Annual Report 2007/2008 - Fachgruppe Informatik an der RWTH ...

Area. Finally a specialized exam covering 12-18 ECTS Credits, as well as the Master thesis
have to be performed.
Subsidiary Courses
In both the Bachelor and Master study programs, a subsidiary study course has to be chosen
from: business administration, biology, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics. Other
study courses, if offered at RWTH Aachen University, may be chosen upon approval by the
examination committee.
Post-Graduate Studies
These correspond to the main research directions in the computer science department. Possible
topics are amongst others: parallel algorithms, programming languages, software techniques,
data communication and distributed systems, databases and information systems,
knowledge-representations and cognitive robotics, sample- and language detection, as well
as computer graphics and high performance computing.
Subject-Related Specialty
One specialty of studying computer science at the RWTH Aachen is the multifaceted cooperation
between the computer science especially with the engineering science and the regional
computer science industry, which makes professional experiences possible to the students
early within their studies.
Professional Areas
Computer Scientists may find employment in many different professional areas which all
bear upon information technology. For example chip producers, telecommunication companies,
software companies, consulting firms, and users of administration systems (banks,
insurances, public service etc.) or automation technology (producing industry, automotive
and airplane industry). Because of the increasing use of computer systems in all areas,
presently the career opportunities of computer science graduates are excellent!
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