Department of Computer Science

The Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz was the first Austrian university that introduced a Computer Science curriculum (Informatik) in 1969. Computer Science in Linz covers a broad spectrum of computing aspects including formal methods, hardware design, software and systems engineering, as well as applications of computing in science, engineering and business. The Computer Science Department is part the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. It consists of 12 institutes and has more than 1000 students at the Bachelor, Master and PhD level, with about 130 students starting a Bachelor study every year. Related studies in Linz are Information Electronics, Mechatronics, Business Computing (Wirtschaftsinformatik) as well as teachers education (Lehramt Informatik). Since 2002, Computer Science in Linz conforms to the Bologna structure: there is a Bachelor's program, several Master's programs, and a PhD program.

The 13 institutes of the department do research in application-oriented knowledge processing, bioinformatics, computational perception, computer architecture, computer graphics, formal models and verification, integrated circuits, networks and security, pervasive computing, software engineering, system software, and telecooperation.

The JKU offers a Bachelor's program in computer science. While some courses are offered in English, most of the Bachelor courses are taught in German.

The JKU Master in Computer Science is a 2 years full-time program with 120 ECTS points. It is delivered in English and comes with 5 areas of specialization. Graduates are awarded the degree Dipl.-Ing. (comparable to MSc). For details see http://informatik.jku.at/teaching/curricula/2013/CS_Master_Guide.pdf There is also a Master's program in Bioinformatics (in English) and one in Web Sciences (in German).

The JKU offers a PhD program in Technical Sciences. It mainly consists of PhD research, which finally leads to the dissertation. The only courses that need to be taken are 4 PhD seminars in which the students present and discuss their results.

Currently, there are five major research areas in which the Department of Computer Science is participating or is the driving force: Pervasive Computing, Information and Communication Systems, Computational Science and Engineering, Information Electronics, Biosystems Analysis. There are also 2 Christian Doppler Research Laboratories (see http://informatik.jku.at/research/labs.html).

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