Daytime Teaching: MSc Computer Science
If you apply by 30 June for this daytime postgraduate course, then you may be eligible our daytime master’s tuition fee bursary of £1,000 for home tuition fee payers. Find out more about eligibility requirements and apply before the 30 June 2024.
Our MSc Computer Science provides you with a valuable grounding for working in the information technology industry. As well as gaining a broad knowledge of computing, you will acquire programming skills and have the opportunity to investigate specific areas of current research more deeply.
This intensive computer science course is designed for graduates who are new to computer science and would like to embark on a career in IT. It is also ideal if you are working in IT, without a formal IT degree, and want to update your skills and place them in a broader context while also obtaining a formal computer science qualification.
To accommodate graduates at different stages of their career or with different work or care commitments, we offer alternative modes of study:
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daytime classes with entry in October
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part-time evening and day release classes spread over two academic years - ideal if you are in full-time employment.
For indicative timetable information, please contact our admin team.
Highlights
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Birkbeck established one of the first computing departments in the UK in 1957. Today, we provide a stimulating teaching and research environment for both part-time and full-time students.
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The Birkbeck Knowledge Lab draws on multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies from across the sciences, social sciences and the arts, to investigate how digital technologies and digital information are transforming our culture and how we learn and work.
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You will have 24-hour access to several laboratories of networked PCs with a range of language compilers, database and other application software. We are connected, via the SuperJANET network, to the computers of other academic institutions in London, elsewhere in the UK and abroad.
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Birkbeck was ranked in the top 25 universities in the UK for its Computer Science and Informatics research in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
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We also offer an MSc Advanced Computing and, working with the University of London, an online MSc Computer Science.
Attendance
The daytime study option for the MSc Computer Science is available only to full-time students.
WHEN YOU WILL STUDY
- Autumn term, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
- Spring term, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons
- In addition to the above, one further afternoon option module needs to be taken plus attendance on one Friday evening per term for the Project module.