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Advanced Computing
|MSc
|Full Time
| Admissions status: OpenPURPOSE
For graduates in computer science, mathematics, science or engineering with good knowledge of computer programming, this MSc will enhance your ability to solve advanced computational problems and impart skills necessary for algorithm implementation. Research for your individual project will provide valuable preparation for a career in research or industry.DESCRIPTION
This programme provides students with systematic knowledge and experience of the theoretical foundations and practice of computing at an advanced level. It is built around taught core modules such as Algorithm Design and Analysis, Data Structures and their Implementation in C++, Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, which are complemented by a wide range of optional modules for multimedia, optimisation, string processing and the web. The final part of the programme is an individual project which is closely linked with the Department's research activities.
KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Dr Jeroen Keppens
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 180/ECTS 90
Duration
One year FT, September to September.
Location
Strand Campus.
Student destinations
Via the Department’s Careers Programme, students are able to network with top employers and obtain advice on how to enhance career prospects. Our graduates have gone on to have very successful careers in general software consultancy companies, in specialised software development companies and in IT departments of large institutions (financial, telecommunications and public sector). Their jobs involve specialist programming and problem solving as well more conventional software development, maintenance and project management roles. Our graduates have also entered into academic and industrial research in software engineering, bioinformatics, algorithms and computer networks.
Year of entry 2013
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