Computer Science with Placement Year

Entry requirements

A recent, good bachelors degree (e.g. honours degree from the UK) or equivalent in a non-Computer Science subject. Plus IELTS 6.0 if your first language is not English.

Applicants who do not wholly meet these requirements, but who are considered to have the professional experience, motivation or potential to succeed at the programme, may also be accepted.

If you do not have the required level of English for entry, our academic English courses can help you to achieve this level.

This MSc is available with an optional one year industry placement. The 'with placement' programmes give you additional industrial experience by applying the skills you have learned throughout your studies.
A flexible course, part of our postgraduate master's programme in Computer Science, with two different routes.
Our course is especially designed for graduates of numerate subjects other than computer science.
Taught by a highly-regarded and long-established computer science department with strong links to business.
Half the research outputs in Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire have been rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.