MSc Advanced Computing Science

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From day one, you’ll be immersed in the expertise of our world-leading research team who work at the cutting edge of computing science. 

You’ll study key core subjects including our flagship module Advanced Programming. This will cover historical, established and upcoming programming languages, compilers and interpreters, functional languages, assembly and intermediate languages, code optimisation, high performance computing, software testing and modern software frameworks. The final deliverable of this module will see you produce a prototype of a professional standard software product to tackle a real-world problem. You’ll develop this in groups or individually, following industrial software engineering practice and guidelines. 

Your compulsory Research Techniques module will help you master crucial skills such as writing scientific reports and analysing and critically reviewing scientific publications. You will also develop your ability to analyse and process big data resources using basic and advanced statistical methods. 

It’s all brought to life in our specialist MSc lab with humanoid robots, haptic feedback devices, optical motion capture and highres video cameras and mainstream Virtual Reality (VR) hardware.  

Thanks to our strong ties with the IT and computing industries, we're able to shape our course content and coursework projects based on current trends and real-world problems. This ensures that your experience is aligned with the industries that you may well be moving into after your course. 

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Modules

  • Compulsory modules
  • ADVANCED PROGRAMMING
  • DISSERTATION
  • Options modules
  • HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
  • DATA MINING
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  • INTRODUCTION TO CYBER SECURITY
  • DEVELOPING SECURE SOFTWARE
  • GAMES DEVELOPMENT
  • WEB DEVELOPMENT
  • AUDIO AND VISUAL PROCESSING
  • HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
  • INFORMATION VISUALISATION
  • DATA MINING
  • COMPUTER VISION
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  • INTRODUCTION TO CYBER SECURITY
  • DEVELOPING SECURE SOFTWARE
  • UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING
  • GAMES DEVELOPMENT
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    £22,900 Per Year

    International student tuition fee

    1 Year

    Duration

    Sep 2025

    Start Month

    Aug 2025

    Application Deadline

    Upcoming Intakes

    • September 2025
    • September 2026

    Mode of Study

    • Full Time