BEng Honours in Computer Science with Management (G4N2)

This new degree allows you to study Computer Science with a Management component to enable you to study the issues involved in managing the production of marketable products and in making business decisions.

Computer Science is concerned with the understanding, design, implementation and use of computing systems ranging in complexity from the components of a single processor to computer networks as vast as the World Wide Web. It encompasses both hardware and software, and embodies a wide variety of practical techniques supported by a strong foundation of theoretical understanding. with other subjects. There is an enormous range of choice for specialisation, and for including "outside" subjects from across the University.

At Edinburgh, Computer Science is treated as a subset of the wider discipline of Informatics, which also covers Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Software Engineering.

The Computer Science programme is structured to develop well-rounded graduates with a high level of knowledge and skills across Computer Science.

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The effect you see is produced with colour management and correction software, a tool for film producers created by Stefan Klein as his final year project

For details of degree structure and content see degree programme specification.

What is special about the Edinburgh degree programme

The School of Informatics at Edinburgh is the UK's best computer science department and as one of our graduates you will be well-regarded by both industry and academia. The School of Informatics is known for both its strength in many areas of computer science, especially theoretical topics, and for the varied project work built into its degree programmes. Students undertake a wide variety of practical exercises and major projects, which reinforce and build on lecture material. Communication skills, initiative, professionalism and the ability to work with others are developed as integral parts of the learning process.

professional recognition

Graduates are exempt from the Certificate and Diploma examinations towards Membership of the British Computer Society.