Information Systems option (IS)
The Information Systems (IS) option is part of the Engineering programme, Computer Science Specialty run by ESIR.
Option coordinator: Zoltan Miklos
Presentation
The Information Systems (IS) option trains top-level engineers in innovative information technologies. The Information Systems option introduces engineering students to a wide range of technologies, skills and fundamental concepts that form the basis of modern modern digital systems. This generalist approach allows them to target the application field of their choice.
Students graduate with solid general knowledge as well as high-level scientific and technical skills. This enables them to enter the workforce immediately, and also adapt to business changes and thus qualify for technical and human resource leadership roles.
Content
The course’s technical training is organised around four main areas:
- Fundamentals (graph theory, language theory, compilation, complexity, algorithms, programming)
- Software engineering (development methods, software architectures, agility, web and mobile development, DevOps)
- Data science and artificial intelligence (databases, data mining, big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning)
- Systems (operating systems, distributed systems, parallelism, cybersecurity).
This technical education is complemented by a general education in the humanities, which is common to all ESIR specialties. This cross-disciplinary training includes courses in languages, communication, expression, economics, management and innovation, as well as personal expression and development. The programme also includes a series of conferences and workshops that providing an insight into the business world and the major social issues facing the world today.
Employment opportunities
Esir graduates work as designers, project managers, IT systems administrators, consultant engineers and expert engineers. Some become teacher-researchers after pursuing a PhD, while others become company directors.
Our graduates find employment in the IT industry (software publishers, service companies, major groups), as well as in IT Services or research and development (R&D) in other sectors (industry, administration, banking and insurance).
The Information Systems option is aimed specifically at the following business sectors:
- Software and systems development, particularly for web and mobile applications
- Business consulting and intelligence
- Telecommunications (computer networks, sensor networks, telecom (micro-)services and applications, etc.)
- Defence and cybersecurity