Courses for international students / Faculty of Information Technology
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How to choose your courses
The vast majority of courses offered in English at the Faculty of Information Technology are at Master's level and they are open for the degree and exchange students of the Faculty. However, advanced Bachelor's level exchange students (usually 3rd year students with good study performance) may choose Master's level courses provided they fulfill the course specific prerequisites.
The list is updated for the following academic year annually in June; incoming exchange students make their initial course selections in the spring based on previous year's course provision.
Some of the courses are fully taught in English while some are delivered as independent study option in English and the taught element is in Finnish only; therefore, some courses may have teaching schedules in Sisu even if it is only available as independent study in English without any taught component. Always check the course description.
The first three digits of the course code express the host subject, the fourth digit expresses the level of studies:
- xxxPxxx = Bachelor's (1st year) level course
- xxxAxxx = Bachelor's (2nd-3rd year) level course
- xxxSxxx = Master's level course
- xxxJxxx = Doctoral level course
- ITK = Common core studies of the IT Faculty
- TJT = Information Systems
- KOG = Cognitive Science
- KYB = Cyber Security
- TIE = Computer Science; technical background required
You are also allowed to choose courses clearly marked available for ALL from other Faculties.
You can find courses available for all from the curriculum in the study guide (under Other JYU Studies - Studies open for all exchange students of JYU) below.
Course offerings from other faculties
Autumn 2025
Master's level courses
TJTS5002 Information Systems Theories, 5 ECTS (1st period)
TJTSM53 Project and Change Management, 5 ECTS (1st period)
TJTS5010 Research Frameworks in Information Systems Science (all periods)
TJTS4002 Digital Services and Innovation, 5 ECTS (2nd period)
TJTS5907 Laddering Interview Technique and Analysis, 2-3 ECTS (2nd period)
KOGS2001 Cognitive Modeling, 5 ECTS (1st period)
KOGS2004 Key Discourses in Cognitive Science, 5 ECTS (1st period)
KOGS2005 Design of Everyday Things (only independent work), 2 ECTS (all periods)
TIES5011 Research Methods in Computer Science, 3 ECTS (all periods)
TIES4910 Deep-Learning for Cognitive Computing, 5 ECTS (1st period)
ITKS5440 Semantic Web and Linked Data, 5 ECTS (1st period)
TIES4560 SOA and Cloud Computing, 5 ECTS (1st period)
TIES4520 Semantic Technologies for Developers, 7 ECTS (1st & 2nd period)
KYBS3070 Information Security Management, 3-5 ECTS (2nd period TBC)
TIES481 Simulation, 5 ECTS (2nd period)
KYBS3040 Cyber Security Psychology, 5 ECTS (2nd period)
TIES542 Principles of Programming Languages (only independent work), 5 ECTS (all periods)
TEKS5466 Software Testing, 5 ECTS (only independent study) (all periods)
Bachelor's level courses
TIEA383 Mathematical Modelling 1 (1st & 2nd period)
TIEA341 Functional Programming 1, 1-5 ECTS (2nd period)
ITKP0008 The ABCs of Quantum Computing - Part A (only independent work), 2 ECTS (all periods)
ITKP1009 The ABCs of Quantum Computing - Part B (only independent work), 2 ECTS (2nd period)
Spring 2026
Master's level courses
TJTS4003 Digital Systems Design, Development and Deployment (DS3D), 5 ECTS (3rd period)
TJTS5010 Research Frameworks in Information Systems Science, 2 ECTS (all periods)
TJTS5011 Applying Research Methods in Information Systems Science, 3 ECTS (all periods)
TJTS5601 Digital Service Design, 5 ECTS (3rd period)
TJTS4100 Organizational IT, Strategy and Governance, 5 ECTS (4th period)
TJTS5902 Disruptive Technologies in Digital Business, 5 ECTS (4th period)
KOGS2006 Contemporary Issues in Cognitive Science 2-3 ECTS (4th period)
TIES451 Selected Topics in Soft Computing, 5 ECTS (3rd period)
TIES5011 Research Methods in Computer Science, 3 ECTS (all periods)
TIES4530 Collective Intelligence and Agent Technology, 5-7 ECTS (3rd period)
TIES4700 Deep Learning, 5 ECTS (3rd period)
TIES483 Nonlinear Optimization, 5 ECTS (3rd period)
TIES4911 Deep-Learning for Cognitive Computing for Developers, 8-10 ECTS (3rd & 4th period)
ITKST56 System Vulnerabilities, 5 ECTS (3rd period)
KYBS2001 Introductory Penetration Testing and Security Assessment, 5 ECTS (4th period)
KYBS2004 Authentication, Passwords and Applied Cryptography, 5 ECTS (4th period)
TIES3240 Signal Processing and Time-series Analysis, 5 ECTS (4th period)
TIES341 Functional Problemming, 3-5 ECTS (4th period)
TIES4525 Quantum Algorithms, 5 ECTS (3rd period)
TIES4200 Natural Language Processing, 5 ECTS (only independent study) (3rd & 4th period)
TIES542 Principles of Programming Languages (only independent work), 5 ECTS (all periods)
TEKS4405 Managing Commercialization Process of Innovation, 5 ECTS (4th period)
TEKS5466 Software Testing, 5 ECTS (only independent study) (all periods)
TEKS4404 Software Product Management, 5 ECTS (4th period)
Bachelor's level courses
ITKA2004 Databases and Data Management, 5 ECTS (3rd period)
ITKP0008 The ABCs of Quantum Computing - Part A (only independent work), 2 ECTS (all periods)
ITKP1009 The ABCs of Quantum Computing - Part B (only independent work), 2 ECTS (all periods)
TJTA3502 Cybersecurity Basics (only independent work), 3 ECTS (4th period)
How to look for courses on SISU
Course descriptions and timetables of courses are available in the study data system SISU. Please note that all JYU provision can be found on Sisu. However, incoming exchange students can only choose from the courses listed above.
If you are not yet a registered student at JYU, continue your course search without logging in and write the course code in the search field. The results can be filtered, for example, according to the academic year.
The button to switch to English version is located in the upper right corner (Suomi/FI).
