Overview

Professionals choose our renowned Master of Software Engineering program at Pennsylvania State University to learn to develop software products and services through software analysis, design and architecture, system verification, and data storage and retrieval. As a graduate, you can apply your software development skills to implement new technologies in one of the fastest growing professions throughout industry and government.

If you have an undergraduate degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or information sciences, you can enter this program to stay competitive and drive innovation and changes in the global environment.

Features

Curriculum: The Penn State World Campus online Master of Software Engineering degree offers you a curriculum rich with new information that’s applicable in the real world.
Cohort: From start to finish, you’ll progress through the program with others in your cohort. You’ll gain valuable experience interfacing, collaborating, and networking with peers and faculty while you complete projects remotely, just as teams do in the broader global marketplace.
100% Online: All software engineering master’s degree classes are conducted online by the same faculty who teach face-to-face classes on Penn State’s 24 traditional campuses. You’ll earn a diploma identical to the one earned by resident students.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Applied HCI

Pattern-Oriented Design

Requirements Engineering

Software Construction

Database Design Concepts

Software Systems Architecture

Software System Design

Software Project Management

Web Security and Privacy

Software Testing

Software Engineering Studio

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-20 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-20 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-20 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

University Park, United States

Disciplines

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Other requirements

General requirements

The program requires an undergraduate degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science, or information science. Students from other undergraduate majors with extensive work experience in the software engineering field may be considered.

All applicants are expected to have earned a junior/senior grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

Official transcripts from each institution attended

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Résumé — Upload a one- to two-page résumé highlighting your full-time employment and/or military experience to the online application.

Statement of Intent (one page) — should outline personal career goals and reasons for wanting to enroll in the program. This statement should be specific and include information about short- and long-term goals and how enrolling in the program may help achieve them.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

24650 USD / year

≈ 24650 USD / year
Out-of-State

24650 USD / year

≈ 24650 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

24650 USD / year

≈ 24650 USD / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Overview

Features

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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