Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with a Year in Industry

At Swansea, you’ll learn how to code and much more. We’ll empower you to create and innovate to solve real-world problems. From day one, you’ll be building software, exploring new technologies, and developing the skills that employers are looking for.

You’ll dive straight into high-demand areas like artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, data science, software engineering, and mobile app development. We don’t list specific tools and languages here, because we constantly evolve to match what industry needs when you graduate.

The curriculum is shaped by industry input and delivered by experts who work at the cutting edge. From BAFTA-nominated game developers to world-leading cyber security experts and researchers collaborating with Airbus, Microsoft, HSBC, and Siemens - your lecturers excel in theory and make a difference in practice. You’ll learn in state-of-the-art labs, collaborate with your peers, and showcase your work at the Computer Science colloquium and to employers at our annual Project Fair.

Whether you're interested in building cloud-based systems, designing accessible apps, exploring Internet of Things (IoT) technologies or developing technologies that haven’t even been invented yet, you’ll graduate with a portfolio that demonstrates your skills - and gives you the confidence to use them in a real world setting.

Our flexibly structured Computer Science and AI degree path means you have the opportunity to study abroad for a year or work in industry for a year, either locally, nationally or overseas.

In Year 1, you will typically study areas including: Programming, Concepts of Computer Science, Introduction to Data Science, Modelling Computing Systems.

In Year 2, you will typically study areas including: Software Engineering, Database Systems, Introduction to Modelling and Simulation, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence.

In Year 3, you undertake a Year in Industry Placement.

In Year 4, you will typically study areas including: Big Data and Machine Learning, Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence. You will also undertake a Computer Science Project Implementation and Dissertation and a Computer Science Project Specification and Development.