PgProfDev High Performance Computing at University of Edinburgh

Programme overview

The PgProfDev in High Performance Computing offers stand-alone online courses from the EPCC High Performance Computing programme on a part-time intermittent basis, awarded as academic credit. EPCC is the UK's national supercomputing centre based at the University.

What you will study

Courses can include Practical Introduction to High Performance Computing, Message Passing Programming, Threaded Programming, Programming Skills and Software Development, plus options from the EPCC online list.

Career pathways

The programme provides skills for practitioners, researchers and leaders across high performance computing, computational and data science, and software engineering.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme group (High Performance Computing online programme): A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent in a relevant subject such as computer science and informatics, physics, mathematics, engineering, biology, chemistry or geosciences. Applicants must be experienced and competent programmers in at least one of C, C++, Python, Fortran or Java and familiar with algebra, linear algebra, probability and statistics, shown through the transcript or submitted code samples. Self-taught applicants, or those with a 2:2 with high marks in computational courses and/or relevant work experience, may be considered. International applicants (and all applicants including UK nationals must evidence English): IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component; TOEFL-iBT (from 21 January 2026) 4.5 overall with at least 4.5 in each component, or 92 overall with 23 in each component before that date; C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 176 overall with at least 169 in each component.

Intake: September 2027

Duration: up to 2 years part-time (intermittent study)

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