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Immersive Software Engineering is the future.
Imagine a computer science degree where you learn by doing. Where you spend half your time being paid to solve some of society’s toughest problems in the world’s best companies, and half your time learning with the best lecturers and researchers. Where you learn in studios working on projects, not in lecture halls. Where you get a master’s qualification in four years.
ISE’s residencies are inspired by medical school residencies, in which trainee doctors apply what they have studied in a classroom to patients while being mentored. Software engineering is a craft you learn by doing. We think you will learn best on the job, with mentoring from both industry and academia.
In your four years at ISE you will complete up to five paid residencies, each between three and six months long. Each residency teaches you a suite of concrete skills and gives you the opportunities to practice them.
Inside these companies you will be a part of real, professional teams solving problems like: Climate Crisis; Auto Accidents; Financial Services; Healthcare; Speech Analysis; Business Startup.
Dive right in with ISE.
Immersive Software Engineering is a highly competitive, immersive programme from which students graduate with a master’s degree in Software Engineering in under four years.
ISE is a radical change in both what and how we teach computer science. ISE features a much more intensive student experience. We achieve a fast-tracked graduation by removing summers and devoting every-other semester to residencies.
Residencies are not internships. Residencies are designed so students learn in the same way medical doctors do, by acquiring prescribed skills in real-world settings. Students learn at an accelerated pace during their time at UL in team-taught blocks in a bespoke studio setting.
The focus is on project-driven, peer-based learning with input from companies at all times. Assessment is continuous. Students spend 45% of their time in companies like Stripe, AWS, Intercom, Analog Devices, as well as many Irish startups and SMEs. We have venture capital firms as well as Enterprise Ireland and the IDA as part of our coalition of partners.
We find creative, motivated students, teach them cutting edge software engineering, match them to research active, industry-connected innovative companies, and mentor them to achieve their best outcomes.
We help act as a bridge between Irish computer science students, European tech giants, and Silicon Valley.
Find out if your company can benefit from ISE’s students by booking a call with our Residency Team ISE.
“This is exactly what I wanted when I was in college.”
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Marc Andreessen
Inventor of the web browser
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Mike Krieger
Co-founder of Instagram
”Software engineering is a wonderful career. Immersive Software Engineering gets students writing code in the real world as quickly as possible, so they’re ready to join today’s leading companies or start Ireland’s next breakout startup.”
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John Collison
Entrepreneur, co-founder of Stripe
“Studying software engineering gives you the freedom to follow your passions and put your creativity to work. If I had the choice at the time, Immersive Software Engineering would have been a dream course for me.”
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Sarah Sharkey
Software engineer at Stripe
”We are delighted to work with UL to ensure students are getting real-world, hands-on experience and are proud to collaborate with the University to help mould the next generation’s engineers.”
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Vincent Roche
CEO, Analog Devices
”If I had to choose between hiring a professional with 15 years experience and an ISE student, I would choose the ISE student any day. Their performance has been a revelation.”
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Desmond Collins
Senior Software Engineering Manager, BD
The goal of Immersive Software Engineering is to turn curious, creative people like you into the best software engineers in the world.
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