Master of Science - Advanced Computer Science

Develop expertise in contemporary design and practice within computer science. Students graduate with the ability to explore further how technology influences people’s lives.

The MSc Advanced Computer Science provides students with the flexibility to master the areas of computing that interest and excite them most. Students choose from a range of topics including: intelligent systems and robotics, machine learning and data mining, human language understanding and text processing, computer game development, cloud and web technologies, computer security, and evolutionary computation.

The University of Essex is a community of scholars leading the way in technological research and development. Today’s computer scientists are creative people who are focused and committed, yet restless and experimental. The University of Essex is home to many of the world’s top scientists, and their work is driven by creativity and imagination as well as technical excellence.

This course is accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional.

This course is accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.