Computer Science – (B.Sc.)

Computer Science is a challenging and fascinating discipline with ample job opportunities. Almost all modern goods either directly incorporate computer systems or information technologies drive the manufacturing process. While computer technologies come and go at a fast pace, there are a number of fundamental principles underlying those technologies.

The Computer Science (CS) program at Jacobs University provides a first class education which focuses on the understanding of these principles and how they are applied in practice.

The courses offered in the first year provide a general overview over a broad range of CS topics,as well as an intensive training of programming skills. Only after the first year of study students have to finalize their choice of major, a liberty uncommon at most state universities in Germany. In years two and three, students will on the one hand increasingly specialize within CS, and on the other hand benefit from the transdisciplinary openness that is the hallmark of Jacobs University and take courses from neighboring disciplines, complementing their in-depth CS training. Students, thus, learn to adapt their knowledge and expertise to a variety of tasks. Thisis an invaluable asset in a student’s future career.

Research is an essential part of student education at Jacobs University. Enabled by a very low student to faculty ratio, students will participate in real research work even during bachelor education. Faculty is working in exciting areas of modern computer science, for example: robotics and embedded systems, motion planning, large-scale data bases, computational logic,semantic web, machine learning, computer networks, distributed systems, or visualization and computer graphics.