Computer Science with a Year in Industry MSci at Royal Holloway, University of London

Gain the technical skills to shape future innovation, combined with professional experience ready for a variety of roles in tech or research. Our Computer Science with a Year in Industry five-year course is an all-round foundation to kickstart your career or go deeper into postgraduate research. Cover all the essentials of application development and explore the fundamentals of computing.

Department: Computer Science  |  Duration: 5 years full time  |  Study mode: full-time with placement/study-abroad year (integrated master's)  |  Location: Egham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Year 1: Programming laboratory, Internet Services, Machine Fundamentals, Mathematical Structures, Object-oriented Programming and others; Year 2: Algorithms and Complexity, Databases, Introduction to Information Security, Operating Systems, Software Engineering and others; Year 4: Deferred Year in Industry; Year 5: MSci Individual Project. Optional modules: Year 2: Symbolic Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Methods for Computer Science, Computer and Network Security, Human-computer Interaction; Year 3: Computational Finance, Intelligent Agents and Multi-agent Systems, Machine Learning, Semantic Web, Data Visualisation and Exploratory Analysis and others; Year 5: Methods of Computational Finance, Data Analysis, Deep Learning, Intelligent Agents and Multi-agent Systems, Machine Learning and others.

Career pathways

Our MSci graduates are highly employable, with a depth of knowledge and practical skills that set them apart. Year in industry degrees are also highly valued by employers because they give you the chance to gain first-hand experience of the world of work and to apply your learning to real world scenarios.

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