This programme will give you the skills and experience to become an industry-accredited professional.

• Be prepared to respond to the computing challenges of the business world;
• Gain the theoretical underpinning needed to support sound analysis, design and delivery of technology solutions;
• Develop a systematic understanding of the software development process; as well as practical software and information systems engineering capabilities based on well-founded principles;
• Be able to communicate in an IT context and gain graduate-level transferable skills;
• Get professional experience and a wide perspective on IT and business through employment at collaborating host companies, or the Aston student-run software company;
• Prepare yourself for an effective career in IT with the potential to reach leadership roles.

The MSc Computer Science programme will enable students to develop a systematic understanding of the software development process, and the associated professional skills necessary in practice.