The document summarizes information about the GSEEM (Global Software Engineering and Enterprise Master) program at VU University Amsterdam. It provides details about the program, including that it is a double master's program spanning 1 year at VUA and 1 year at a partner university. It lists typical courses in the program and describes opportunities for industrial and research theses. It also shares success stories from past students who obtained internships and jobs at companies like Google, IBM, and KPN.

1. GSEEM @ VUA

3. GSEEM @ VUA
Ranked 159 in the world top 500
Universities by
“The Times Higher Education
Ranking 2011-2012* ”
...Immersed in beautiful
Amsterdam, the European
capital of tourism for 2010…
*http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/top-400.html

5. STUDENT HOUSING FOR ALL STUDENTS!!!

6. SERVICES ON CAMPUS…
Mini-markt
VU Theather and Gymn
Café Uilenstede

7. The VU consists of 24.000 students, 2.000
academics and 2.000 employees.
They are part of the 12 faculties, 6
interfaculty institutes.
VU provides 149 Bachelor & Master
degrees.
A clear organization with short lines of
communication.

8. AMSTERDAM
Also…
You can find
many big IT
companies in
Amsterdam
e.g. IBM
CISCO
TOMTOM
Google
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9. AMSTERDAM
As well as
smaller,
independent,
start-ups to
settle in
Amsterdam.
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10. RESEARCH
Interdisciplinary research
Compact campus stimulates closer collaboration
with other
disciplines
• Academic renewal plan ranked in world top 100
• Social relevance
• Top researchers
International Students Population: 32.3%!!!!
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11. - SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE SERVICES & SOFTWARE -
S4 GROUP
Dr. Patricia Lago, associate professor (team
leader)
Dr. Jaap Gordijn, associate professor
Dr. Pieter De Leenheer, assistant professor
Dr. Qing Gu, Post-doc
Maryam Razavian, PhD Researcher
“Lady Marian”
Ivan S. Razo-Zapata, PhD Researcher
“Machete”
Damian A. Tamburri, PhD Researcher
“Don Tamburri”
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12. GSEEM @ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM
This program is for computer science
students, specializing in Software
Engineering.
An international double master
program.
> 1 year at the VU University
Amsterdam (60 ECTS)
> 1 year at one of the partner
universities (60 ECTS)
Master thesis (30 ECTS) is done in
the second year and the whole
program is in English
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13. TYPICAL COURSES GSEEM @ VUA
Service Oriented Design
Developing Services for the Cloud
Software Architecture
E-Business Innovation
Internet Governance
Knowledge Engineering
Software Asset Management
Software Configuration Management
Green IT (in development)
Service Science (in development)
Distributed Systems
All courses are 6 ECTS
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14. GSEEM @ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM
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15. THE VU DELIVERS TWO SPECIALIZATION PROFILES
• Examples of topics: wiki.cs.vu.nl/mp
• Industrial thesis projects with: Philips, CapGemini, Accenture,
Logica, IBM, KPN
• Research thesis projects with: Univ. British Columbia (Canada),
University City London (UK), Software Engineering Institute, CMU
(USA), IBM Research Zurich (Swiss), NTNU Trondheim (Norway)
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16. THESES @ VUA
Industrial (paid) internships to carry
out case studies (i.e. apply theory in
industrial practice, examining real
data):
• Possibility of getting employed
immediately afterwards
• Learning from current practices
in industry
• High-edge theoretical
applications within vivid industrial
settings
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17. THESES @ VUA
Worldwide research collaborations Univ. British
with major academies:
Columbia
• Harnessing multi-cultural
thinking
• Addressing and understanding
global software engineering by
“living it” as a global
professional
• Work on frontier technologies
such as “The internet of the future”,
“social-networks based software
IBM Research
engineering” among others
Zurich
NTNU Trondheim
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18. SUCCESS STORIES
“Costs vs. benefits “Baggage
assessments of Handling Service-
industrial software Based Solutions
refactoring” for Airports and
Airlines”
Florian Uunk
@University of Dmitry Litosh
Hawaii @IBM Benelux
Now @GoogleUK Now @SIG.nl
Topics examples available at: wiki.cs.vu.nl/mp
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19. SUCCESS STORIES 1/7
Damian Andrew Tamburri
PhD Researcher @ VUA
“ero alla festa della
regina… non ridete! !”
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20. SUCCESS STORIES 2/7
Alessio Sclocco
Research Assistant @
VUA
“stavo facendo una battuta
di caccia al beer-cafè del
campus universitario !”
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21. SUCCESS STORIES 3/7
Andrea Florio
Software Engineer @
pro-UnicBV.nl
“il mio bicchiere… è
vuoto?!”
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22. SUCCESS STORIES 4/7
Antonio Cappiello
Master Student Intern @
WoodWing.com
“The GSEEM is an
awesome opportunity to
experience an high quality
study program at the VU
University and a
challenging life adventure
in the stunning city of
Amsterdam.”
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23. SUCCESS STORIES 5/7
Giuseppe Cascavilla
Master Student Intern @
Copernica.com
“E’ qui la festa?!?”
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24. SUCCESS STORIES 6/7
Simone Potenza
Master Student Intern @
KPN
“It is incredible how
meeting new people from
several different places of
the world is inspiring!
Studying at VUA gave me
many opportunities, and
stimulated me into a great
experience!”
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25. SUCCESS STORIES 7/7
Paolo Bozzelli
Master Student Intern @
Rabobank
“Surrounded by the best
mood, sharing wonderful
moments with friends from
every corner of earth,
stimulated by several
challenges, riding my
bike... I couldn't ask
anything better!!”
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26. OH… AND ONE MORE THING…
BORREL == DRINK!!!
Student associations (e.g.
STORM for computer
science) organize one
almost every week… b.t.w.
beer is free !
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27. Arrivederci ad Amsterdam
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