Computer Science

Entry requirements

2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject.

Months of entry

October

Course content

Areas for PhD supervision

Human-Centred Computing:
Intelligent and Adaptive Systems; Social Media; Mobile Technologies; Computer Science Education; Health Informatics; Smart Cities.

Methodologies and Applications:
Computational Neuroscience; Bioimage Analysis; Digital Forensics; Multimedia Processing and Computer Vision; Intelligent and Adaptive Systems; Machine Learning and Biomedical Text Mining.

Systems and Software:
High Performance and Scientific Computing; Parallel and Distributed Computing; Communication Networks and Data Science; Software Tools; Fault Tolerant and Reliable Systems.

Theory and Foundations:
Algorithm Design and Analysis; Approximation, Online Algorithms and Constrained Optimisation; Automata Theory, Model Checking, Sublinear Algorithms and Combinatorics; Verification and Controller Synthesis. 

Department specialisms

Human-Centred Computing: Intelligent and Adaptive Systems; Social Media; Mobile Technologies; Computer Science Education; Health Informatics; Smart Cities. Methodologies and Applications: Computational Neuroscience; Bioimage Analysis; Digital Forensics; Multimedia Processing and Computer Vision; Intelligent and Adaptive Systems; Machine Learning and Biomedical Text Mining. Systems and Software: High Performance and Scientific Computing; Parallel and Distributed Computing; Communication Networks and Data Science; Software Tools; Fault Tolerant and Reliable Systems. Theory and Foundations: Algorithm Design and Analysis; Approximation, Online Algorithms and Constrained Optimisation; Automata Theory, Model Checking, Sublinear Algorithms and Combinatorics; Verification and Controller Synthesis. 

Information for international students

English Language requirement: IELTS 6.5, Band A. For more guidance on English language requirements please visit this page.

Fees and funding

For more information on funding please visit our Postgraduate fees and funding page.

Qualification and course duration

MSc by research