Software Engineering MSc

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Overview

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MSc

Software Engineering MSc, home applicant, full time 1-2 years

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time 1-2 years
  • Pound 10680 per year. Year 2 Industrial Placement Fee - £3,500

Software Engineering MSc, home applicant, part time

  • Home Applicant
  • Part time
  • Pound 1780 per 30 credit module

Software Engineering MSc, international applicant, full time 1-2 years

  • International Applicant
  • Full time 1-2 years
  • Pound 16740 per year

MSc with Placement Year

Software Engineering MSc, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 2 years
  • Pound 10680 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.

Engineers Without Borders

You will be able to compete at the national level (e.g. Engineers Without Borders). At Engineers Without Borders, our students operate in the most sustainable and globally responsible ways.

Real world application

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

Your future career

Nearly every industry and business sector is embracing significant automation, driven by the integration of emerging technologies primarily developed and maintained by skilled software engineers. However, there is a growing shortage of professionals with advanced skills in these rapidly expanding fields. Graduates of this programme are uniquely positioned to fill this gap, with opportunities spanning a wide range of industries; from technology, finance, agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, and so on.

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, 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.

How you'll learn

When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, specialist facilities, such as game labs, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.

Teaching

Various teaching methods are employed on the course, including lectures, tutorials, seminars and laboratory work. In a lecture period, a member of the academic staff or a visiting lecturer presents ideas or information to a body of students. In a seminar, ideas are discussed by a group of students. The discussion is led by a member of the staff or a nominated student and moderated by one or more members of staff. In a tutorial, students solve problems under the guidance of a member of staff with whom they can also discuss information presented in a previous lecture. 
To enable you to derive maximum benefit from your period of attendance, lectures are designed to cover only essential subject matter, this being complemented by lecture notes. Considerable importance is attached to home assignments and a commitment to private study. You are recommended to plan your work in advance. Where practicable, a course of work, requirements of home assignments, together with reading references and tutorial sheets are distributed at the beginning of each section of each module. Regular formative assessments of your work is undertaken and feedback provided in order to monitor progress and identify problem areas. 

Knowledge is developed through:

  • Guided reading
  • Knowledge-based activities with feedback
  • Online discussions and activities

How you will be assessed

Assessment tasks are mainly spread across the year to make the workload manageable. Assessment methods include group work, exams and individual work including essays, presentations, case studies, professional development and practical activities depending on the nature of the course. All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides.
You'll always receive detailed feedback outlining your strengths and how you can improve. We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 15 working days, although you will receive immediate feedback following many of our face-to-face assessments.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD

Who teaches this course

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.