The GSEEM is a double degree master's program in global software engineering offered by a consortium of European universities. Students spend one year studying at two different partner universities to gain experience with the technical, social, cultural, organizational, and communication challenges of global software development. The program aims to provide excellence in GSE through a combination of theoretical foundations, practical experience, and collaboration with industry. It offers profiles in model-driven analysis and design, real-time embedded systems, and web systems engineering through specialized course modules taken at the partner universities.

1. GLOBAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
EUROPEAN MASTER
WWW.GSEEM.EU
International Week
MDH, 2012
Patricia Lago
Henry Muccini
Ivica Crnkovic

2. The GSEEM
GSEEM: Global Software Engineering
European Master
Established in 2006
Double Degree Master programme in
Global Software Engineering
Mix of technical, social-cultural, and
management competencies
www.gseem.eu

3. The GSEEM
GSEEM is for Computer Science students,
specializing in
Global Software Engineering
An international double master program, ...
1 year at one GSEEM site (60 ECTS credits),
1 year on another GSEEM site (60 ECTS credits),
... and you get two Master degrees
Master thesis is done in the second year and the whole
program is in English

4. Partner Universities
→UDA: University of L’Aquila, Italy
→MdH:Mälardalen University,
Sweden
→VUA:VU University Amsterdam,
The Netherlands

5. What is Global Software Engineering about?
Software is now produced in a distributed way
People from different countries, with different cultural
and social skills, with different technical
knowledge, have to work together on the same
project.
Thereofore, GSE it is not just a matter of technical
skills, but is characterized by four aspects:
technical, social and cultural, organisational, communi
cation

6. How the GSEEM meets GSE expectations?
In line with our goals, the GSEEM program provides
three module types
GSEEM uses interdisciplinary global environment- and
specialized modules with the innovative concept of
“shared modules”
GSEEM offers three profiles: Web Systems and Services
Engineering, Real-time Embedded Systems, Model-
driven Analysis and Design

7. GSEEM program structure
GSEEM program provides three module types :
 Foundation modules;
 Specialized modules;
 Global environment modules.

8. GSEEM Profiles
GSEEM will offer three different GSE profiles fulfilled
by the Specialized modules:
 Model-Driven Analysis and Design of Complex Software
Systems;
 Real-Time Embedded Systems;
 Web Systems and Services Engineering.
EGOS Foundation UDA VUA MDU
Software Architecting Mandatory background X X X
The Profiles UDA VUA MDU
AD Profile – Model-driven Analysis and Design of Complex Sys. X
ES Profile - Real-time Embedded Systems X
WS Profile - Web Systems and Services Engineering X

9. GSEEM Objectives in a Tweet
The objectives of the GSEEM are to provide students
with an excellence in Global Software Engineering
based on sound theoretical foundations and practical
experience, to let students experience the
technical socio-cultural organizational communication
challenges of global development.
This is achieved by a tight integration of world-class
research, education and collaboration with industry
with a global distributed approach.

10. The VU consists of 19.000 students, 2.000
academics and 2.000 employees.
They are part of the 12 faculties, 6
interfaculty institutes.
VU provides 149 Bachelor & Master
degrees.
A clear organization with short lines of
communication.

11. Software and Service Engineering group @ VUA
Focus: Social, Sustainable, Software
and Services
Software and Service Architecture
Green IT
Service Business Innovation
Architecture Knowledge Management
Virtual Communities for GSE

12. Amsterdam
You can find many big IT companies in Amsterdam
IBM
CISCO
TOMTOM
Google

13. Amsterdam
But also smaller and independent and start-ups like to
settle in Amsterdam

14. The UDA consists of 25.000 students, 700
academics and about 1.600 employees.
UDA delivers 91 Bachelor & Master degrees, 22
PhD programmes, 40 specialization schools, 30
1-year specialization courses.
UDA manages 7 joint Master degrees, 3
Erasmus Mundus Master degrees, and is
partner in many Erasmus Mundus, IPs and
Tempus projects.

15. Software Engineering group @ UDA
Focus: Model-Driven Analysis and Design of Complex
Software Systems
Software Architecture
Verification and validation
Model Driven Engineering
Performance Engineering
Code Synthesis
Modeling and Analysis under Uncertainty

16. L’Aquila
» 1 hour driving from
Rome
» 45 mins driving to the
cost
» 15 minutes driving to
the mountains

17. MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY (MDH)
• One of Sweden’s larger institution of higher
education (~14 000 students)
• Organized in four schools
o School of Health, Care and Welfare
o School of Sustainable Development of
Society and Technology
o School of Innovation, Design and
Engineering (IDT)
o School of Education, Culture and
Communication (UKK)

18. Software Engineering Division @ MDH
Focus: Software Engineering of
Industrial Embedded Systems
Software Architecture
Component-based Software
Engineering
Model Driven Engineering
Real-time and Embedded Systems
High Integrity Systems
Software Development Processes + ca 10 PhD
students

19. Challenges
(Organizational) Challenges
• Differences in application and enrolment
schedules
• Align local regulations (e.g. master thesis)
• Differences in tuition fees (EU/EER students and
not)

20. Best practices
• Strong link between education & research
• Personalized yet standard student study plan
• GSEEM students choose flexibly the year of mobility for each
visited university, but …
• Fixed mobility seems a more effective idea
• Create strong industrial ties
• students step in the profession and gain understanding of their
future career
• companies train talented future employees
• Uniform interface (application, rules)
• Strive for quality
• Use fellowship programs to attract excellence
• Build strong student community (if student come, their
friends follow), use social media, invest in them (they are
our best ambassadors)

21. GSEEM ambassadors 2011/2012
Anne Jon Schoonoven, University of
Mälardalen, Sweden, 2011-2012
“The best about being abroad is that you
meet so many new people and their
perspectives on life and Software
Engineering.”
If you want to know more on daily life in
Sweden, mail or skype me!

22. GSEEM ambassadors 2011/2012
Jos Hoebe, University of L’Aquila, Italy, 2011-2012
"What I like most of being abroad is that
you get a fresh look on things. This
allows you to think outside the box more
while at the same time being challenged
by the difference in culture."

23. GSEEM ambassadors 2011/2012
Florian Uunk, University of Mälardalen,
Sweden, 2010-2011
“What I'd like best about studying abroad:
meeting amazing people from all over the
world and getting different perspectives Florian @ University of Hawaii, MSc
on my studies.” thesis, semester 1, 2011-2012

24. Achievements
215 applicants so far
55 GSEEM students so far
22 GSEEM scholars got the Double Degree
Winner @ ICSE 2009 SCORE
→ SCORE challenge
→ 50 projects submitted from all over
→ 3/6 GSEEM teams in the final
→ GSEEM students winners
Finalist @ ICSE 2011 SCORE

25. www.gseem.eu