Study location	Germany, Heidelberg
Type	Bachelor, full-time
Nominal duration	6 semesters (180 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	BSc
Course code	BCS_0_180_V_HD_0_e

Tuition fee	€5,650 per semester
Registration fee	€1,000 one-time

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German. ⠀ Upload your electronic copies during the application process

Language requirements

English Please find our English language requirements here: • Duolingo Certificate 110 points • TOEFL 87 ibt (direct entry) • TOEFL 79 – 86 ibt (with additional agreement) • TOEIC 785 (Listening/Reading 785, Speaking 160, Writing 150) • IELTS (academic) 6.5 average – please see Language Centre guidelines if results differ • CAE (grade A, B, or C) • CPE (grade A, B or C) • Pearson English Test Academic (PTE-A) 59 points • Linguaskill: 176 – 184 (CES) – all four skills required

Other requirements

- General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) or university of applied sciences entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife). If you have not graduated yet, we also accept your last interim certificate. - Please note that applicants with foreign degrees might be eligible for direct entry. This means that applicants who meet the requirements DON’T need to do a foundation year before starting their Bachelor’s. - Proof of English language proficiency - Curriculum vitae - Copy of your passport/ID

Overview

When it comes to optimising digital services, IT experts are always in high demand. Are you passionate about IT systems, mobile apps and AI? Are you interested in software development? Then the B.Sc. Computer Science is the right choice for you.

Our B.Sc. Computer Science programme will teach you how to handle internet, cloud and mobile technologies. You learn how to implement, configure and modify application and multimedia systems and know how to develop and successfully implement user-centred digital products and services.

You deepen your knowledge of the major principles, methods and techniques of the most important programming paradigms and the associated programming and markup languages and you are able to conceptualise, implement and evaluate software solutions for applications and systems.

Programme structure

6 SEMESTERS 180 ECTS

1. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

Mathematics I
Elective I: Engineering I or Business I
Elective II: Engineering II or Business II
Elective III: Engineering III or Business III
Scientific Methods and Tools
Personal Skills

2. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

Mathematics II
Programming I
Elective IV: Engineering IV or Business IV
Elective V: Engineering V or Business V
Algorithms and Data Structures
Statistics

3. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

Data Visualisation
Language I
Programming II incl. Programming Lab
Computer Networks
Computer Security
Operating Systems / Web Computing

4. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

Software Engineering
Introduction to Cloud Computing
Languages II
Introduction to Embedded Systems
Databases
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

5. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

Introduction to Internet of Things
Imaging Technologies & Computer Graphics
Languages III
Artificial Intelligence Lab
Computer Science Lab
Scientific Research

6. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

Agile Project and Risk Management
Internship / Company Project / Research Project
Bachelor’s Thesis

Career opportunities

- System developer (Software developer)
- Application developer (Software developer)
- Application administrator
- Application consultant
- IT service manager
- IT project manager
- IT consultant