Software Engineering and Business Informatics (BSc) - Fontys

In year 1, students of both Software Engineering and Business Informatics study together. During this year, you will be introduced to the basics of informatics, software engineering, and business informatics. This will enable you to acquire basic relevant soft skills such as teamwork, professionalism, and communication.

The first part of year 2 will still be focused on the topics relevant to both software engineers and business informatics professionals, such as architectures of software, higher concepts for good design for analysing large amounts of data, and for providing security of data and systems. At the end of that semester, you’ll choose between Software Engineering and Business Informatics for semester 4.

The Software Engineering direction will introduce you to a broader set of different types of software systems and programming languages. The Business Informatics side will teach you about business processes, how to describe and design them, and techniques and architectures of systems specifically for the support of decision-making. In both variants, you’ll develop an app (realizing your own ideas for that app) with a cloud-based architecture, this being the project of semester 4.

In the first semester of year 3, you’ll do a work placement at a company and industry of your choice. As a future professional, you’ll be able to practice your application skills that you’ve gained during your studies. You’ll deepen your knowledge in the real business world. The work placement can be completed in a country of your choice.

In the second semester of year 3, you’ll focus on a specific theme in a minor programme. The minor programme allows you to acquire knowledge in a different field than that of your major. You can choose to do this minor at Fontys, at one of our partner universities in the Netherlands, or at one of our 125 partner universities abroad.

You return to Fontys for your final year. During this year, you’ll work on the main project of your study program: the Software Factory. For this project, you develop customized software solutions that are ready to market in cooperation with one of our partner companies. You’ll also work on your professional skills, and you choose to specialize in elective courses.

You’ll take up another work placement in your final semester and work on a practical problem. Your report about the approach and your solutions to this practical problem is your graduation report. After having finished all parts of the program, you will be rewarded with the internationally recognized degree of Bachelor of Science.