The Masters in Computing Science provides you with a thorough grounding in professional software development, together with experience of developing a project proposal and conducting a development project, preparing you for responsible positions in the IT industry. If you have a good undergraduate degree in computing and you wish to advance your knowledge and software development skills, this MSc programme is designed for you. You will benefit from having 24-hour access to a computer laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software. You will have opportunities to meet industrial speakers who contribute to our professional skills & issues course. Employers also come to make recruitment presentations, and often seek to recruit our graduates during the programme. In the most recent independent review of research quality (RAE 2008), computer science and informatics at Glasgow was rated in the UK’s top ten.

Career opportunities include responsible software development positions, not only in the IT sector but also in many other sectors such as education, engineering, health services, financial services, government, manufacturing, retail, and transport. You will also be well qualified to proceed to study for a PhD in computing science.