Postgraduate Taught Degrees

Computer Science MSc degrees         

• MSc Computer Science is designed to extend your existing knowledge of the subject, and can be customised to your requirements.
  
  
• MSc Embedded Systems and MSc Intelligent Systems and Robotics are complementary degrees building upon the School’s internationally recognised expertise in these areas.
  
  
• MSc Advanced Web Engineering provides a comprehensive coverage of different aspects of Internet application technologies.
  
  
• MSc in Computational Intelligence provides a novel degree on Computational Intelligence and how it allows to give computers human like and natural inspired intelligence. The MSc links Computational Intelligence to real-world applications and projects.
  
  
• MSc in Computer Engineering provides a balanced perspective of both hardware and software elements of computing systems. The MSc has strong application focus where students will have the chance to apply their knowledge in various computer engineering domains including computer games, embedded and hardware systems, robotics and intelligent industrial systems and control, mobile applications, video coding, networking and communications
  

MSc Computer Science

This course allows graduates who already have substantial knowledge or practical experience of computer science to extend their knowledge by choosing from a wide range of modules that encompass agent-based and multi-agent systems; machine learning and pattern recognition; distributed information management systems; embedded systems and robotics; evolutionary computation; and theoretical computer science and formal methods.

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MSc Embedded Systems

Embedded System technology is underlying the ever more capable electronic and computing systems that we use in our daily lives, ranging from cars and mobile telephones to washing machines and aeroplanes. This major growth area has a large and increasing demand from industry for engineers and computer scientists who possess in-depth expertise in embedded systems. This course meets that demand by equipping graduates with advanced knowledge and skills that enable them to work on all aspects of this area. Students develop practical skills in the design, programming and interfacing of embedded processors, as well as an understanding of current applications, technological trends and their potential impact on systems of the future. The School has established a leading international reputation for its research in this field, maintains state-of-the-art embedded systems laboratories and has close direct links to leading international companies that drive embedded systems technology and design. This combination of expertise and state-of-the-art platforms enables the School to offer students instruction in a wide range of topics including (but not restricted to) hardware/software co-design, advanced embedded systems design, systems integration and design, middleware, networking, human computer interfaces, embedded agents and the embedded internet. Students entering this course will typically have a good honours degree in computer science, electronics or a related discipline.

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MSc Intelligent Systems and Robotics

The general public tends to think of robots as they are portrayed in movies, as lumbering androids with a tendency to go berserk and kill people.  In reality, of course, robots are widely used in industry, especially in factory automation.  In fact, robots are only an example of an intelligent system, one that senses its environment in some way and autonomously makes decisions.  Other examples of autonomous systems are self-driving vehicles, surveillance systems, financial dealing systems, even computer games.

This MSc provides you with a comprehensive coverage of the intelligent systems field, with robots serving as a major example of the technology as they involve both sensing and actuation.  The core part of the degree explains to you the essential technology, the principles by which sensed data are converted into useful information, and the practical aspects of developing intelligent and robotic systems.  The degree also gives you an opportunity to explore particular aspects of the discipline that interest and inspire you, such as biologically-inspired robots, biometrics, or computational intelligence.

The degree is delivered by a team of established researchers, with expertise spanning the entire range of intelligent systems and with experience of developing robots intended for on land, under water and in the air.  Research carried out by the team has resulted in appearance in the Robot Soccer World Cup final, an autonomous robot fish in the London Aquarium, a self-programming computer vision system, and many others.

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MSc Advanced Web Engineering

This course educates students in the design and construction of web and e-commerce applications, and it develops their understanding of current trends in this rapidly-evolving area. Students acquire skills in using cutting-edge technologies including distributed computing, software design, object databases, XML, Web Services, JSP, ASP.NET, MVC frameworks and AJAX. A good honours degree in computer science or a related discipline is normally required for entry to this course, and its graduates work in a wide range of web-applications and commerce-related companies

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MSc in Computational Intelligence

Our unique MSc Computational Intelligence covers the theoretical, applied and practical aspects of this subject area. You will study the various disciplines of computational intelligence with a particular focus on linking computational intelligence techniques to real world applications and projects, including computational intelligence in business and financial applications, computational intelligence in games, computational intelligence in biological sciences and medicine, computational intelligence in industrial control and natural language engineering and intelligent Web search.  Our School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering is internationally leading within the three main areas of computational intelligence - fuzzy systems, neural networks and evolutionary computation – and recently launched the Computational Intelligence Centre to further our reputation as a world class centre of excellence in this subject.  Optional modules from Essex Business School will enable you to broaden your studies.

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MSc in Computer Engineering

Our MSc in Computer Engineering course provides a balanced perspective of both hardware and software elements of computing systems, and their relative design trade-offs and applications. It will build on your knowledge in mathematics, science, and engineering to ensure you have a sound knowledge foundation. Laboratory experiences will enable you to understand experimental design and simulation techniques.

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