Career perspectives
Applied subjects provide insights into specialised areas, which creates a basis for potential work areas for media informatics practitioners:
Our cooperations with the industry provide the opportunity for our students to gain direct insights into industrial practice. External projects, bachelor's and master’s theses as well as study-related part-time work allow students to obtain relevant experiences and establish useful contacts.
Ulm University, situated on the axis Stuttgart - Munich, is embedded in a traditionally highly technical industrial environment with a very strong smaller and medium-sized business sector as well as large companies and corporations like BMW, Bosch, CassidIAn, Daimer (research centre), EADS, HP, IBM, Liebherr, Nokia, NSN, Porsche, Siemens and Zeiss, to name just a few. The smaller and medium-sized business sector shapes the economy in Baden-Württemberg and many of these companies are internationally active and global leaders in their specialised areas.
Smaller and medium-sized IT companies are increasingly and particularly seeking employees with a research-oriented higher education as foundation for their research-intensive product development. Computer Science graduates therefore have outstanding career opportunities, both locally and internationally, in any of our offered specialisations and study subjects.
The numerous research cooperations Ulm University maintains with these companies give our students the chance to gain practical experience through internships or study-related part-time work. The final thesis is another opportunity to work on relevant research and development questions in a practical setting. The broad and method-oriented education provides optimal conditions for desirable entry positions in research and development in these enterprises.
Another option are entry positions in technic-related areas like technical sales or production. There is currently a much greater demand for qualified computer scientists than graduates are available.
Entry opportunities in public authorities and administrations are an alternative to an industrial career path.
The broad scientific, method-oriented education furthermore qualifies master's graduates for research positions. The University, its associated institutes and the Science City offer a vast range of opportunities for research positions and doctorates.