form of examination
- Teaching methods
- The dates and times of the lectures
- When the course has last been updated
- 2XX: PhD courses
- 5XX: Bachelor courses
- 8XX: Master’s courses
- When the last lesson will be held
- When the last exams will be conducted
- Which course the students should attend instead of the cancelled one
- Which exam(s) the students should take instead of the cancelled one(s)
- Potential rules regarding credit transfers from expired programme regulations to the newest one
- Potential rules regarding service registration for exams
- Whether there is a risk of expulsion if the transition rules are not followed
§ 4 - Course descriptions
§ 4.1 - Course descriptions
MSc major in Computer Science - registration 1 September 2021, 2022 and 2023
MSc major in Computer Science and minor - registration 1 September 2022 and 2023
MSc major in Computer Science and minor - registration 1 September 2021
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Physics - registration 1 September 2023
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Mathematics - registration 1 September 2023
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Mathematics - registration 1 September 2021 and 2022
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Biology, Chemistry or Sports and Health - registration 1 September 2023
MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Sports and Health - registration 1 September 2021 og 2022
MSc minor in Informatics for major outside Natural Sciences (75 ECTS) - Registration 1 September 2023
MSc minor in Computer Science for major outside Natural Sciences (75 ECTS) - Registration 1 September 2021 and 2022
MSc major in Computer Science (MSc for working professionals) - Registration 1 September 2021, 2022 and 2023
Preliminary MSc Minor in Computer Science for major in Mathematics - registration 1 September 2024
DM553: Kompleksitet og beregnelighed
DM572: Netværk og Cybersikkerhed
DM571: Software Engineering
NAT805: Fagdidaktik, fag og fagsamspil i naturvidenskab
DM546: Oversætterkonstruktion
DM553: Kompleksitet og beregnelighed
DM576: Databasesystemer
DM581: Introduktion til maskinlæring
DM582: Avancerede algoritmer
DM586: Netværk og Cybersikkerhed
DM889: Software Engineering
SPDM800: Speciale i datalogi
SPDM801: Speciale i datalogi
DM580: Funktionel programmering
DM565: Formelle sprog og dataprocessering
AI501: Introduktion til kunstig intelligens
DM800: Studiestartsprøve for Datalogi
DM505: Databasedesign og -programmering
DM584: Concurrent Programming
§ 5 - Examination provisions
§ 5.1 - Programme passing requirements
§ 5.2 - Start of study exam
§ 5.3 - Spelling and writing skills
§ 5.4 - Evaluation of examinations and tests
§ 5.5 - Exam language
Cf. Eksamensbekendtgørelsen § 21
§ 5.6 - Forms of assessment
§ 5.7 - Ordinary exams
§ 5.8 - Reexams
Cf. Eksamensbekendtgørelsen § 12
The university may deviate from the stipulated examination or test form in a re-examination.This does not apply, however, for Bachelor projects or Master’s theses. It may be established in the programme regulations that the reexam has another form and/or evaluation than the ordinary exam. including the criteria for when the alternative examination or test form will be used.
§ 5.9 - Exam attempts
§ 5.10 - Requirements for exams
§ 5.11 - Digital exams and aids
§ 5.12 - Special examination conditions
§ 5.13 - Irregularities at exams
§ 5.14 - Group exams
§ 6 - Credit transfer
§ 6.1 - Transfer of credit
§ 6.2 - Transfer of credit
§ 6.3 - Credit
§ 6.4 - Extemptions
§ 7 - Provisions on the organisation of the programme
§ 7.1 - Enrolment and unenrolment from teaching and exams
§ 7.2 - Permission to enrol in courses from a Master’s degree programme
§ 7.3 - Deadline for programme completion
- Bachelor degree programme must be completed within the standardised study period + 1 year
- A 2-year Master’s degree programme must be completed within the standardised study period + ½ year
- A 2½-year Master’s degree programme must be completed within the standardised study period + ½ yea
- Master's degree for working professionals must be completed within the standardised study period + ½ year
- "AO" (Akademisk overbygningsuddannelse) - Master's degree must be completed within the standardised study period + 1 year
§ 7.4 - Study activity
§ 7.5 - Master\'s thesis
Purpose, scope and deadlines
Cf. Uddannelsesbekendtgørelsen § 30
§ 7.6 - The 4+4 PhD arrangement
§ 7.7 - Leave
§ 7.8 - Limitation on the number of entries
§ 7.9 - Minor, elective subject and elective
§ 7.10 - Talent
§ 8 - Exemptions and complaints procedures
§ 8.1 - Dispensation from University regulations
§ 8.2 - Complaints over exams
§ 8.3 - Complaints over University decisions
§ 9 - The affiliation of the programme
§ 9.1 - Legal basis
- Uddannelsesbekendtgørelsen: Ministerial order No. 2285 of 1 December 2021 regarding university programmes scheduled as full-time studies.
- Eksamensbekendtgørelsen: Ministerial order No. 2271 of 1 December 2021 regarding exams and grading in university programmes
- Karakterbekendtgørelsen: Ministerial order No. 1125 of 4th July 2022 regarding grading scale and other forms of evaluation in educational programmes within the area of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science
- Universitetsadgangsbekendtgørelsen: Ministerial order No. 69 of 26 January 2023 regarding admission to university degree programmes scheduled as full-time studies
- Talentbekendtgørelsen: Ministerial order No. 597 of 8 March 2015 regarding talent initiatives within the area of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science
- Ph.d.-bekendtgørelsen: Ministerial order No. 1039 of 27 August 2013 regarding PhD programmes at universities and certain art programmes
- Meritankenævnsbekendtgørelsen: Ministerial order No. 1517 of 16 December 2013 regarding boards of appeal and decisions concerning credits for university programmes