RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Distance and Independent Studies Center

Software Engineering for Embedded Systems, M.Eng.

Objective and Target Group

Software plays a dominant role in most areas with embedded systems (for example in the automotive sector). Businesses are faced with the challenge of tasking experienced engineers with software engineering more and more frequently.

The distance learning programme is aimed at professionals in the field of software development and provides the participants with well-founded theoretical knowledge and the ability to acquire according practical methods, techniques and tools in the field of software engineering.

Teaching-Learning-Format

The teaching-learning-format consists of comprehensive, scientifically sound and practice-oriented self-study materials that have been developed by experts especially for distance learning, an online campus as an interactive learning platform and on-campus phases to consolidate the knowledge that is acquired through self-study in theory and practice. Mandatory on-campus phases take place once per semester at IESE in Kaiserslautern. In general, there is a three-day on-campus phase from Friday to Sunday in the first semester and a one-week on-campus phase (from Saturday to Friday) in each of the second and third semesters.


Other Programmes offered by the Distance and Independent Studies Center

• Applied Financial Mathematics (Certificate Programme)
• Financial Engineering (M.Sc.)
• Master (Blended Learning) of Evaluation (MABLE) (M.A.)

About the Distance and Independent Studies Center (DISC), RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

The Distance and Independent Studies Center is one of the central academic facilities of the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU). It offers part-time continuing education distance learning programmes in the fields of social sciences, economics, law, natural sciences, and engineering. This includes Master‘s programmes and Certificate programmes and courses in German and English.

The postgraduate distance learning programme “Software Engineering for Embedded Systems” is offered in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE).