About this programme
Computer science has a brilliant future! You could help in creating new network solutions, building the future digital society, developing secure digital services, or be involved in a ground-breaking international software project. Perhaps you will develop algorithms for utilising genome data in medicine or optimise bus routes using positioning data. Do you wonder about all the things that can be automated? Or would you like to dig deeper and become a researcher? In the Master’s programme in computer science you can become an expert in a wide range of fields. You will have access to the focus areas of research in computer science at the University of Helsinki: algorithms, networks, and software. You will gain lasting professional skills for specialist, design, or managerial posts in the corporate world, or for research and doctoral education, since the Master’s programme in computer science gives you proficiency for both independent working and multidisciplinary teamwork. This education will give you:The ability to advance your knowledge in the different areas of computer scienceThe skill to seek, assess, and analyse scientific information in your own area of expertise, and apply the methods of the field in an ethical and sustainable wayThe ability to act as expert in the field, and to develop the practices and methods of your field in cooperation with specialists from other fieldsOral and written communication skills in an international work environmentThe quality teaching within the computer science programme at the University of Helsinki has been highlighted repeatedly in national and international teaching assessments. The student-centred, in-depth learning gives you a solid basis for life-long learning. Studying at the leading research unit for computer science in Finland offers you constant interaction with current research and insight into the development patterns in the field. Further information about the studies on the programme website.
Course details verified 10 Sep 2026 — intakes, entry requirements and course facts · official source