The main focus of the Institute of Computer Science is on supporting the scientific and practice-oriented qualifications of students. First of all, the institute provides the facilities for the laboratory courses that complement the lectures. Secondly the institute supports the lecturers with the supervision of lab experiments, including the co-supervision of project reports, research papers, and final theses.

Furthermore the institute provides the infrastructure that is necessary for carrying out projects that are funded by third parties and other research activities.