# Programme structure

**Source**: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/master/computer-science/computer-science-and-high-tech-innovation/about-the-programme/programme-structure
**Parent**: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/master/computer-science/computer-science-and-high-tech-innovation

Computer Science and High-Tech Innovation

# Programme structure

This specialisation combines advanced training in computer science and artificial intelligence at a world-class institute with interdisciplinary courses on high-tech instrumentation and design and an industrial placement, preparing you for a career in which you develop and apply computer science and AI techniques to innovations in industry.

## Programme outline

The Computer Science and High-Tech Innovation specialisation consists of a computer science component (roughly the first year) where you will follow courses and conduct a research project, and a High-Tech Innovation component (roughly the second year) where you will take courses in astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, and/or physics, and undertake a placement at a company or research institute.

[For an up-to-date course overview, please visit the Prospectus.](https://studiegids.universiteitleiden.nl/en/s/0198)