Your journey as a King's computer scientist starts here

Congratulations on your offer to study a master's in Informatics at King’s College London. We’re thrilled to welcome you to our community.

Here you’ll find information from current students and academics to help you get a feel for your course and prepare you for your studies at King's. 

Watch this presentation from our latest online event for offer holders.

• Chat to current students on Unibuddy.
• Watch recordings of previous events or join upcoming offer holder events

Scholarships

• Explore funding and bursary opportunities to help support your studies.

Timetable (Academic year)

• Take a look at the overall timetable for your forthcoming academic year

Reading list

If you would like to start on some reading or explore some topics this summer here are a few  reading and  watching suggestions.

The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

Breaking And Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien"

Extra curricular course: Creative Coding

King's AI Institute video recordings: The King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence 2025 brought together the diverse community in AI at King’s College London. Below are two talks that took place

Computerphile: King's academics share their expertise in a series of videos:

Urban Informatics MSc student Raphael answers 20 questions about life at King's.

Student stories

• Jasna talks about returning to study after working for two years
• Mikolaj reflects on his summer internship at a fintech company
• Sarthak reflects on what led him to study Advanced Computing at King's
• Jasna looks at postgraduate accommodation at King's
• Shreenithi discusses being an international student at King's

• Prasoon Sharma, who studied Advanced Software Engineering in 2004, talks about how King's helped his career

Find out how AI is used to model and improve the finance industry.

In this talk, Professor Elena Simperl introduces Data Stories, a toolkit of interfaces, techniques, and experiences to bring data closer to people.

Dr Hana Chockler joins us on this episode of King’s Conversations to walk us through the intricacies of AI systems, the technical challenges of such systems, and how they’ll impact the coexistence of tech and humanity.

Past events

• In February/March 2025, King's hosted the Women in STEMM Season - a month-long celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.
• Women in STEMM: Inspiring Inclusion - Strategies that work
• In March 2023, Professors Carmine Ventre and Elena Simper led the Informatics Inaugural Lecture - it is available to watch online.
• Women in STEMM: Mind the gap - a leap towards equality is available to watch online.