{"id":53206,"date":"2026-06-04T08:09:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/?page_id=53206"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:21:31","slug":"master-of-software-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/en\/programs-of-software-engineering-department\/master-of-software-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Software Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"53206\" class=\"elementor elementor-53206\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5c50b8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5c50b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69d6237\" data-id=\"69d6237\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6c5072 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-27353 elementor-widget-thim-ekits-image-accordion\" data-id=\"d6c5072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-ekits-image-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-image-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-image-accordion__item overlay-active\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IT_01.jpeg)\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-image-accordion__item overlay-active\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/it_02.jpeg)\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xJnCGSw9C1A\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-ekits-image-accordion__item overlay-active\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/it_03.jpeg)\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232872d thim-ekits-heading-text-center elementor-widget thim-ekits-heading elementor-widget-thim-heading\" data-id=\"232872d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sc_heading text-center\"><h2 class=\"title\">Faculty Of Information Technology <\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9189a13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9189a13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c96d38a thim-ekits-heading-text-center elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget thim-ekits-heading elementor-widget-thim-heading\" data-id=\"c96d38a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sc_heading text-center\"><h2 class=\"title\">About the Department - 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Software engineering is a systematic approach to software development, operation, and maintenance. Graduates can systematically develop, operate, maintain and retire large software systems and take part in software engineering research projects. The Software Engineering curriculum encompasses all essential aspects of software engineering, including requirements engineering, software architecture and design, software construction, software testing and quality assurance, software maintenance, and software project management.<br \/>The future is spelled SOFTWARE!<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3694584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3694584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5838e8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5838e8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<h3 id=\"about\" dir=\"rtl\"><span style=\"color: #921937;\">Who should apply and why<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">The program combines several perspectives on software engineering, all of which promote the common goal of educating engineers who are capable of designing quality software at low development and maintenance costs. Software Engineering is also a platform for future researchers who are capable of performing advanced experiments with software engineering technologies.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65eab6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"65eab6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95a24f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95a24f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"itemFullText\"><h3 dir=\"rtl\"><span style=\"color: #921937;\">Career<br \/><\/span><\/h3><p>Studying software engineering opens up a wide range of career opportunities within management, design, development, and research at manufacturing companies, engineering houses, consultant organizations, and supplier companies. Examples are:<\/p><p>Design Engineer : Design and implement the software modules of a system.<br \/>Test Engineer : Design test cases and carry out system testing.<br \/>Project Manager : Organize and lead software development projects.<br \/>Chief Architect : Design system architecture and make critical technical decisions.<br \/>Quality Manager : Select processes and check software quality.<br \/>Doctoral Student\/Scientist : Study and conduct research to obtain a Ph.D. degree in computer science or computer engineering.<\/p><p>In these roles, graduates contribute to the technological development of society, its well-being, and competitiveness.<\/p><h3 id=\"about\" dir=\"rtl\"><span style=\"color: #921937;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd11097 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cd11097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56c212d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56c212d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<h3 id=\"about\" dir=\"rtl\"><span style=\"color: #921937;\">General entry requirements<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">To be eligible, an applicant must either be a holder of a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Science\/Engineering or studies leading to such a degree.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee8ec3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ee8ec3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653ddc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"653ddc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<h3 id=\"about\" dir=\"rtl\"><span style=\"color: #921937;\">Specific entry requirements<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">Bachelor\u00b4s degree with a Major in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information System, Multimedia System, Computer Engineering, or any degree leading to Information Technology<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7580619 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7580619\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dabb30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dabb30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"itemFullText\"><h3 dir=\"rtl\"><span style=\"color: #921937;\">English Language Proficiency<\/span><\/h3><p>TOEFL ITP score of at least 500, or ITB score of at least 6.<\/p><p>\u2022 National exam score of at least 65.<\/p><p>\u2022 Anyone unable to pass the aforementioned language exams can register for the two TOEFL courses offered by the university instead of the language exams.<\/p><p>Learning Outcomes:<\/p><p>Upon graduation from the Master of Software Engineering program, students are expected to be able to:<\/p><p>Knowledge and Understanding<\/p><p>1. Demonstrate a deep understanding of the theories, methods, and practices related to the field of software engineering.<\/p><p>Intellectual Skills<\/p><p>2. Gather, analyze, and process information using scientific methods in software engineering.<\/p><p>3. Think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, gather and process information, and select appropriate methodologies.<\/p><p>Practical Skills<\/p><p>4. Applying advanced software engineering tools and methodologies to address complex problems and tasks.<\/p><p>5. Effective planning and management of software projects.<\/p><p>Transferable Skills<\/p><p>6. Effective communication and interpersonal skills.<\/p><p>7. Problem-solving and teamwork skills.<\/p><p>8. Conducting and publishing scientific research.<\/p><p>9. 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