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The MBA in Software Engineering is a USP-certified graduate course in software engineering designed for professionals who want to deepen their technical skills and expand their ability to lead engineering efforts. The course combines synchronous and asynchronous content, applied workshops, and a final project focused on having a direct impact on the market.

This specialization is ideal for different profiles:

• Professionals in the field: software engineers, developers, and technology experts who seek to strengthen their foundation in software engineering and advance to strategic positions (such as tech lead and engineering manager).
• Leaders and Executives: Coordinators, managers, and C-levels who want to expand their technical repertoire in system design, architecture, and innovation.
• Career transition: people who work on related projects or who want to migrate to the IT market with a fundamental understanding of modern development.

Not necessarily.

The MBA accepts students with different levels of programming experience. For professionals who are not yet familiar with software development, the course offers an introductory leveling module.

This module helps students develop an important foundation before moving on to more technical MBA content.

Yes. The MBA in Software Engineering is highly sought after by professionals who wish to transition into the technology field or who need to work more closely with modern systems engineering. The course accelerates this transition journey through practical, applied training that is fully aligned with the hiring demands of the market.

Many of the classes will have a practical approach that will allow students to develop software, using methodologies and tools widely accepted in the market.

In addition, planning, analysis, design, implementation, and software testing activities will be carried out during these classes, using programming languages, frameworks, libraries, and other relevant technologies.

The course prioritizes open source technologies widely used by the market, highlighting the following:

• JavaScript;
• Python.

Other tools, frameworks, and relevant technologies can also be used throughout the subjects and examples presented by professors.

Yes.

The course understands Artificial Intelligence as an important tool for enhancing the work of modern software engineers.

The MBA has specific subjects related to the use of AI and it incorporates Artificial Intelligence as part of the development process throughout the course, always considering good practices and real applications.

Yes.

Software architecture is one of the key topics in the MBA course, along with content related to:

• Cloud computing;
• DevOps;
• Scalability;
• Modern applications;
• Software development in real environments.

The goal is to train professionals capable of working on both small-scale applications and systems that require large-scale implementation and greater technical complexity.

The MBA will address technical, strategic, and management content. The goal will be to prepare professionals with hard skills who are able to make decisions through a wide repertoire of knowledge related to software engineering.

Yes.

Even with live classes, students also have access to the recordings until the end of the MBA, offering more flexibility to stay up to date with the content.

Yes.

Live classes allow interaction between students and professors, promoting the exchange of experiences and networking between professionals from different fields, companies, and experience levels.

Compensation varies according to job title, experience, location, and size of the company. Those who advance to technical leadership roles, such as tech lead and engineering manager, typically earn higher salaries than those at the technical level, since they become responsible for teams and results.

Taking the MBA USP/Esalq in Software Engineering will likely broaden your range of opportunities and increase your earning potential.

Classes are held live, allowing for direct interaction with professors and the opportunity to ask questions.

In addition, classes are recorded and remain available until the end of the course, allowing students to organize their routine and review the content whenever they want.

Attendance in the MBA in Software Engineering is calculated through online tests taken after each subject, requiring a minimum grade of 75%.

Each multiple-choice test has 10 questions and remains available in the system for three weeks. Three attempts are allowed, and the highest grade obtained is the one considered. Students must achieve a grade average equal to or greater than 7 to be approved.

At the end of the course, the mandatory final tests are taken.

The final project of the MBA in Software Engineering is a Business Case. The goal is to have students apply the knowledge they have acquired to solve a real technical or business problem from their daily professional lives.

The entire process is 100% online, including the advising and the final presentation made via video conference to an examining board from USP/Esalq.

The MBA in Software Engineering faculty combines the best of two worlds: the renowned academic excellence of University of São Paulo professors with the practical knowledge of experts working in the corporate market.

Classes are taught by professionals who design solutions, CI/CD pipelines, and scalable architectures on a daily basis at global Big Techs (such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft), bringing real-world trade-offs into the classroom.

Yes.

Upon successfully completing the MBA in Software Engineering, you will receive the official digital certificate of specialization issued by USP/Esalq, adding the seal of the country’s largest university to your resume.

The course meets all legal requirements, being fully accredited, authorized, and recognized by MEC for its distance learning graduate courses.

Choose courses that offer faculty with practical experience, applied activities (labs and real projects), testing based on deliverables, and connections to the market.

The MBA USP/Esalq in Software Engineering was structured to suit different backgrounds, and aims to combine:

• Practical learning;
• Current market technologies;
• Artificial Intelligence applied to development;
• Software Architecture;
• Cloud and DevOps;
• Technical Leadership;
• Networking;
• USP professors with theoretical excellence and professionals who work in solving problems in Big Techs companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc.

In addition, the course combines live classes, constant interaction, and training focused on real and scalable applications.

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