Software Development and Media Informatics

Can you imagine life without the internet? Neither do we. That is why our modern course not only includes media informatics, but also software development. Both basic technologies are essential for using the internet with apps and social media. And not only the content of the SMIB course will inspire you - also the study location directly at the sea. Here you will find all the important information about application, studies and prospects.

See you at the modern campus right on the Baltic Sea!

In the coming semester we will continue to rely on face-to-face teaching, although we take health protection on campus seriously. However, the lecturers in the Software Development and Media Informatics course also offer digital teaching formats in which you can learn online with your fellow students.

What do modern televisions and smartphones have in common?

Both systems are computers that are adapted to the needs of the users. In addition to the technical components, the software determines what you can do with the television or smartphone. Two areas of computer science play a major role here: software development and media informatics.

Software development is about the programs that allow you to solve problems with a computer. In addition to the small programs that we know as apps, software also includes the operating system, application software, such as B. the word processing and the e-mail program, and all applications that provide us with services on the Internet. For more complex programs, teams work to create the programs to divide up the work and bring specific knowledge to the program.

One of these special areas is media informatics. It deals with the processing of audio and video data with computers. An important point is, for example, the compression of the media data for transmission to the television or smartphone. Without compression, the existing networks would not be sufficient to transmit video data.

These two areas form the main focus of the Software Development and Media Informatics course. There are also basic subjects in computer science and projects from other fields of application, e.g. robots.