Call for Student Applications and Scholarships EMSE 2012-2014

Application web site: http://emse.case.unibz.it/submissions/index.php
EMSE web site: http://emse.inf.unibz.it

IMPORTANT DATES

• March 19, 2012, submission for NON-EU applicants
  
• April 16, 2012,notification of admission and scholarship to NON-EU applicants
• May 22, 2012, submission for EU applicants
• July 23, 2012, notification of admission and scholarship to EU applicants

The Consortium of the Free university of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy), the Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (Sweden), and the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (Germany) offer a two year (120 ECTS credits) Joint Master’s Programme, named European Master in Software Engineering (EMSE).

The objective of the Master’s Programme is to educate professionals in the field of Software Engineering. Software Engineering aims at the creation of high quality software in a systematic, controlled, and efficient manner. The participants will be able establish and use sound engineering principles and practices in order obtain economically viable software that is reliable and works on real machines.

The programme foresees a mobility period in two different universities of the Consortium.

EMSE also prepares students for employment in Software Engineering and/or for continuing their studies within PhD programmes.
The international dimension of the Master’s Course guarantees that students familiarise themselves with different educational methods and a multicultural education.

All courses are taught in English. Students will also undertake courses on the language of the European countries of the two universities. Local language courses are free of charge for EMSE students.

Upon the successful completion of the curriculum and fulfilment of the Master’s course requirements,students will be awarded a double degree, one for each university they have visited.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION CRITERIA Students are accepted in the program regardless of sex, age, or nationality. In order to be accepted all students must fulfil the following requirements:

• Respect the application deadline
• Provide proof of proficiency in English language.
• Have been awarded a BSc in Software Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• Provide certificate of the subjects taken during their degrees, along with the marks obtained and the number of hours/credits devoted to each subject

Students will be selected according to the following criteria:

• Language skills
• Type of entrance qualification
• Academic records
• Work experience and professional qualifications
• Motivation and willingness

TUITION FEES

The tuition fees for academic year 2012-2013 are € 3800 for NON-EU students and € 2250 for EU Students. On top of the tuition and depending on the university, students will pay social taxes (if any, about 130 Euro per year).

SCHOLARSHIPS

For the course 2012-2014 up to 6 scholarships will be offered to EU and NON-EU students. Scholarships amounts vary upon the different mobility schema selected. See the EMSE web site for further information.
Scholarships cover tuition fees and social taxes (if any, about 130 Euro per year). Scholarship rates may be taxed depending on each University regulation.

In the application, students must specify the type of scholarship. Students cannot apply to more than one type of scholarship. Each type of scholarship will have its own ranking that also includes a reserve list. Students in the reserve list can be offered to another type of scholarship if available. Students selected for one type of scholarship cannot change the two universities of destination.

HOW TO APPLY

The application is on-line at the central EMSE website http://emse.case.unibz.it/submissions/index.php

Unreadable or incomplete documents or not submitted by the submission deadline will not be considered in the selection.

CONTACTS

EMSE secretariat
University of Bozen-Bolzano
Faculty of Computer Science
Dominikanerstrasse, 3, P.za Domenicani
39100 Bozen-Bolzano (BZ) - Italy
E-mail: emse-secretariat@unibz.it
Web Site: http://emse.inf.unibz.it
Fax: +39 0471 016009