Computing Science (Taught)

The Masters in Computing Science provides you with a thorough grounding in advanced computing science, together with experience of conducting a development project, preparing you for responsible positions in the IT industry.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• The School of Computing Science is ranked within the top 10 in the UK (Complete University Guide 2025).

• The School is a member of the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance: SICSA. This collaboration of Scottish universities aims to develop Scotland's place as a world leader in Informatics and Computer Science research and education.

• The School of Computing Science has extensive contacts with industrial partners who contribute to several of their taught courses, through active teaching, curriculum development, and panel discussion. Recent contributors include representatives from IBM, J.P. Morgan, Amazon, Adobe and Red Hat.

• You will have opportunities to meet employers who come to make recruitment presentations, and often seek to recruit our graduates during the programme.

• You will benefit from having 24-hour access to a computer laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Modes of delivery of the MSc in Computing Science include lectures, seminars and tutorials and allow students the opportunity to take part in lab, project and team work.

Core Courses
Programming and Systems Development (H)
Research and Professional Skills (M)
Introduction to Data Science and Systems (M)
MSc Project for Computing Science+

Elective Course (choose one)
Enterprise Cyber Security (M)
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence for Data Scientists (M)

Optional Courses (choose 6)
Cryptography and Secure Development (M)
CyberSecurity Fundamentals for MSc (M)
Deep Learning for MSc (M)
Big Data: Systems, Programming, and Management (M)
Information Visualisation (M)
Mobile Human-Computer Interaction for MSc
Cyber Systems Forensics (M)
Human Computer Interaction Design and Evaluation (M)
Human-Centred Security (M)
Information Retrieval (M)
Internet Technology (M)
Web Science for MSc
Text as Data for MSc
Secured Software Engineering (M)

Please note the availability of optional courses is dependent on staff availability and timetabling constraints.