King's College London

By studying computer science at King’s, you will join a vibrant and diverse community of students and staff from all over the world, exploring fundamental scientific questions and responding to key societal challenges. You will not only be taught by world-experts in their field, but study alongside pioneering students who are researching and developing cutting-edge technologies, with many of our students going on to found start-ups. The BSc in Computer Science with Management will allow you to understand the underlying principles of a range of Computer Science and Management dimensions, including:

- Software Engineering (e.g. programming skills and technologies, as well as planning, implementation, and maintenance of large software projects).
- Algorithms and Optimisation (e.g. analysis and benchmarking of software, algorithmic techniques).
- Cybersecurity (e.g. cryptography and Information security).
- Systems Engineering (e.g. real-time and embedded systems, communication protocols, and systems-level programming).
- Foundations of Computing (e.g. programming paradigms, and computational models).
- Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (e.g., formal logic, search techniques, machine learning).
- Management essentials (e.g. principles of marketing, accounting and economics).
- Management specialisations (e.g. Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Resource Management and Business Strategy).
It will provide you with the background knowledge and skills required to become a successful professional able to work in a range of exciting roles.

Your first two years of the Computer Science with Management BSc are designed to equip you with in-depth knowledge and hands-on skills across core computer science fields, including computer systems, databases, AI, software engineering and logic. You'll become proficient in programming languages through our world-class teaching, gaining not just fluency in a range of languages but a deep understanding of programming principles. Practical hardware modules will also give you the skills to work with electronics, from circuit boards to programming microprocessors.

This is combined with a quarter of your course focusing on developing your knowledge of fundamental aspects of management, including accounting, economics and finance, and communication and marketing.

In your second and third year you can tailor your degree to your own interests, choosing from a wide range of modules including robotics, data science, information security, machine learning and human-centred computing. In management, modules cover topics ranging from business strategy to leadership to corporate social responsibility to the psychology of entrepreneurship and innovation.

A key focus of our course is on project work, applying your learning to a range of real-world problems, developing key skills and confidence for your future profession. This includes, in your second year, developing a software system as part of a team. For your third year, you can choose to tackle a project with one of our research groups or solve an industry problem, working as part of a team to develop software solutions for our partner companies who span sectors from computing and law to aviation and government.

You will also have the opportunity to transfer to the study abroad pathway and spend your 3rd year at a Partner University before returning to King’s for your final year. This depends on you reaching a certain grade average and being accepted by a Partner University.