Software Engineering Department was started in 2017 under the College of Computing Science. The department has been launched in response the national demands for skilled and professional work force in the field of software development with a target of admitting students in the regular program from the year 2017 onwards.

This degree program is a fifth-year program designed for students who wish to pursue careers as professional software engineers in industry and commerce. Graduates of this program may pursue career opportunities in a variety of entry-level positions, including software developer, software programmer, application developer, Web application developer, software engineer, software applications analyst, and Software Project Manager, Software Tester and Web applications analyst.

GRADUATE PROFILE

• To make rational and justified decisions regarding the selection of methods, tools and techniques for the development of an application
• Design, develop and maintain good quality software by applying software engineering principles
• Selecting the appropriate software model to develop software based on the type of project
• Ability to design the test cases for the application and test the application either by performing manual testing or automation testing using the appropriate testing tools
• Ability to design and develop advanced web sites using client side scripting and server side scripting languages
• Ability to design, develop and maintain database systems
• Ability to assist in the software industry to produce good quality software by applying the software quality techniques

Hosting unit

• College of computing

Duration of the program

• BSc regular – five years

Medium of instruction

• English

Bekele Mengesha

Head of Department