Master's Programme in Digital Systems and Service Development
Lahti, Finland
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Mar 2027*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 15,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* For international applicants: 1 October 2026 – 31 March 2027
** EUR 5,000 early bird discount
Key Summary
The program focuses on competencies and skills in the holistic, service-minded development of systems and software. It combines service design methodologies with modern technologies, such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and distributed systems, to develop digital services.
The program takes a holistic approach to software development, incorporating modern methods, such as no-code, to leverage software and infrastructures, data-driven systems, and connected technology to ensure long-term and human-driven business success through digital services.
The lectures and courses use novel and interactive teaching and learning methods such as a flipped classroom and gamification. Furthermore, the program emphasizes the practical and holistic development of digital systems and services in addition to teaching relevant theoretical concepts.
The program is flexible and combines elements of blended, distance, and hybrid teaching but is essentially designed as a full-time program with in-person events on the Lahti campus.
The program takes an integral approach to software engineering, incorporating modern approaches, such as no-code, to leverage software and infrastructures, data-driven systems, and connected technology to ensure long-term and human-driven business success through digital services.
In this program, you will become an expert in the development of human-centered digital services that incorporate state-of-the-art digital technologies.
You will acquire:
- Skills to design, develop, and evaluate data-driven and connected software-intensive smart services. You will learn to analyze, develop and manage new software-based digital services in the industry
- Competence to analyze a problem and identify and elicit human-centred needs and values for digital services
- Skills to design, evaluate, and adapt software processes and software development tools to meet the needs of human-driven digital services
- An international professional network by integrating into a multi-cultural working environment with a practical orientation and collaboration with companies.
Understanding the different dimensions of software engineering is necessary for any professional today.
There are many reasons why software engineering is so popular, such as good job security, high starting salaries, and diverse job opportunities across industries.
Graduates of this program are well-equipped with the competencies and skills to work as digital service engineers, cloud service engineers, smart service developers, service designers, project managers, software engineers, software systems architects, or team leaders.
The Master's Program in Digital Systems and Service Development is a two-year program. It leads to the degree of Master of Science in Technology, M.Sc. (Tech.), which is 120 ECTS credits.
The program includes core, advanced specialization, and elective studies as well as a Master's thesis.
Core studies
Studies provide fundamental and relevant knowledge in the field of software engineering. Include courses on software engineering models and methods, requirements engineering, running a software project, and research design methods.
Advanced specialization studies
Include compulsory and alternative studies.
The compulsory courses are the ones that make the program unique and include service design, intelligent systems, and services, as well as cloud services and infrastructure.
You can also choose a wide variety of alternative courses to deepen your knowledge in areas such as game development or data-intensive systems, just to name a few.
Elective studies
You can select from any discipline at LUT to complement your studies.
Master's thesis, 30 ECTS credits
An advanced research project during the program's fourth semester. The Master's thesis is a part of the advanced specialization studies and requires approximately six months of full-time work.
Early Bird discount / First academic year
When required to pay a tuition fee, you are offered
- an Early Bird Discount of EUR 5,000 (making the early bird fee for the first year EUR 10,000)
for the first academic year if confirming your place and paying the rest of the tuition fee of EUR 7 500 within 21 days from the date of having received your Certificate of Admission.
Early Bird discount is available in both Regular Admission and Early Admission.
LUT Scholarship / Second academic year
When required to pay a tuition fee, you are offered
- LUT Scholarship of EUR 6 000
for the second academic year if having completed a minimum of 60 ECTS credits of studies included in the personal study plan during the first academic year.
With LUT Scholarship the tuition fee is EUR 7 500 for the second academic year.
The required ECTS credits will be automatically checked for and they must be included on your Transcript of Records by the end of the first academic year i.e. by 31 July.