Computer Science

Description

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Initially, you study alongside postgraduate students on one of our Master's programmes in computing science. You can choose from one of the following:

Advanced Computer Science

Bioinformatics

Neuroinformatics

Synthetic Biology

Computational Systems Biology

Computing Science

Internet Technologies and Enterprise Computing

Computer Security and Resilience

Computer Game Engineering

The subject-specific and research training modules covered by these programmes help you develop the topic for your Integrated PhD thesis and equip you with the study skills to manage your research project. To qualify for the research component of the IPhD programme students are expected to have a minimum average mark of 65. Students who do not qualify for continuation with the research component will be allowed to complete a full Master's level research project and will be awarded an appropriate Master's degree if they satisfy the criteria for such degree.

The research component of the IPhD provides substantial training in research methods and tools and gives you an opportunity to make a unique contribution to computer science research. You work under the guidance of an experienced computer scientist within a research group and with the support of a team of advisers. Before you begin, you choose a broad area of interest within computing science and a supervisor with appropriate expertise.

The first research year involves background research to help you identify an open research question and to formulate an approach to answering it; you also take short courses on research skills, innovation and career development. Following approval of your detailed research topic, the remaining time is spent conducting your supervised programme of research, and writing a thesis which is assessed in an oral examination.

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Requirements

An upper-second-class Honours degree and/or a merit masters degree, or international equivalent, in computer science or a related discipline.

Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5, Pearson's PTE Academic Test 62 or equivalent.

International applicants may require an ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) clearance certificate prior to obtaining their visa and to study on this programme, applicants will be informed of this in the offer letter.

English Language Requirements

IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa.

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