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Specialisation

About this specialisation

Software engineering delves deeper and involves the design and maintenance of software systems that are reliable and efficient, cost-effective to develop, and that meet the specific needs of the user. A postgraduate specialisation in software engineering will address all aspects of software production, including strategy, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance. You may engage in areas of study such as object-oriented design, enterprise scale software architecture, software quality engineering and enterprise scale software architecture, supplemented with related areas of usability engineering and security.

Please note: This specialisation is available from 2024 onwards.

Graduate opportunities

Software engineering graduates will find employment opportunities in a wide range of industries and organisations, spanning:

  • information technology
  • database management
  • multimedia and telecommunication software systems
  • language compilers
  • internet programming
  • real-time software engineering
  • control systems 
  • biomedical systems, and
  • artificial intelligence.
Career pathways
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