Department of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science comprises the following subjects: Computing, Maths, Information System and Web, Games Development and Music Technology. All of our full-time, undergraduate courses offer the option of a year in industry, enabling students to experience the real-world application of their studies.

We believe strongly in the quality of the support we offer our students, employers and all our working partners which in turn has helped to establish a reputation for the quality and professionalism of our courses, our teaching, and our internationally recognised research.  Preparing our students for careers in cutting-edge fields is at the heart of what we do.

Our staff bring energy and enthusiasm to their work, offering expertise in their fields. Their established industry links allow us to continually refresh and update our teaching and research.  The Department has a vibrant and rapidly growing research community with expertise in such diverse areas as visualisation, information and systems engineering and intelligent systems.  It is our aim to research and develop new methods and technology in computer science that will have a real impact on global grand challenges in areas such as transport, health, security, and energy.

Our Research

Our research activity is organised around our Research Institutes and Research Centres all of which carry out world-class research in their specific areas. Within these Institutes and Centres there are smaller research groups, each with a specific research theme.

The latest 2021 REF results show that the research carried out in the School has increased significantly in quality and impact as well as volume since the last assessment in 2014. This is a clear recognition of the excellent research that is now being carried out here and the impact it is having as well as the hard work that colleagues in the school have put into bidding for research funding and producing world class outputs.

The highlights:

✔️ In Computer Science 83.3% of Impact was at 3* or 4*

Researchers in computer science are working on visualisation, information and systems engineering and intelligent systems. Our facilities are industry standard, incorporating a dedicated computer networking, mobile and forensic computing laboratory, as well as creative studio environments and industry standard software. Our aim is to research and develop new methods and technologies in computer science that will have a real impact on global grand challenges in areas such as transport, health, security, and energy.

Our facilities