Philosophy

About 40 students begin their studies each term at CS&M. Students can later specialize in either system or software technology but the distinctions are kept small on purpose. We want students to get a broad education in computer science.

At the core of CS&M are two beliefs:

The first one states that our students are our most important capital. They need to be encouraged to take risks and develop their abilities to the fullest. An atmosphere based on trust is an absolute requirement for success. The second belief is that CS&M needs to be based on a regular computer science curriculum. Students need to be able to work as software engineers, network specialists etc. later on and that is in fact what many of them do. Of course if a student wants she can specialize on media technologies as well. Those include both technical and content oriented topics.

We think that our basic beliefs contribute a lot to our 100% employment rate of our alumni.

Another important part of our philosophy is to be open with respect to other faculites. We have development strong and good relations with colleagues in the areas of usability, project management and economics. Our students can write their thesis in any of those areas as well. We have seen a number of excellent works e.g. in the area of usability and HIC design. Here our students combine their technical know-how in computer science with concepts from social sciences.