Introduction

The program tries to maintain a balance between soft skills and scientific/technical skills, between striving for excellence and pragmatism. It offers :

• an approach based basic concepts in computer science which remain valid beyond the rapidly changing technology ;
• a program entirely in English to improve your skills both in written and spoken technical English ;
• exchange programs and dual degrees in Belgium, Europe and worldwide.

As a continuation to the Bachelor in Engineering Sciences, it offers versatility in engineering sciences through options in conjunction with other related disciplines such as applied mathematics or electronics and telecommunications.

Your profile

You

• aspire to imagine, design, implement and deploy the computer applications that will shape our future;
• focus your engineering background to computer science after having acquired during the bachelor a solid general training in science and technology (mathematics, mechanics, electricity, chemistry, ...);
• want to improve your theoretical knowledge and develop your practical skills in disciplines such as artificial intelligence, computer networks, information security, software engineering and programming systems;
• would like to build up soft skills such as foreign languages, management of resources, team work and communication, work discipline and ethics;
• possibly open your training to management or creation of small and medium enterprises;
• benefit from a training entirely in English.

Your future job

We train

• scientists who can understand and analyze the complex requirements to be met by a software system in its environment;
• professionals who will design computer systems which encounter customer needs;
• innovators who master a broad range of technologies and their continuous evolution;
• specialists able to implement software solutions with a particular attention to quality of the product and of its development process.

Your programme

The training includes

• a mandatory part, to acquire the skills necessary to model, design complex applications, which completes the required training to all university computer scientists;
• at least one option that you choose, to acquire advanced skills in a field of interest:
  • in computer science : software engineering and programming systems, artificial intelligence, networking and security ;
  • at the frontier with electricity, applied mathematics or life science : communication networks, crytopgraphy and information security, computing and applied mathematics, biomedical engineering and bioinformatics ;
  • or in Management  or SME creation, as computer scientists have to manage projects, lead a team and focus on the socio-economic context.
• elective courses that allow you to focus your training to your interests, whether computer science or any other discipline (management, entrepreneurship, foreign languages ​​...); as the UCL is a wide university, many opportunities are offered;
• an master's thesis, half the workload of the last year, offers the possibility of treating a subject in depth and its magnitude is a true introduction to life as a computer scientist; the subject of this work is chosen in consultation between you, the program committee and possibly an industry.