Program Overview

Program Overview

The Computer Science for Autonomous Systems MSc program is designed to prepare students for the design and development of software for intelligent systems, including autonomous cars. The program offers students the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences in software technology, real-time systems, artificial intelligence, robotics, and deep learning.

Program Details

• Title: Computer Science for Autonomous Systems MSc
• Degree: Computer Scientist for Autonomous Systems
• Type: Degree program
• Level: Master
• Accreditation number: 2018/1/VII/18
• Faculty: Faculty of Informatics
• Department:
  • Department of Programming Languages And Compilers
  • Department of Software Technology And Methodology
  • Department of Data Science and Engineering
  • Department of Computer Algebra
  • Department of Algorithms And Their Applications
  • Department of Media & Educational Informatics
  • Department of Information Systems
  • Department of Numerical Analysis
  • Department of Cartography And Geoinformatics
  • Department of Artificial Intelligence
• Language: English
• Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)
• ECTS credits: 120
• Minimum number of students: 0
• Maximum number of students: 100

Program Description

The goal of this program is to prepare students for the design and development of software for intelligent systems, including autonomous cars. Students will get up-to-date knowledge in one of the fastest growing and dominant technological trends of the future. The training offers students the opportunity to acquire valuable knowledge and competences in software technology, real-time systems, artificial intelligence, robotics, and deep learning, data mining, computer image and signal processing, process control, computer graphics, and vision. Electives include GIS systems, autonomous systems security issues, and industrial mathematics.

Career Opportunities

Computer Scientists for Autonomous Systems are welcome in jobs of development of autonomous, intelligent software systems in many sectors of informatics, digitized production and manufacturing, finance, healthcare, transportation, etc. These software systems perform specific tasks according to the profile of the company, including e.g. medical diagnosis, electronic trading, robot control, remote sensing, autonomous driving, computer vision, speech recognition, natural language processing, audio recognition, social network filtering, machine translation, bioinformatics.

Job Examples

• Software designer/architect
• Systems designer / engineer
• AI / machine learning researcher
• AI Software developer

Tuition Fee

• EU/EEA students: 3,200 EUR per semester
• non-EU/EEA students: 3,200 EUR per semester
• Application fee: 150 EUR
• Registration fee: Not applicable

Admission Requirements

• Entry requirements: Holding a BSc degree in Computer Science or holding another BSc degree and obtaining altogether at least 80 ECTS credits in informatics, computer science, and mathematics.
• Language requirements: Minimum level of language proficiency (oral) (A1-C2): B2, Minimum level of language proficiency (written) (A1-C2): B2
• Documents to submit with application:
  • Online Application form
  • Secondary school certificate
  • Bachelor-level degree
  • Transcript of records
  • Proof of application fee transfer
  • CV
  • Copy of the main pages of the passport (needs to be valid)
  • Passport photo
  • Medical certificate
  • Language certificate

Application Procedure

The application starts in the online application system. Students need to register in the system, fill in the online application form, upload the required documents, and follow the instructions during the application process.

Entrance Examination and Selection Process

• Type of entrance examination: Oral and written
• Place of entrance examination: Online
• Further details of the Skype interview: The interview takes about 20 minutes in the previously indicated and scheduled time sent by the student coordinator via email. As the language of the education of the Computer Science Master course of ELTE Faculty of Informatics is English, applicants are required to possess at least intermediate level English language proficiency in order to take part efficiently of their academic studies.
• Further details of the entrance exam: In order to get admission to the Computer Science MSc programme applicants are required to participate and pass the online written entrance exam in Canvas system.

Evaluation

The ranking is based on a total evaluation of the academic excellence (based on the submitted documents) and the results of the entrance exam.

Program Leader and Coordinators

• Program leader: Prof. Dr. Dmitrij Csetverikov, University Professor
• Program coordinator: Zsolt Borsi, Assistant Lecturer
• International coordinator: Katalin Schneider, International coordinator

Additional Information

• Offered for the next academic year: Yes
• Start program: 01, Sep, 2026
• Deadline for applications - September intake: 30, Apr, 2026
• Is there a February intake: Yes
• Deadline for applications - February intake: 31, Oct, 2025