The qualification in Computer Science has the fundamental goal of technological, scientific and socioeconomic training in the area of Informatics
The degree provides an extense study of computers and algorithms as computational processes including principles, software and hardware design, applications and their impact on society. The studies are aimed to the basic training of professionals able to do two specific types of tasks in the world of informatics:
(1) designing and implementing software, and
(2) designing and implementing innovative IT solutions in newly appeared work areas.
The first profile intends to train professionals capable of taking up job offers requiring an elevated level of programming, either for the complexity of the projects being developed or for the level of innovation that the proposed application supposes. These professionals need to have a basic, solid training at a theoretical level, completed with knowledge on methodologies and work strategies for environments of all kinds, including business.
The second profile intends to train professionals who, in the field of the uses of Informatics, can work in some area which is innovating in the use of Computer Science. More specifically, there have been identified three areas of special interest:
-Advanced applications of Computer Science in the Internet world (including mobile technologies).
-Applications of Informatics in scientific areas, such as Biotechnology.
-Applications of Informatics in the processing and analysis of great volumes of non-structured information.
The degree, besides preparing for the professional exercise in the development and application of the information technologies, has to give a basic and expert training in Computer Science that allows the graduate to be able to continue their studies at a superior level (master, doctorate, etc.).
Furthermore, respect for fundamental and equality between men and women’s rights will be transmitted to the students, as well as non-discrimination and universal accessibility for disabled people.