Taught masters
NEW- We have Faculty Scholarships available for MSc Cyber Security and MSc Networking and Internet Systems. Please see relevant course pages for more information
The table below lists all the MSc programmes offered by the School.
These are classed as Advanced or Specialist masters programmes. Advanced MSc programmes need bachelors degree in the same (or closely related) subject, and take you studies to the next level in that discipline. Specialist MSc programmes are designed to accepts a broader range of academic backgrounds, and provide a combination of both fundamental topics and specialist courses to provide students with everything they need to enter and excel in a new discipline.
| Course and description | Full time | Part time | Related degree | Specialist MSc | Locations Available |
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Advanced Computer Science MSc for students who want to deepen their knowledge and skills by studying a flexible set of modules from a wide range of available options. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Lancaster |
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Critical Software Engineering MSc for students who wish to apply their skills to challenging problems in mission-critical and sensitive domains where dependability, sensitivity and performance are crucial such as healthcare, emergency response and social networking. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Lancaster |
| Cyber Security MSc for students who wish to meet the requirements of the current and next generation of IT security specialists. It blends world class academic teaching with the latest industry knowledge to deliver a comprehensive cutting-edge programme. |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Lancaster |
| Distributed Systems Engineering MSc for students who wish to move their skills, particularly in large scale distributed systems, up to the next level. Graduates from this course will have an appreciation of how to design resilient and high performance networked software, important for modern business to business and Internet focused industries. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Lancaster |
| DSP and Intelligent Systems MSc for students who are seeking advanced knowledge and design skills in DSP techniques and Intelligent Systems. The course provides students with training on the general use of DSP techniques in many different application areas. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Lancaster |
| Human Computer Interaction MSc for students wanting to gain a multidisciplinary perspective on the design, development and evaluation of advanced interactive technologies, such as mobile computing, tangible systems, game technology or social networking applications. |
Yes | No | No | Yes | Lancaster |
| Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing MSc for students interested in advancing their knowledge and skills in these inherently multi-disciplinary fields, including an understanding of both the low level capabilities of devices, embedded systems and networks, and a higher level appreciation of user interaction and HCI, in order to create robust and usable systems. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Lancaster |
| Mobile Broadband Communications MSc for students wishing to improve their knowledge and understanding of contemporary developments in wireless communication systems such as IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), MIMO systems, space-time coding, software defined radio and re-configurable analogue and digital RF systems. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Lancaster |
| Network and Internet Systems MSc for students wanting an industry facing course that equips them with the skills they need to succeed as a networking specialist, with a specific focus on the specific fields of networking and Internet systems that are crucial to today’s and tomorrow’s ICT industry. |
Yes | No | No | Yes | Lancaster |
| Mobile Systems MSc for students wishing to improve their knowledge and understanding of the contemporary developments in mobile and wireless communication systems and applications. |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | KBTU, Kazakhstan |