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The Master of Science in Software Engineering (MSSE) provides an AI-enhanced curriculum designed to support your career advancement in the modern software industry. The program prepares you to design, analyze, and evolve complex software systems, with emphasis on architectural modeling, design decision-making, trade-off evaluation, and quality assurance, all supported by AI-assisted development practices. You are prepared for advanced industry roles in which human-centered decision-making and AI-enhanced engineering work together to deliver and evolve complex software solutions.

Fast Facts

Program Overview

The Drexel Howley College MSSE is designed for students who hold a four-year bachelor's degree or master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in computer science, software engineering, or related STEM degree. The program is appropriate for students interested in technical and managerial software work across a wide range of application domains, to move from developers to designers, architects and technical leaders.

The program culminates in a hands-on capstone project, where you work in teams on an intensive, real-world software project. This experience enables you to apply design and architecting skills and advanced engineering methods to a substantial, industrial-grade system. A graduate co-op is available; for more information, visit the Steinbright Career Development Center.

Curriculum

IMPORTANT NOTE: Until the 2027-28 academic year, Drexel operates on the quarter, not semester, system, offering classes during four, 10-week terms throughout the year. (You are not required to take classes every quarter, but full-time students must complete the degree in 5 years.)

Drexel SCIS’s innovative master’s curriculum is built for maximum flexibility and responsiveness to the evolution and pervasiveness of computing and information technology while offering a solid, comprehensive foundation in software engineering.

You can choose individual courses and electives and have the option of selecting up to three integrated skills-based, multi-course certificates while completing this degree. Depending on your professional background and future goals, your Academic Advisor and faculty will guide you in course and/or certificate options and selection.

The certificates that may be applied to the MS in Software Engineering, depending on your background and concentration, are:

Note: Certificates can only be used in pursuit of a master’s degree; they are not a stand-alone credential. To take advantage of a certificate program, you must apply and be admitted to a specific master’s degree program. No official credential will be issued by the University for a completed certificate alone.

Please visit for a full description of each required course and elective for this program.

Career Outlook

By integrating a rigorous capstone project requirement with flexible degree options, cutting-edge equipment, and a comprehensive curriculum, the Drexel Howley College MS in Software Engineering degree program empowers students to maximize both their academic and professional potential, gaining specialized knowledge and skills while building career opportunities in their chosen industries.

Where Our Software Engineering Graduates Work

• Amazon Web Services
• Vanguard
• Comcast
• Deloitte
• Bristol Myers Squibb
• Amazon

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Admissions

Requirements

Please visit our Graduate Admissions section for admissions requirements and application deadlines.

Finances

Please visit Drexel’s official Graduate Tuition & Fees webpage. There are a variety of sources of financial aid and scholarships to help you fund your master’s degree — explore them here.

Get in Touch

Be in touch with us to get answers to all your questions! We can connect you with a Recruitment Specialist, one of our Graduate Dean’s Ambassadors, or a faculty member to help. Contact our graduate recruitment team at cciinfo@drexel.edu or complete this form and we’ll get back to you soon.