Foundation Year in Computer Science

This program is recommended to applicants who:

• Want to partake in a well-grounded education that provides a sound base of a successful academic career in Computer Science.
• Want to understand the basic programming notions better or gain more experience in programming.
• Have not studied the correct subjects, or not quite achieved the qualifications required for a Master's course.
• Obtained grades/qualifications during their Bachelor’s studies that are below the requirements for direct entry to the Computer Science MSc program.
• Need support in their transition into university life and being an international Master student at ELTE, Faculty of Informatics.
• Wish to return to education after a long time they completed Bachelor’s studies.

Strength of program

The curriculum of the Foundation Year is assembled on topics relevant to the MSc program.

The high standard of education is guaranteed by highly qualified academic staff. Teaching is supported by modern infrastructure and well-equipped computer labs (artificial intelligence, databases, and robotics). The library of the Faculty contains several thousand volumes. Upper-year students and Ph.D. students help the first-year students in a mentor system to overcome their first challenges at the university.

This program enables students to:

• Gain in-depth technical skills in programming.
• Benefit from some improvement in their programming knowledge.
• Progress onto a broad education of Computer Science specialized in programming languages, cybersecurity, data science, web engineering, autonomous systems, multimedia design, etc.
• Choose a Master's degree course in Computer Science by obtaining a sufficient background.

Software Designers are welcome in every sector of informatics. Jobs are offered by large international computer companies, outstanding firms, banks, large enterprises, state institutions, software development companies, research institutes and universities where they may be engaged in the preparation of integrated data processing systems, electronic trade transactions and electronic money transfers, solving telecommunication problems (networks, programming mobile phones), performing image recognition, computer-aided design, image processing or preparing multimedia applications.

Job examples

Software developer.