MSc, PGDip Advanced Software Engineering

Course Overview

This MSc focuses on the methodologies and technologies that address companies' challenges in competing in today's volatile markets. It looks at how to generate applications from high-level business models to reduce time-to-market and development costs and how to evolve legacy systems and promote business processes in an economy dominated by the need to offer and integrate on-demand, new services. All our postgraduate Informatics degrees are available 'with industry': stimulating your creativity and capacity to innovate and ensuring you acquire vital transferable skills. These courses will allow you to develop into a highly skilled professional, well-versed in advanced methods and tools. Colleagues from the industry participate directly in delivering some of the modules, including hands-on tutorials that allow you to use some of the tools and methodologies shaping the software development landscape.

We have an open approach to collaboration with the industry. We undertake joint projects, provide consultancy services, and organize events to connect you with potential employers. We also run an Industrial Advisory Board: its members are computer scientists with successful careers in the industry who help us ensure that your training is industrially relevant.

General Eligibility

2:1 degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject with a substantial element of Computing.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.0 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to prove your English ability. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessary standard.