Overview

The School of Computing Science at University of Glasgow has extensive contacts with industrial partners who contribute to several of their taught courses, through active teaching, curriculum development, and panel discussion. Recent contributors include representatives from IBM, J.P. Morgan, Amazon, Adobe and Red Hat.
You will have opportunities to meet employers who come to make recruitment presentations, and often seek to recruit our graduates during the programme.

You will benefit from having 24-hour access to a computer laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art hardware and software.

Career prospects

Career opportunities include responsible positions, not only in the IT sector but also in many other sectors such as education, engineering, health services, financial services, government, manufacturing, retail, and transport. You will also be well qualified to proceed to study for a PhD in computing science.Graduates of this programme have gone on to work for companies such as JP Morgan & Chase, Alliance, Airwave, Sensefly and Sky UK.Positions include Software Developer, IT Analyst, System Engineer and Research Assistant.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Programming and Systems Development (H)
Research and Professional Skills (M)
Enterprise Cyber Security (M)
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence for Data Scientists (M)
Deep Learning for MSc (M)
Big Data: Systems, Programming, and Management (M)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-21 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-07-08 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

PTE Academic

65

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

PTE Academic

65

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in any degree with Computing as a major subject with at least 50% of credit bearing modules in Computing at an average grade of pass.
Please note this programme is not available to recent graduates who have been awarded an undergraduate degree in either Computing Science or Software Engineering from the University of Glasgow. These applicants should, if not already graduated, consider continuing to the integrated MSci award.
Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of programme start date.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

34470 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

12960 GBP / year

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Living costs

Glasgow

United Kingdom

620 - 1012 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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