Apply before March 24 to secure your place in May 2025 cohort!
Apply now or request more information about this programme.
Learn from world-renowned experts in Computer Science and integrate industry certificates into your studies.
Successfully complete the first course to qualify for admission - no computer science undergraduate required.
Complete eight courses and a final project, either full time or at a pace that suits you.
Videos, live sessions, hands-on projects, and connection with instructors and peers.
No application fee. Pay as you learn. All materials and assessments included.
When you enrol in Heriot-Watt University’s MSc Computer Science, you’re joining a global community, with 27,000 other current students and more than 166,000 alumni across 190 countries.
Over one-third of our students come from outside the UK, and in addition to our global community of 6,000 online learners, we have campuses in Edinburgh, the Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia. Even if you live in a different part of the world, or need to balance your studies with life and work commitments, our online learning programmes are designed to provide an engaging, exciting student experience.
We use a range of asynchronous learning activities, including webinars, workshops and lectures, allowing you to complete your studies at the time of day that suits you best. You can chat and ask questions with academics and peers through discussion forums, and you can also choose to join optional live events, webinars, tutorials and masterclasses to connect with your tutors and classmates.
We’ll support you every step of the way, through our wraparound student services, scheduled office hours with academics, and teaching assistants ready to help you on our monitored discussion forums.
Pace yourself through online lectures, with high-quality video lectures from instructors, complete with interactive transcript.
Get answers to your questions, in virtual office hours with instructors and teaching assistants, and live sessions alongside your fellow students.
Dive deeper into course materials with slide decks that include explanations from instructors with visual aids.
Connect with fellow learners in staff-moderated discussion forums to share ideas, ask questions and grow together.
Meet and network with your classmates as you progress through the programme.
With self-paced assignments, get your coursework done during the week when it’s convenient for you.
Associate Professor (Education), Department of Statistics, London School of Economics
Visiting Fellow and Dissertation Support Supervisor, Department of Government, London School of Economics
The University of London is a federal university which includes 17 world-leading colleges.
Pioneering distance learning since 1858, the University of London has enriched the lives of thousands of students, delivering high quality degrees across the globe.
Today, the University of London is a global leader in flexible study, offering degree programmes to over 40,000 students in over 190 countries, and delivering research that changes lives all over the world.
To find out more about the University of London, visit www.london.ac.uk.
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