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employees. They are part of the 12 faculties, 6 interfaculty institutes. VU provides 149 Bachelor & Master degrees. A clear organization with short lines of communication.
disciplines • Academic renewal plan ranked in world top 100 • Social relevance • Top researchers International Students Population: 32.3%!!!! 10 Faculty of Sciences
SOFTWARE - S4 GROUP Dr. Patricia Lago, associate professor (team leader) Dr. Jaap Gordijn, associate professor Dr. Pieter De Leenheer, assistant professor Dr. Qing Gu, Post-doc Maryam Razavian, PhD Researcher “Lady Marian” Ivan S. Razo-Zapata, PhD Researcher “Machete” Damian A. Tamburri, PhD Researcher “Don Tamburri” 11 Faculty of Sciences
program is for computer science students, specializing in Software Engineering. An international double master program. > 1 year at the VU University Amsterdam (60 ECTS) > 1 year at one of the partner universities (60 ECTS) Master thesis (30 ECTS) is done in the second year and the whole program is in English 12 Faculty of Sciences
Oriented Design Developing Services for the Cloud Software Architecture E-Business Innovation Internet Governance Knowledge Engineering Software Asset Management Software Configuration Management Green IT (in development) Service Science (in development) Distributed Systems All courses are 6 ECTS 13 Faculty of Sciences
• Examples of topics: wiki.cs.vu.nl/mp • Industrial thesis projects with: Philips, CapGemini, Accenture, Logica, IBM, KPN • Research thesis projects with: Univ. British Columbia (Canada), University City London (UK), Software Engineering Institute, CMU (USA), IBM Research Zurich (Swiss), NTNU Trondheim (Norway)
to carry out case studies (i.e. apply theory in industrial practice, examining real data): • Possibility of getting employed immediately afterwards • Learning from current practices in industry • High-edge theoretical applications within vivid industrial settings 16 Faculty of Sciences
with major academies: • Harnessing multi-cultural thinking • Addressing and understanding global software engineering by “living it” as a global professional • Work on frontier technologies such as “The internet of the future”, “social-networks based software engineering” among others 17 Faculty of Sciences Univ. British Columbia IBM Research Zurich NTNU Trondheim
STORIES “Costs vs. benefits assessments of industrial software refactoring” Florian Uunk @University of Hawaii Now @GoogleUK “Baggage Handling Service- Based Solutions for Airports and Airlines” Dmitry Litosh @IBM Benelux Now @SIG.nl
Student Intern @ WoodWing.com “The GSEEM is an awesome opportunity to experience an high quality study program at the VU University and a challenging life adventure in the stunning city of Amsterdam.” 22 Faculty of Sciences
Student Intern @ KPN “It is incredible how meeting new people from several different places of the world is inspiring! Studying at VUA gave me many opportunities, and stimulated me into a great experience!” 24 Faculty of Sciences
Student Intern @ Rabobank “Surrounded by the best mood, sharing wonderful moments with friends from every corner of earth, stimulated by several challenges, riding my bike... I couldn't ask anything better!!” 25 Faculty of Sciences