Candidates must have obtained a high school diploma or technical secondary diploma or a technician diploma in Luxembourg or a foreign diploma recognized as equivalent by the national Ministry of education.

Students from outside the European Union must also undergo an entrance examination.

The number of places available in the program is limited to 75 in the first year. The selection of the students is done on the basis of the grades as main criteria, especially in mathematics, informatics, and other scientific subjects, and the mastery of the two languages used in the programme.

To get more information:

• Download the brochure (version 2016).
• Participate in our Open Days, traditionally held in spring.
• Visit our booth at the Student Fair which takes place annually in the autumn.
• Take part in our "Test our Faculties" initiative, where you can attend several first-year courses.
• Discover our Faculty as a "Student of a Day".

Good to know: BINFO also exists in a continuing education variant for people wishing to reconcile work and study. Find more information, please check the website of the "Luxembourg Life Long Learning Center".

In the second year, students will spend one semester of mobility abroad. Beyond the enriching human experience, it is also the opportunity to deepen specific skills with lessons not provided locally (computer graphics, development of video games, etc.). Erasmus agreements facilitating mobility with, for example, a scholarship system exist with about fifteen universities in Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, Poland and so on. According to these Universities, the language of study will be either the language of the country or English. Students may also choose to organize their mobility individually ("free-mover") and go to the University of their choice, subject to the agreement of the Director of Studies on the programme of their training.

The last semester of the program is devoted to an internship study in an external host institution. The majority of students will join a Luxembourgish company for the internship. Internship opportunities are numerous locally, particularly in the banking sector (BCEE, UBS, ING, Clearstream, Credit Suisse, etc.), Internet and cloud computing, industry and satellites (Delphi, IEE, SES), in the public sector (eg. CTIE, Grand-Ducal Police, Hospitals) and in research institutions (UL, CRP Tudor, SnT, etc.), auditing and consulting firms.

As required due to the new law on the university, a "Règlement des études" defines in detail all the rules that apply for any Bachelor programme at the university. Once the document is publicly available, a reference will be provided.

Terms of learning

Each week, you will participate in lectures, tutorials and practical exercises (exercise sessions and labs). The practical exercises are taught in small groups of typically 15-20 students. The work required can be individual or in groups of a few students for learning teamwork. The training also includes the realization of projects, which will require significant time investment and will allow you to put more theoretical knowledge into practice.

Evaluation

The evaluation of academic activities is done by continuous monitoring (several intermediate examinations per semester), with projects (up to 50% of the final grade in some subjects), oral presentations, final examinations and possibly a final report. The exact modalities differ from one subject to the other, but emphasis is placed, as far as possible, on continuous knowledge control and project evaluation, in addition to the final examinations. In the detailed programme description, you will find the details per course when you click on a course title.

The programme is designed according to the needs of the labor market as identified for Luxembourg by the FEDIL and the "L'union des Entreprises Luxembourgeoises". The objective of the 3-year programme is to provide students with a basic scientific and soft skill knowledge base (mathematics, oral and written expression, etc.), as well as specialized skills in certain areas of IT (programming, web, databases, etc.).

The first year of the programme aims to give basic skills in mathematics and computer science: computer technologies and history of their development, introduction to programming, mathematics for computer scientists, etc. Second-year learning focuses are on computer skills: design methods, advanced programming in different languages, database, modeling, etc. The last year is a year of deepening already existing skills and professional specialization aimed at learning one of the IT professions, which is concluded with an internship carried out in an external partner institution.

The skills acquired during the programme are structured around four poles :

• acquire advanced skills in programming and designing computer systems,
• having studied at least one specialty of computer science, such as computer networks, industrial computing, management information systems for banking and insurance or the development of distributed services,
• get the ability to express yourself in writing as well as in the spoken word for teamwork and interaction with users,
• understand the functioning of companies and better understand their realities through the internship and the interventions of professionals, for example in the field of law and standards in computer science.

The detailed programme of lessons per semester is available here.