Master Informatique — M1 Ingénierie Logicielle (IL)

Tuition fees for Master Informatique — M1 Ingénierie Logicielle (IL) are 250 EUR per year.

Université de Rennes offers a Master Informatique with a first-year track called M1 Ingénierie Logicielle, or software engineering, based in Rennes, France. Computer science is the discipline concerned with the theory, design, and application of computing systems, and software engineering is the branch that focuses specifically on how software is designed, built, tested, and maintained at scale. Students on a software engineering track typically study programming methodology, software architecture, version control and collaborative development practices, testing and quality assurance, and the management of software projects from specification through deployment. Coursework often includes group projects that simulate real software development processes, covering topics such as requirements analysis, design patterns, and the trade-offs involved in choosing programming languages, frameworks, and system architectures for different kinds of applications. Alongside practical software development, students generally continue to build foundational computer science knowledge in areas such as algorithms, data structures, and databases, since software engineering builds on these fundamentals. Graduates who specialize in software engineering typically pursue careers as software developers, application engineers, technical leads, or software architects, working across industries that rely on custom or large-scale software systems, including technology companies, finance, telecommunications, and the public sector. Some continue toward more specialized study in areas such as distributed systems or software quality. The program is taught in French, lasts two years in total, and begins in September, with a yearly tuition of 250 EUR, in keeping with tuition at other French public universities offering computer science degrees.