What does the programme lead to?
The competencies you acquire during your MSc in in Software Engineering are highly applicable across many industries and beyond. Graduates can handle a range of positions across private and public companies and organisations (e.g. in manufucturing industries, energy sector, defense sector, medical industries, technology sector, health sector, finance sector, robotics industry and telecommunications).
You will be able to seek a career in Denmark or internationally, working naturally across a range of business types and sizes. Your profile is suited for a wide range of jobs in private companies as well as public institutions and has a particular strength in its technical expertise combined with the specific skills obtained via your specialisation. Graduates also have specific strengths in any positions working with creating innovative and complex software systems.
The profile is also well placed for a wide range of jobs in application development, consultancy, research, and in public institutions. You will also have the skillset needed to pursue entrepreneurial ambitions.
There are a range of technical, design and research-related positions available for graduates. The positions include:
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Software engineer, software architect, system specialist, platform engineer, DevOps expert.
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AI engineer, data analyst, ML developer, data engineer, cyber-security engineer, cyber-security specialist
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Software designer, software developer, system designer & integrator, front-end IT developer, interaction designer, system designer
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Database programmer, web developer, mobile app developers, graphical developer, medical technologies engineer, hardware designer, system designer.
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Organisational functions such as project manager, software quality engineers, IT strategy responsible, or consulting functions such as IT consultant, design consultant or user researcher.
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Engineering research functions e.g. scientist, lecturer.
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Notably qualified applicants will have the option to continue as PhD-students
What the corporate world thinks…
To deliver on our customer promises, we need strong software engineering talents
"Danfoss is rapidly becoming a software company as we are extending our focus to multiple digital products and service. Our digital horizon is continuously expanding, and we strive to provide our customers with next-generation solutions whether it be simulation technology, industrial IoT networks, analytics and AI, or mixed reality solutions while maintaining and improving our core products. To deliver on our customer promises, we need strong software engineering talents who can participate in cross-functional teams and own the full development process from specification and design to testing and release. The SDU Software Engineering programmes precisely creates these kinds of talents, and as we move further into the digital future, we need software engineers now more than ever!”
Jakob Damsbo, Danfoss
The ability to create innovative software solutions is essential in an international market
"At TV 2 we work with cutting edge technologies to create a stable and scalable streaming service which bring Danes together. The solutions we develop must often be weighed and tested again and again as we create products for millions of Danes who expect the same high scalability and performance they know from international products. The demands for streaming today are sky high and to live up to these expectations from the users it often requires that we think outside the box and create innovative solutions.
There are many ways to solve complex problems using software. Solutions must be thought through and risks must be evaluated. I was introduced to tools and methods to solve these problems as a civil engineer in Software Engineering and I use them in my daily work at TV 2. Be it architecture, design principles, testing, choice of language, etc.
Civil Engineers in Software Engineering have exactly the right qualifications to be a part of TV 2’s development teams. You participate in everything from design of features, development of services, writing and maintaining tests, as well as operating services in production. At the same time, we always review performance and stability, so that we can constantly optimize and find new ways to solve problems."
- Jesper Minor Melholt, Staff Engineer at TV2
Learning outcomes
What makes a graduate with an engineering degree in Software Engineering especially attractive to the labour market? Below is an overview of the competencies you will have once graduated: general engineering competencies as well as the special competencies you will acquire in Software Engineering.
