University of Kent

Computer Science - MSc, PhD

University of KentCanterbury, United Kingdom

Course overview

Your research should produce an original contribution in your chosen field of study. You work closely with your supervisor, a member of academic staff, who is your principal source of support. If you choose a research area that has interdisciplinary aspects, you may have more than one supervisor.

In addition to regular supervision, you will be supported by a supervisory panel of three academic staff who provide further structured input and guidance. We offer an extensive support framework to all our research students. We support you in becoming an effective researcher through a series of weekly workshops taken in the first year.

These cover research-specific subjects including how to access journals and review research publications, how to write and publish academic articles and how to present your work at seminars and conferences. You may also attend workshops on key transferable skills including communication, time management and teamwork. You join one or more of our well-integrated, active research groups where you will be able to test and discuss your ideas and place your research in a broader context.

We host a seminar series for visiting speakers as well as holding regular seminars within our research groups where research students are encouraged to participate. We also host an annual postgraduate conference where you have the opportunity to both present your work and to gain experience as a conference organiser. Many of our research students earn money by teaching on our undergraduate programmes.

We provide teaching development courses in your first year to give you the skills to teach effectively. Our world-leading researchers, in key areas such as systems security, programming languages, communications, computational intelligence and memory management, and in interdisciplinary work with biosciences and psychology, earned us an outstanding result in the most recent national research assessment. Our programmes are taught and supervised by leading researchers who are experts in their fields.

The School of Computing at Kent is home to several authors of leading computer science textbooks. We have strong links with industry including IBM, Microsoft and Oracle.

Key highlights

  • Supervisory panel of three academic staff alongside your main supervisor
  • First-year weekly workshops on publishing, reviewing and presenting research
  • Paid undergraduate teaching opportunities with teaching development courses provided
  • Annual postgraduate conference to present work and gain organising experience
  • Research strengths include systems security, programming languages and computational intelligence
  • Strong industry links with IBM, Microsoft and Oracle

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:1 — to include Masters; or above

Scholarships

  • Chevening Scholarships

  • Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarship

    Scholarship value up to £10,000.

  • Kent Business School Beaconhouse PG Progression Scholarship

    Tuition fee discount scholarship of £6,000.

    Up to £6,000

  • Kent Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarship Award

    Awards of up to £3,000

  • Kent Business School MBA Scholarship

    50% off Tuition Fee.

    Up to 50% of fees

  • Kent Graduate Scholarship

    20% fee reduction for post-graduate taught programmes at the University of Kent.

    Up to 20% of fees

  • Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught

    Scholarship value - £5000

    Up to £5,000

  • Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught (KBS)

    Scholarship value £3000

    Up to £3,000

  • Kent LLM Solicitors’ Practice Scholarship (Canterbury)

    £2,000 tuition fee discount (Home Students); £2,000 tuition fee discount (Overseas Students).

    Up to £2,000

  • Sasha Roberts Scholarship

    £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

    Up to £3,000

  • The “Ambition” Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

    £1,500 for Full Time UK students; £750 per year for Part Time UK students; £3,000 for Full Time Overseas students.

  • The CAMEMS Scholarship

    £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

    Up to £3,000

  • The Widening Participation Ambition Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

    £5,000 for UK students (£2,500 per year for part time students).

Careers this course leads to

  • Computer science researcher
  • University lecturer
  • Research scientist
  • Software engineer
  • Cyber security specialist
  • Data scientist

Cost of study

UK/Home: £5,238 per year | International: £23,500 per year

Admission

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