Comment: In English there is a split between Software Engineering and Computer Science. German uses the word Informatik which comprises both disciplines. It's

Comment: In English there is a split between Software Engineering and Computer Science. German uses the word Informatik which comprises both disciplines. It's the same for most of continental Europe. There is theory and research focused areas like computing or computational mathematics, and there is application, informatics (more similar to a CS degree) or informatics engineering (roughly an EECS degree, or a CS&SE with more math, physics and electronics). PS: In the US, the term "informatics" seems to be more related to the "soft"(design and business) parts of european informatics, like IT, Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction. PS2: In regard to the professional title, in Spain the people that study informatics are generally called "informaticians" ("informáticos" in spanish). But as with "computer scientist", people just use their job title as their professional title.