Software Engineering is the application of quantifiable, disciplined and systematic approach to the maintenance, operation and development of software and the study of these approaches that is the application of engineering to software. It is the application of engineering to software since it integrates important practices, computer science and mathematics and practices whose origins are in engineering.

It can also be defined as the re-engineering, maintenance, test, implementation, assessment, design and analysis of software that is the application of engineering to software. Master of Science in Software Engineering is  a course that extends to a period of two years and this course is offered by a few colleges in India and the names of government colleges offering this course is given below:

• Coimbatore Institute of Technology

• Annamalai University Faculty of Engineering & Technology

• Erode Arts College

Eligibility for seeking admission to the M. Sc Software Engineering Course:

For seeking admission to the Master of Science in Software Engineering course, candidates must have completed their Bachelor of Science in computer science or information technology or any other related degree like Bachelor of Computer Applications. Some institutions have made it compulsory that candidates must have studied computer science as a subject at the higher secondary level for getting into the Master of Science in Software engineering course. Even candidates with other B. Sc degrees like mathematics, physics and chemistry are eligible to apply for this course.

Admission Procedure:

Admission of students to this course is generally done based on the merit secured by candidates in the degree examination and the degree must have been obtained by the candidates from a recognized university or institution.

Subjects taught in the M. Sc Software Engineering course:

Some of the subjects taught in the Master of Science in Software Engineering course are:

• Design patterns

• Object oriented software engineering

• Artificial intelligence and knowledge engineering

• Introduction to information technology

• Distributed operating systems

• Unified software development

• Software project management

• Software engineering

• Theory of programming language

• Web technology

• Linux administration

• Software reuse

Scope of M. Sc in Software Engineering:

The Master of Science in Software Engineering offers great benefit of entering into the booming software industry to candidates, who are unable to join Bachelor of Engineering or Technology at their UG level. This is because even candidates with science disciplines become eligible to apply for Master of Science in Software Engineering and as most of us know software engineering has great scope in India with respect to future job prospects.