With an ever increasing amount of data being produced worldwide, the ability to discover meaningful patterns in data is becoming more and more important.

The?Computer Science and Advanced Data Analytics programme from the Leiden University?provides a clear focus on modern computer science with big data and data science, multimedia and bioinformatics, cyberphysical systems, software engineering, and other components.

Applications of these smart computing technologies are explicitly considered in the master to establish a connection to real-world problems relevant in science and society.

Career prospects

Your job perspectives with a master's degree in Computer Science are excellent and diverse. They range from software engineer to product manager, from researcher to IT-manager, and from engineering to financial applications, from business intelligence specialist to service manager or consultant. And the demand is constantly growing. With this education, 96.9% of all graduates have a full-time job, and they find a job within an average time of 1.3 months.