While a Bachelor’s degree focuses mainly on the fundamentals of the field, the Master’s degree serves to upgrade the qualifications of graduates and to analyse the subject based on research. The Master’s degree focuses more than the Bachelor’s degree on enabling and requiring students to adopt their own major focus.

For these reasons it is recommended that students complete a Master’s degree.

Upon successful completion of a Master of Science degree, there is the opportunity to begin working towards a Ph.D. either at the Technical University of Darmstadt or at another national or international university: Ph.D. at Technical University of Darmstadt

Graduates of the Master’s degree programme Distributed Software Systems can expect a labor market with a high demand for specialists – particularly also in Germany, one of the leading nations in the development of business applications. Computer scientists in this field realise new software projects for innovative business ideas or adapt existing systems to new challenges using technical reproduction of complex company processes. Diverse prospects may also open up outside of the classic area of business software development as the acquired skills can be applied to the development of general, web-based software, for instance in the field of social networks or virtual realities, as well.

In the course of relevant internships, the students are able to gain practical experience and to make professional contacts early on. The degree programme prepares the students for the requirements of a global economy particularly due to its international orientation. The likelihood of finding a good position is definitely heightened if the student is flexible when it comes to commuting or even moving abroad.