Computer Science MSc

This course is in clearing

Overview

Course options

Select year

MSc

MSc Computer Science, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

MSc with Placement Year

MSc Computer Science, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

MSc

MSc Computer Science, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1 year
  • Pound 10800 per year

MSc Computer Science, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time, 1 year
  • Pound 15960 per year

MSc with Placement Year

MSc Computer Science, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 10800 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500

MSc Computer Science, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 15960 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3500

MSc

MSc Computer Science, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 11340 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

MSc Computer Science, home applicant, part time

  • Home Applicant
  • Part time
  • Pound 1890 per 30 credit module

MSc Computer Science, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 16740 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

MSc with Placement Year

MSc Computer Science, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 11340 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

MSc Computer Science, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time, 1/2 years
  • Pound 16740 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

What makes this course different

Industry recognised

Many of the advanced modules incorporated within the programme are offered as stand-alone professional development short courses, giving industrial repute to these modules and programme as a whole.

50 years' experience

We have a wealth of experience in this field. For more than 50 years we have offered postgraduate courses in computer science, led by respected engineers and scientists with an impressive body of research.

Industry experience

Practical work, projects and dissertation will be based on real-world industrial applications and current research supervised by subject experts at the forefront of emerging and established areas of the field.

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

Download course specification

Your future career

Your future career

Almost all industries and business sectors are being heavily automated and there is a move towards the use of emerging technologies such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Cloud Computing to develop modern products and solutions.  In addition to this, cyber security is of major importance to the government and businesses in all sectors.

There is a shortage of personnel with advanced skills in these emerging and growing fields, and graduates of this programme can progress to work in a multitude of roles and industries. This can be the technology industry, related banking and financial sectors or diverse ones such as agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing and automotive. As a graduate of this programme, you'll have a solid understanding of the main disciplines that fall under these emerging and current areas. The kind of role you could go into includes:

  • Big Data Analyst / Business Intelligence / Business Analyst
  • Senior Software Architect / System Architect
  • IT Project Manager / IT Consultant / IT Programme Manager
  • Software Engineering / System Developer
  • AI Specialist / Robotics
  • IoT Specialist / Smart Device Programmer
  • Cyber Security Specialist / IT Security Consultant
  • IT Infrastructure Manager
  • Cloud Architect

This qualification is also heavily influenced by current research and developments that are at the forefront of the respective fields. It lends itself to a career in research and academia. Many of our graduates are expected to progress on to an MPhil/PhD and take on careers in research and academia. 

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

Vice Chancellor and President Professor Amanda Broderick web
The University of East London has been pioneering futures since 1898, from the 2nd Industrial Revolution through to where we are now, the 4th. We are a careers-led university. Our mission is to prepare you for the jobs of the future."
Professor Amanda J. Broderick

Vice-Chancellor & President

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, and further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. Our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting-edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

What you'll learn

Knowledge

  • Demonstrate a comprehensive and critical understanding of all the concepts and activities for large-scale software development.
  • Demonstrate expertise in artificial intelligence, computer vision and data analytics and their business and research applications. 
  • Have a critical understanding of complex computing application areas and apply skills in advanced topics to find resolution through your dissertation.

Thinking skills

  • Critical thinking and evidential reasoning.
  • Exercise appropriate engineering judgement in the decision-making process.
  • Systematically analyse problems and implement effective solutions.
  • Reflect on your professional and research practice.

Subject-Based Practical skills

  • Design & develop large-scale software systems by managing their entire Software Development Lifecycle.
  • Use diverse artificial intelligence, computer vision and data analytics resources and advanced tools and techniques to solve a defined problem.
  • Identify, critically analyse and execute a solution for a cutting-edge research/industrial computing problem.
  • Industrial placements, as appropriate.

Skills for life and work (general skills)

  • Demonstrate an ability to study independently and effectively, and to be able to present and convey complex technical information to other professionals and the public.
  • Develop interpersonal skills and be able to contribute and work effectively in a team
  • Integrate research, and articulate research results into professional practice.

In addition, the industrial placement will provide opportunities to apply key technical knowledge and skills learned in the taught modules, enhance their communication and interpersonal skills and improve their employment potential.

How you'll learn

Our specialist laboratories have everything you will need to develop a thorough, critical understanding and gain hands-on experience in a wide range of emerging technologies. These range from the cyber forensic lab, our OpenStack cloud platform to virtual reality and robotics lab.

Our dedicated and specialist staff will be around to support you, and you will have a personal tutor, a course tutor and module tutors to oversee your progress.

There are formal lectures, tutorials, workshops, practical classes and lab sessions as you develop your knowledge. Leading industry experts often present guest lectures and there is a virtual learning environment to enhance connections between teacher and student.

As a key element of this course, you will be asked to complete a dissertation on an aspect of one of the cutting-edge computer science areas of your choice. Whatever topic you choose, your dissertation needs to contribute to the field, and you will be supervised by a leading academic spearheading research in that particular domain. Throughout, you will be encouraged to focus on the real practical needs of the industry and form solutions around those.

About the industrial placement year

This course is also available as a two-year master's with an industrial placement year. The industrial placement is designed to address the demands of the profession and give students a competitive edge when it comes to their careers. The industrial placement component is for an academic year, i.e., normally 30 weeks including a minimum of 24 weeks of delivery time. It starts after students have completed the 1st year of study, i.e., all the taught modules and the dissertation component of the MSc course which together form 180 credits. Please refer to the course specification for the summary of the course structure and further information.

Students on the MSc with Placement courses must pass all taught modules of their respective course plus dissertation to gain 180 credits before they become eligible to progress to the next stage and undertake an industrial placement. Students on the MSc course with placement will also normally be required to fulfil the 80% attendance requirement (on all modules) to be eligible to progress to the industrial placement. Students unable to meet the above requirements to progress successfully will normally be moved to the one-year full-time version of the course and their student visa, if any, will be curtailed accordingly.

It is ultimately the student's responsibility to secure their placement and the University cannot guarantee placements. The University will offer guidance and support and recommend students to many of our industrial partners who have expressed strong support and interest in the programme. 

During the industrial placement period, you will undertake an internship within a partner organisation  (or by means of alternative arrangements such as projects led by industry and carried out on campus) and complete a zero-credit Industrial Placement Module. 

There are additional fees for the placement module (in the second year of the course), in addition to the fees for the taught modules and dissertation paid in the first year. 

How you will be assessed

You will be assessed using a mixture of practical coursework and a theory exam. Coursework can take a variety of forms, including laboratory work, data analysis and oral presentations. 

The research dissertation is assessed on a final written report, a poster presentation and a practical component. You will receive detailed feedback on all assessments outlining strengths and areas of improvement.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD