SOFTROBErasmus Mundus Design Measure

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master design project

SOFTROB Theory and Practice
of Software Robots

Connecting intelligent software, robotics and people through an international master’s programme in the making.

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Currently in the design phase. Programme launch to be announced.

SOFTWARE / INTELLIGENCE / INTERACTION
Connected perspectives on software roboticsAn abstract network connecting AI agents, human–robot interaction and secure systems around a shared software robotics core. AI AGENTSHRISECURE SYSTEMS
Different disciplines.
One connected field.
Partner universities
05
Countries connected
05
Months of project design
15
ECTS in the planned MSc
120

01 / The project

Designing the next chapter
in robotics education.

SOFTROB brings five universities together to design an international master’s programme in Software Robotics.

Supported through an Erasmus Mundus Design Measure, project 101240634 has a 15-month design phase. Its goal is a two-year, 120-ECTS MSc taught in English, with joint or multiple-degree arrangements.

The project connects curriculum development, international mobility and shared academic standards. The programme and its degree arrangements remain subject to consortium and accreditation approval.

International collaborationEnglish-taught MSc design

02 / The field

What are software robots?

Software that automates tasks, supports decisions and enables intelligent interaction—across digital workflows and robotic systems.

01 / AUTOMATE

Intelligent software
& AI agents

Robotic process automation handles digital tasks. AI-driven automation and agents extend this towards adaptive workflows and decision-making.

Software robotics · RPA · AI agents
02 / INTERACT

Robotics with
people in mind

Cognitive and social robotics connect perception, learning and behaviour. Human–robot interaction explores how people and robots work together.

Cognitive robotics · Social robotics · HRI
03 / VALIDATE

Digital twins
& secure systems

Digital twins provide virtual environments for modelling and testing robotic behaviour. Cybersecurity addresses the protection of intelligent systems.

Simulation · Digital twins · Cybersecurity

03 / The consortium

Five universities.
A shared ambition.

A collaboration connecting Hungary, Romania, Greece, Türkiye and Indonesia through complementary academic perspectives.

HU / HUNGARYCoordinator
EKCU

Eszterházy Károly
Catholic University

Eger, Hungary

RO / ROMANIA
WUT / UVT

West University
of Timișoara

Timișoara, Romania

GR / GREECE
UOM

University
of Macedonia

Thessaloniki, Greece

TR / TÜRKİYE
ADU

Aydın Adnan
Menderes University

Aydın, Türkiye

ID / INDONESIA
UPNVY

Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

04 / The planned programme

One foundation.
Multiple perspectives.

A proposed two-year journey from core foundations to specialisation, international mobility and a master’s thesis.

4 semesters / 120 ECTS / English

Working design, subject to consortium and accreditation approval.

  1. 01

    Semester 1 · Foundations

    AI-Driven Software Robotics Foundations

    EKCU · Hungary

    A common starting point at EKCU, combining AI, programming and software robotics.

  2. 02

    Semester 2 · Specialisation

    Intelligent Digital Systems and Human–Robot Interaction

    ADU · Türkiye · Working title

    Provisional alternative at UPNVY, Indonesia: Cybersecurity for Software Robotics.

  3. 03

    Semester 3 · Advanced study

    Cognitive Robotics and Machine Learning

    WUT · Romania

    The WUT specialisation within the working pathway catalogue; other hosts depend on the pathway.

  4. 04

    Semester 4 · Thesis

    Master’s thesis
    and research

    Host depends on the pathway

    Thesis work and defence, with joint or co-supervision envisaged across degree-awarding partners.

Mobility is part of the design

The working design explores double- and multiple-degree pathways across partner universities. The semesters above show specialisation options, not a single required route. UPNVY’s option is provisional; UOM’s specialisation and semester are to be defined.

05 / From design to delivery

A 15-month work plan.

Research, curriculum development and preparation for a shared international programme. All 11 formal deliverables are due in project month 15.

  1. M1–M3

    Understand the needs

    Research and needs assessment

  2. M4–M9

    Shape the curriculum

    Curriculum development and validation

  3. M10–M15

    Prepare the programme

    Regulatory alignment, accreditation preparation, dissemination and sustainability

The deliverables

Planned outputs · Due M15

D1.1

Joint programme and integrated teaching/training activities

Define the shared curriculum and learning experience.

D1.2

Joint student admission requirements and application, selection, monitoring, examination/performance evaluation rules/procedures

Develop a common framework for the student journey.

D1.3

Joint degree policy

Define the programme’s approach to degree awards.

D1.4

A draft joint partnership agreement involving at least three HEIs

Frame cooperation between participating universities.

D1.5

A draft joint Student Agreement

Prepare a shared framework for student participation.

D1.6

Joint administrative and financial management strategy

Plan coordinated programme administration.

D1.7

Joint promotion and awareness-raising strategy

Plan how to communicate the future programme.

D1.8

Plan for common services offered to students

Plan shared support for the student experience.

D1.9

Quality Assurance

Develop the approach to programme quality.

D1.10

Industry Needs

Inform programme design through industry needs.

D1.11

Academy Needs

Inform programme design through the academic landscape.

06 / Why SOFTROB

Bringing the pieces together.

The project’s survey of comparable master’s programmes points to an opportunity to connect fields often taught separately.

01

Connect automation and interaction

The survey finds explicit RPA teaching uncommon, while emerging agentic-AI degrees offer limited physical robotics or HRI.

02

Make security part of the picture

Cybersecurity and digital twins are less represented than AI and robotics in the reviewed programmes.

03

Build on an existing foundation

WUT/UVT’s Intelligent Software Robotics MSc already combines RPA, multi-agent systems and HRI, with optional cybersecurity.

04

Connect expertise across borders

The survey identifies the combination of complementary themes and five-country mobility, including Türkiye and Indonesia, as SOFTROB’s opportunity.

Basis: D1.11 survey, version 0.2, Executive Summary. Findings describe the programmes reviewed; they do not establish global uniqueness.

07 / Project updates

Taking shape, together.

Milestones and announcements from the design phase.

· Scheduled

Online kick-off meeting

The consortium’s kick-off was scheduled for 9 December, to introduce the project objectives and planned contributions.

Project kick-off

Looking ahead

Programme launch

To be announced. The proposed MSc is currently in its design phase.

Design in progress

08 / Contact

A shared future
for software robotics.

Project coordination

Eszterházy Károly
Catholic University

Faculty of Informatics
Eger, Hungary

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