A specialisation is a focused collection of courses within a programme that allows you to gain deep, targeted knowledge in a specific sub-field. Normally these courses make up more than 50 percent of a qualification, some of which lead to registration within a certain field. They may be interdisciplinary, professionally oriented, or designed to meet accreditation requirements. Specialisations often restrict elective choice in favour of a clearly defined study plan.

Completed specialisations will appear on your academic transcript.

Please see the main programme link below for further details.

Computer technology, it seems, is everywhere in today’s world. It has become an ever-growing part of human life, affecting many aspects of a person’s day. Computer scientists have an impact on how our society advances by developing and maintaining these systems: whether it be for our home, work, learning or entertainment environments.

We’ll cover:
- How information is stored in computers (data structures and management)
- How computers are told what to do (algorithms and programming languages)
-How systems work (computer architecture and system software)
- How computers are connected (data communications, networks and hypermedia)
- Some ways in which computers can be used (applications)
- What computers can do, and their limitations (computability and complexity theory)

If you’re interested in a relevant and dynamic field of study, and working in an industry where there is a real demand for expertise, then Computer Science is for you.

MSc - Master of Science

Are you interested in software engineering, systems development and evaluation, intelligent systems and informatics, or the theory of computing? We're living in an information age and have come to depend on information technology and the complex ways in which information is stored, transmitted and processed.

Postgraduate study in Computer Science is divided into two general areas: software systems and the theory of computing. Areas of research include:
- Algorithms and theory of computation
- Artificial intelligence
- Computational biology
- Computational social science
- Computer graphics
- Computer networks
- Computer vision
- Computing education and learning technologies
- Cyber security
- Data science and machine learning
- Human-computer interaction
- Internet and mobile computing
- Knowledge and database
- Parallel and distributed computing
- Quantum information science
- Software design and quality