Welcome to the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering          

New MSc Course

The School is offering a new MSc Course in Electronic Engineering, a degree in a core scientific discipline with excellent vocational opportunities.  A degree in Electronics prepares students for a career in analogue and digital circuit design. [More on our MSc Courses]

Our School

The School comprises over 500 students from more than 50 countries, supported by 130 academic, research and support staff. [More on our School]

Our Students'
Experience

We are among the UK’s student experience elite, appearing 3rd in the 2009 National Student Survey League Table in Electronic Engineering (with 97% of our students being satisfied with their experience) and 11th in Computer Science (with a 91% satisfaction rate). Combining employability (85% of our students have graduate jobs in a related area 6 months after graduation) and satisfaction, Computer Science at Essex is ranked 12th in the UK in the 2009 National Student Survey.

Our Teaching

We teach Computing and Electronics at BSc, MSc, MPhil and PhD levels [see Degrees] and are highly ranked in league tables: 9/66 for "Electrical & Electronic Engineering" in the Complete University Guide 2010. In the 2011 Guardian university guide, we are ranked 4th (out of 60) in Electronic Engineering and 17th (out of 103) in Computer Science.

The University of Essex is the 9th best university for research (UK RAE 2008). 65% of the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering’s research has been ranked as World leading or Internationally Excellent. [More on research]