Study location	Netherlands, Nijmegen
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	2 year (120 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	MSc

Tuition fee	€16,500 per year
Application fee	€75 one-time The handling fee is NOT applicable to: - Students with a nationality from the EEA countries or from countries that are candidates for EEA membership* - Students who receive a full scholarship (proven by uploading a grant statement) This fee will be refunded to you once you are fully enrolled as a student at Radboud University. The fee is NOT refundable when you are not admitted.

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Bachelor’s degree in (theoretical) Computing Science, Mathematics (30EC Computing Science courses). You must have passed (preliminary) examinations containing the following subject matter: - Variety of the following mathematical courses, at least 12 EC in total: Calculus, Linear algebra, Logic, Discrete mathematics, Statistics, Probability theory, Combinatorics. - Variety of the following theoretical computing science courses, at least 15 EC in total: Languages and Automata, Computability, Complexity theory, Functional programming, Proof systems, Software Verification, Semantics. - Courses on basic skills in programming, such as Imperative programming, Object-oriented programming (as first or second-year course), Software development (project work), Data Structures, and Algorithms. You must be familiar with research methods, academic writing, and critical thinking. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / German / Dutch. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. It is required that you send verified copies of the entry qualification documents directly to the university by postal mail. Important! Never send original documents by post! Radboud University Central Student Administration P.O. Box 9102 6500 HC Nijmegen

Language requirements	English - IELTS Academic: ≥ 6.5 overall, subscores ≥ 6.0, writing subscore ≥ 6.5 - TOEFL iBT: ≥ 90, subscores ≥ 22 - Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 proficiency: C or higher

Other requirements

A description of courses Please provide a list of all courses you have taken, including course description, keywords, the grades you received, and optionally literature used. Please also add an explanation of the grading system at the university where you achieved your Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. See an example here. If possible, please provide a link to a website containing more information about the institute and the curriculum – in English (preferably) or German. Description of the practical laboratory work Please provide a short description of the practical laboratory work you did before, for example, what techniques you used and what duties you had. Contact data of possible references Please provide contact data of possible references who could give us more information about you as a person.

More information	Expenses, accommodation, working etc. ru.nl/..al-foundations-of-computer-science

Overview

The Computing Science Master’s specialisations at Radboud University are mostly theoretical, fundamental, and based on Mathematics skills, and are less focused on technical, engineering or applied sciences. The theory of computation arose from concerns about the foundations of mathematics, and was developed in the work of Gödel, Church, Turing, Kleene and others. The actual building of computing machinery later was strongly influenced by this theoretical work. Computer science quickly grew into an independent field of study, but the relations with mathematics are still strong. Connections range from the use of mathematics to model the foundations all the way to the use of computers to help solve mathematical problems with a discrete component.

Master’s in Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science: something for you?

- The programme has a unique theoretical and abstract focus that unites mathematics and computer science.
- You can take part in the Master math programme, meaning you can follow advanced mathematics courses pooled by all Dutch universities.
- The job opportunities are excellent: some of the students get offered jobs before they’ve even graduated and almost all of the graduates have positions within six months after graduating.
- A majority of the courses are electives giving you the choice of how strong an emphasis you want to place on mathematical or on computer science aspects.
- The students rate this Master’s programme 8,2 out of 10 according to the National Student Survey 2019.

Programme structure

The Master’s specialisation in Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFoCS) is taught at the Faculty of Science. It has a course load of 120 EC* (two years). The structure of the programme is presented here.

Career opportunities

As this specialisation lies in the overlap of mathematics and computer science, you’ll have the advantage of being able to strive for jobs in either field. Thus, the graduates have no difficulty in finding an interesting and challenging job. You can think of the following job functions:

- Consultant for firms
- ICT developer / software developer
- ICT manager in the private sector or within government
- Researcher, at research centres or within corporations
- PhD candidate
- Entrepreneur; starting up your own consultancy or software development company
- Teacher, at all levels from middle school to university

Examples of companies where the graduates could end up include SMEs like Orikami, Media11 and FlexOne, consultancies like McKinsey&Company, and multinationals like ING Bank, Philips, ASML, IBM and perhaps even Google.