MCOMP Computer Science with Integrated Master's

Gain the advanced technical, practical and research skills needed to fast-track your career in today’s fast-paced, tech-focused business world. Covering everything from foundational Python programming to Cloud Computing and employability focused modules, you’ll graduate ready to pursue PhD study or gain a competitive edge in the graduate employment market.

Computer systems are now vital to business, government, science and society, and there is pressing need for graduates with the professional understanding, practical skills, and theoretical foundations to harness software and hardware technologies to solve real-world problems and develop the systems of the future. Our four-year MComp programme allows you to immerse yourself in the tools, techniques, and foundational theories that drive innovation in science and technology, offering the widest scope of learning in the field.

Throughout your studies we will give you plenty of support and guidance, to help you reach your full potential. From an academic mentor to module leaders, our open-door policy makes it easy to reach us when you need help. Based within the Faculty of Natural Sciences, you will also have access to a team of Student Experience & Support Officers (SESOs). Whether you need advice, guidance or one-on-one support, you can talk to our dedicated team throughout your time at Keele, whether it’s about your studies or life outside of them. 

Teaching, learning and assessment

We embrace a modern approach to learning that includes a balanced mixture of immersive lectures and lab-based sessions. Each taught module will include traditional lectures with support material provided via our virtual learning environment. Our labs also offer remote accessibility. You will also benefit from a variety of teaching and learning activities informed by and involving our partners from industry. This includes a series of guest lectures from organisations such as Microsoft, the BBC, and CapGemini, as well as grouped and individual projects, potentially involving real-world data from industry.

Our assessments often connect to the real-world working environment, putting your understanding of the subject matter to the test in real-life situations. Assessments include examinations, class tests, coursework, short reports, dissertations, project reports, oral and video presentations.

Research

Keele is at the forefront of research and our academics in Computer Science are internationally recognised leaders in research on synthetic biology, wearable technologies, health and cultural informatics, responsible artificial intelligence, computer vision, evolutionary robotics, automata theory, formal languages, and theory of computation. We focus on research that has the potential to create a significant impact on the computational understanding and engineering of complex systems, to improve people’s quality of life and to pave the way for world leading innovations that improve the security, reliability and quality of computing devices and services used in industry.