• Joint M.Sc. Curriculum in Software Engineering is a project supported by Tempus under the grant no. CD-JEP-18035-2003.
• Duration: September 1, 2004 - August 31, 2007.
• Budget: € 372, 407 + € 20, 000 of co-financing
• Grantholder: Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
• Coordinator: University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
• Participants: University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain; De Montfort University, Leicester, UK; University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; University of Niš, Niš, Serbia; Ioan Jurca, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania; Stanimir Stoyanov, University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Project summary as published by Tempus
• Project background

Objective

To create a joint graduate curriculum in software engineering leading to the M.Sc. degree according to Bologna declaration. To provide an environment for teachers' and students' mobility. The curriculum will be common for all beneficiary partners and partly even for partners from EU. In addition, it will be of greater interest also for other universities in South-Eastern Europe. Studies started in winter semester 2006.

Goals

• Establishing basic principles of M.Sc. studies in software engineering according to Bologna declaration and current EU practices. Those studies must be designed to fulfill labour market needs and needs for international student mobility.
• Creating the joint M.Sc. curriculum in such a way that every institution can adopt it with respect to regional needs and its own tradition.
• Implementing the curriculum.
• Establishing international recognition and quality control.
• Start of the studies in the summer semester of 2007 in at least one center, with students and teachers mobility across the region and with guest teachers from EU.
• Inclusion of other countries in South-Eastern Europe during the dissemination phase. The following universities are current partners of the DAAD project in the framework of the “Stability Pact” and, thus could be later involved: the Universities of Tirana, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Zagreb, Kragujevac.

Outcomes

1. Defined principles of M.Sc. studies in software engineering (3 semesters, 90 ECTS credits, 4+4 or 5+5 courses in two semesters, ... details)
2. Defined curriculum (4 courses of 6, chosen by institution; 4 courses of 16, chosen by student, ... details).
3. New teaching materials provided or created (started for 6 core and 6 optional modules, equipment installed)..
4. ECTS introduced and curriculum internationally recognized.
5. Implementation of the curriculum (started in Novi Sad, October 2006, with foreign lecturers). Since then, the curriculum has been fully adopted by
   1. Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
   2. DeMontfort Univeristy, Leicester, UK
   3. Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Science, University 'Ss. Cyril and methodius', Skopje, Macedonia (student enrollment for 2007 - see 2nd page)
6. Dissemination and sustainability (results).
7. Quality control (principles) and monitoring.
8. Management of the project.