50 Best IT & Computer Science in Netherlands for 2025

Information systems form the basis of the design, improvement, and maintenance of business processes. They have grown into the largest and most complex technical products and form a highly integrated part of the operational processes within companies.

The field of software engineering is always evolving. Innovative and disruptive technologies call for people like you to take them to a next level. How do you design software for systems-of-systems? What is necessary to automate data analytics using AI? In this master, you become an inspiring software specialist who can tackle complex software-related problems from design to realization and management.

Do you work in the game industry, for example in game art, game design, or game development and would you like to delve further into game technology using research? You can do so in the Master Game Game Technology. During this master’s, you will spend a year working on your research project, allowing you to explore the subject matter in depth and make a meaningful contribution to the development of Game Technology and Digital Game Technology. 

Are you an independent and confident ICT professional who wants to learn to deduce insights from challenges that lead to general, innovative solutions? In short, are you someone who wants to create solutions that impact society? Then the Fontys Master of Applied IT is for you.

Are you interested in human cognition? Are you eager to understand AI, and how the technology works? In the bachelor of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, you will develop a strong fundamental basis in computer science, mathematics, and statistics combined with advanced machine learning, cognitive science, and AI competence.

From unauthorized access to malicious manipulation: the threats that exist when storing or sending electronic data are on the increase. For that reason, the security of that data is of ever greater importance. Information Security Technology provides essential tools for safe communication and protection of data.

This two-year master’s programme provides you with a thorough introduction to the general philosophy and methodology of statistical modelling, data analysis and data science, with a focus on applications in the life and behavioural sciences. How can we model the spread of a virus? How do global events affect people's wellbeing? How effective is a vaccine? What is the uncertainty of that estimate? These are pertinent questions in today's society that you can answer with statistics, but the applications are much broader than that: How does your phone recognize your face? How can an algorithm better diagnose cancer than a doctor? How can you draw conclusions from the expression of thousands of genes? A formal education in Statistics & Data Science will equip you with the skills to answer complicated questions like these, both in industry and academia.

The executive master’s program in cybersecurity takes a multidisciplinary approach that helps you develop effective and sustainable solutions for cyber risks and threats. This program is designed for highly educated professionals (computer scientists, lawyers, policymakers) with several years of professional experience in and/or affinity with issues in the field of cyber security.

In the two-year master’s programme ICT in Business and the Public Sector, you will expand your knowledge of ICT and develop business and organisational skills that are essential to become a modern IT professional.

Leiden University’s Master of Laws in Advanced Studies in Law and Digital Technologies (L.L.M.) explores the law and governance relating to the internet, computers, mobile devices, persuasive technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, etc.