MScComputing Science: Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
Study location | Netherlands, Nijmegen |
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Type | Master courses, full-time |
Nominal duration | 2 year (120 ECTS) |
Study language | English |
Awards | MSc |
Tuition fee | €16,500 per year |
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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* 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. 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 |
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Language requirements | English - IELTS Academic: ≥ 6.5 overall, subscores ≥ 6.0, writing subscore ≥ 6.5 |
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Other requirements | A description of courses Description of the practical laboratory work Contact data of possible references |
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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.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries.