Online Software Engineering Programmes

994 programmes in software engineering at 84 universities are open to international students; 100% are taught in English. The median yearly tuition is 12,380 USD, with the middle half of programmes charging between 8,788 USD and 16,742 USD.

Data as of August 27, 2026 · computed from Global Admissions data · amounts in USD

Software Engineering programmes

1–24 of 994 · page 1 of 10

Programme University Country Degree Tuition / yr
Back-end Development (1 Year) (Full-time) (Online) Noroff University College Norway 10,103 USD
Back-end Development (2 Year) (Part-time) (Online) Noroff University College Norway 5,051 USD
Front-end Development (Full-time) Noroff University College Norway 10,103 USD
API Basics 1: Build a Bot (Fetch, JSON & Async JavaScript) Scrimba Norway
API Basics 2: Build a Blog (REST, URLs & HTTP Requests) Scrimba Norway
Back-end Development (4 year) (Part-time) (Online) Noroff University College Norway 5,051 USD
Master in Software Engineering Online Carnegie Mellon University United States Master's 52,265 USD
Write basic ansible playbooks Coursera Project Network United States
DevOps and Software Engineering Professional Certificate International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) United States
APIs Online Course Meta United States
Front-end Development (Part-time) Noroff University College Norway 5,051 USD
Full Stack Software Developer Professional Certificate International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) United States
Advanced MySQL Topics Online Course Meta United States
Software Development Atlantic Technological University Ireland 1,168 USD
Advanced React Online Course Meta United States
Agile Software Developer Online Course Udacity United States
Master in Computing in Medical Device Software Engineering Dundalk Institute of Technology Ireland Master's 14,018 USD
Introduction to Software Engineering Autonomous University of Madrid Spain
Introduction to HTML, CSS, & JavaScript International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) United States
CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python Harvard University United States
Advanced Programming in Kotlin Online Course Meta United States
Build a free website with WordPress Coursera Project Network United States
Back-end Development (2 year) (Full-time) (Online) Noroff University College Norway 10,103 USD
Master in Software Engineering Bohai University (BHU) China Master's 2,380 USD

Software Engineering by degree level

Degree Programmes 25th percentile Median tuition / yr 75th percentile
Bachelor's 5 12,266 USD 23,456 USD 23,456 USD
Master's 12 8,788 USD 12,380 USD 16,742 USD

Tuition figures use the yearly price each university publishes for international students, converted to USD; medians only publish where at least 5 priced programmes exist.

Specialisations within software engineering

Software Development 761 Web Development 167 Software Engineering 66

Universities for software engineering

Online Software Engineering Programmes: common questions

How many software engineering programmes are there online?
994 software engineering programmes at 84 universities taught online are open to international students, as of August 27, 2026.
How much does a software engineering degree cost?
The median yearly tuition for master's programmes in software engineering is 12,380 USD. The middle half of programmes charge between 8,788 USD and 16,742 USD per year.
Can I study software engineering in English?
Yes — 100% of the software engineering programmes in our catalogue are taught in English (994 of 994).

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