After completing the Master's Degree Programme in Software Development the student has skills and knowledge needed to produce high-quality software in demanding and comprehensive software projects, acting in different roles. The skills and knowledge come from different areas of software development: requirements management, software modeling and specification, implementation and testing software, and software project management. Also, the student is capable of undertaking doctoral studies in the area of software development.

Master of Science Degree (120 ECTS):
- Advanced courses 40 ECTS
- Master's thesis 40 ECTS
- Other courses 40 ECTS, including:
-- Orientation course and Guided planning of studies 2 ECTS.
-- Language studies for Finnish/UTA/foreign students

Bachelor's degree in a suitable field or equivalent studies, and a good knowledge of English.

The students BSc studies need to include the following studies, and if not, they need to be studied and can be included in the "Optional studies" category:
- Mathematics, 20 ECTS or equivalent.
- TIETA6 Data structures
- TIETA7 Data base programming
Normal computer science or software engineering BSc degree includes these studies.

The following courses are compulsory, if the student has not done them at the School of Information Sciences, University of Tampere:
• TIEA4 Project Work
• TIEA5 Thesis Course (if Bachelor's Thesis has not been done in a Finnish University)

Finnish speaking students can use Finnish in some exams and write the Master's Thesis in Finnish.

Instructions for Finnish students who have started studies before 2012: http://www.uta.fi/sis/tie/ennen_2012_aloittaneille/index.html

Studies started before 2012, instructions in English: http://www.uta.fi/sis/en/studies/Studies_started_before_2012.html.

Transition regulations for students who have started their studies during 2012-2013 or before: http://www.uta.fi/sis/en/studies/Studies_started_before_2012.html.