University of Southern Denmark
MSc in Computer Science
Odense, Denmark
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Mar 2026*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 17,300 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for EU/EEA and Swiss citizens and applicants holding a Danish residence permit I for non-EU/EEA citizens without a current residence permit deadline is 01.02.2026
** Free for full degree students from the Nordic countries or from the EU/EEA countries and Switzerland
Key Summary
About: The University of Southern Denmark offers a 2-year MSc in Computer Science with specializations in Algorithms, Concurrency and Logic, or Data Science. You’ll join award-winning research groups in algorithms, concurrency, machine learning and big data. The programme links theory with applied projects and industry collaboration at the Odense tech campus.
Career Outcomes: Graduates report an unemployment rate close to 0% and receive full-time job offers before graduation. Local employers build flight-planning software, webshops, .NET CMS and robotics. Roles include software engineer, data scientist, AI engineer, systems developer, R&D engineer, consultant. The Talent Fellowship guarantees student jobs during your studies.
We offer a versatile 2-year Master's degree program in Computer Science, with the possibility of specializing in Algorithms, Concurrency, and Logic or Data Science.
With internationally awarded and acknowledged research groups at the forefront of Computer Science, SDU has one of the most veritable, versatile, and dynamic academic environments to offer you a specialized education in the fields of Algorithms, Concurrency, and Logic, and Data Science.
Program structure
The Master's degree program in Computer science at SDU has a standard duration of two years.
There are no compulsory courses on the Master's degree program in Computer science at SDU. Therefore, you can shape the program according to your own personal interests.
During the first semester, you can choose among all Master-level Computer Science courses offered by the Faculty of Science to gain the required 30 ETCS.
During the second semester, you can choose freely among all Master-level courses offered by the Faculty of Science, across all subject areas, as long as you meet any academic prerequisites. By approval from the Study Board, you can also take courses offered by other faculties if they are relevant to the academic profile of the Computer science program.
During the second year, you will complete your own individual research-based project for your 60 ECTS Master Thesis.
The courses in the program are taught entirely in English.
Career perspectives
Our graduates have an unemployment rate close to 0 per cent, and our students are often offered full-time jobs before graduating.
SDU's main campus is located in the dynamically growing tech capital Odense, Odense, which is a leading drone and robot producing city in Europe and a frontrunner in the use of technology in general. Forecasts are that Denmark will need more than 19,000 IT specialists by 2030.
Local companies work with Big Data, machine learning, AI, and modern programming languages to develop global flight-planning software, award-winning webshops, a transparent online market for financial products, the fastest-growing .NET CMS in the world, educational robots and much more.
For students who want to gain relevant working experience already during their time at the university, we have designed the Talent Fellowship in collaboration with Technology Denmark. It offers students a guaranteed student job within tech companies while studying Computer science at SDU.