The MSc Computer Science is a conversion course that aims to produce well rounded graduates, irrespective of their prior academic background. Recognising the global demand for skilled professionals, this programme is structured to provide an intensive, yet accessible pathway for students to pivot into the field of Computer Science.

The course provides broad knowledge and practical skills needed to develop software systems entailing programming, databases, web technologies, networks, artificial intelligence, and data science. The integral academic writing, research and project management skills and a mandatory independent dissertation/project in the final semester further underpin application of the industry-style professional approaches as well as an appreciation of future directions of technological advances and research.

The balanced academic preparation is aligned with emerging trends in job market and allows graduates to pursue in-demand and lucrative careers in IT industry or assume interdisciplinary roles by effectively combining applied computing with their first degrees. The course also provides foundations and opportunity to progress to and formally pursue specialized computer science research on a Ph.D. programme.

What careers could I consider?

Computer science offers an incredibly wide range of high demand careers at the forefront of software-based technologies, such as:

• Artificial Intelligence engineers
• Data scientists
• Information and Cyber security analysts
• Information systems developers
• Database administrators
• Systems/network managers
• Healthcare informatics experts
• Game developers
• IT consultants/project managers
• Systems architects
• Web/mobile application developers
• Big Data analysts
• Financial technology experts etc.