Manage Complex Systems
Build complex IT systems for a better future! The Master's degree program in IT Systems Engineering offers you the unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge from your Bachelor's degree and play a decisive role in shaping tomorrow's technology.
Whether looking for sustainable IT solutions to reduce the ecological footprint or technologies that promote access to information, the Master's degree in IT Systems Engineering will teach you how to develop, evaluate, and maintain IT systems.
Your benefits at HPI
- Work with like-minded people in small teams with intensive support
- Study in the attractive city of Potsdam, near Berlin
- Go abroad for a research project or internship
- Attractive job prospects where you can make a difference
- Benefit from cooperation with business and industry
- Work on current issues and challenges of digitalization
Facts about the program
- Application deadline: December 1*
- Start of studies: Winter semester**
- No tuition fees***
- Credits: 120
- Language: German
- Instruction: German (DSH2)
- Standard study period: 4 semesters
* Winter semester's application period: from November 1 to December 1; ** also possible for higher semesters in the summer semester: application period from June 1 to July 15; *** only University of Potsdam semester fees
Study contents: IT Systems Engineering (M.Sc.)
In the IT Systems Engineering master's degree course, you will learn to analyze and understand complex IT systems and infrastructures, develop and maintain them yourself, and acquire the Professional Skills that play an essential role in successfully managing large IT projects.
In the Master's degree program in IT Systems Engineering, you can design your timetable flexibly by choosing individual areas of specialization from a wide range of subjects.
- IT Systems Engineering Analysis
- Design
- Construction and Maintenance
- Business Process & Enterprise Technologies
- Human Computer Interaction & Computer Graphics Technology
- Internet, Security & Algorithm Engineering
- Operating Systems & Information Systems Technology
- Software Architecture & Modeling Technology
- Law and Economics
- Communication
- Design Thinking Basic & Advanced
- Management and Leadership
In the master's project, students work together in a group on a selected, research-related question from a field of IT systems engineering. The question is analyzed, a solution is designed for a sub-area, and this is then implemented constructively and documented scientifically.
An overview of all modules can be found in the module catalog of the Master's degree program in IT Systems Engineering.
Course catalog
Sample study plan
Scope of degree
120 credit points must be earned for the Master's degree.
- 24 credit points in the IT Systems Engineering module group
- 6 credit points in IT-SE management skills
- 2 specialization areas with 3 modules each:
- Concepts and methods
- Techniques and tools
- Specialization
- 12 credit points in professional skills modules
- 12 credit points in the Master's project
- 30 credit points in the Master's thesis
Career Prospects
Take the future into your own hands: with a Master's in IT Systems Engineering, you will boldly take on the challenges of digitalization: thanks to your skills, you will find answers to the pressing questions of our time and develop IT solutions in the areas of environmental protection, network security or education.
You will implement your future topics in the following roles, for example:
- IT Managers in companies
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- System Architect
- Head of IT Projects
These are all positions where you can really make a difference! Thanks to numerous corporate collaborations and an extensive international network of tech and IT partners, career prospects are open to you all over the world.
We also support and encourage you to set up your own IT company.
Admission requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in IT Systems Engineering or related fields is needed*.
In individual cases, the examination board may decide on comparable achievements.
* i.e. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science or equivalent degree programs
In individual cases, the examination board may decide on comparable achievements.
Application
If you enjoy mathematics, teamwork and intellectual challenges, then you will have a lot of fun building complex IT solutions for the future with us. Apply now for the Master of Science in IT Systems Engineering and actively shape digital change!
Contact
Johanna Schulz
Teamlead Admissions and Program Management
Phone: +49-(0)331 5509-4808
Mail: studinfo@hpi.de
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