These programmes are designed to give students a strong foundation in computer science and specialist knowledge in areas including: artificial intelligence, user experience (UX), virtual reality and web development.

For the Graduate Diploma, students will undertake a substantial practical project which will help them gain technical skills while building up their potential as a creative problem solver.

Graduate Diplomas are available for the following specialisms:

Data Science
Games Development
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Mobile Development
Physical Computing and the Internet of Things
User Experience
Virtual Reality
Web Development

Assessment

Each module, excluding the final project, includes a mix of assessments. During your study period you will undertake formative assessments, which help you to measure your progress but do not count towards your grade, and summative assessments Summative assessments do count towards the final grade. These include a mid-session coursework submission and an unseen written examination (or final project) at the end of the session.

Written examinations are held twice a year. You can defer sitting an exam once (subject to a fee) but you cannot defer the submission of coursework.

Career opportunities

As, upon graduation, you are expected to have a strong background in programming and good skills in at least one programming language, you will be a suitable candidate for most of the jobs in the computing industries that do not require a strong specialisation and/or significant work experience.

Jobs such as software developer, programmer, web developer, system analyst, database application developer, junior games developer, junior data scientist, etc. in areas including the technology sector, media industries, the health sector, transport, the financial sector, e-government, etc., are all open to you. Your skills will be equally suited to small start-up companies and large organisations.