Program Overview
The Advanced Computing at Imperial College London is a MSc programme in Humanities over 12 months, delivered On-campus. This programme equips graduates with advanced knowledge and practical skills for professional and academic careers in the field.
Students gain a rigorous grounding in both the theoretical foundations and applied dimensions of humanities. The programme combines coursework, research components, and practical projects that develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and specialist expertise relevant to industry and research needs.
Graduates of the Advanced Computing programme are well-prepared for careers in academia, industry, government, and the private sector across United Kingdom and internationally. The programme provides an internationally recognised qualification within the Bologna higher education framework.
Key Program Features
- Duration: 12 months
- Language of instruction: English
- Study mode: On-campus
- English requirement: IELTS 6.5
- Tuition: GBP 26,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 10,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
- Location: London, United Kingdom
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Advanced Computing programme are prepared for diverse careers in humanities:
- Researcher / Academic
- Cultural Programme Manager
- Editor / Writer
- Translator / Interpreter
- Museum Curator
- Communications Specialist
Program Curriculum
Course Structure
- Advanced computer architecture
- Advanced databases
- Advanced graphics and visualisation
- Advanced issues in object-oriented programming
- Automated reasoning
- Advanced topics in software engineering
- Cognitive robotics
- Complexity
- Complex systems
- Computational finance
- Computer vision
- Computing for optimal decisions
- Custom computing
- Distributed algorithms
- Intelligent data and probabilistic inference
- Knowledge representation
- Machine learning
- Machine learning and neural computation
- Modal and temporal logic
- Models of concurrent computation
- Multi-agent systems
- Network security
- Parallel algorithms
- Performance analysis
- Program analysis
- Quantum computing
- Type systems for programming languages
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
Applicants should normally have a good first Honours degree in computer science, or a subject with a substantial computing component.
If your first degree is from a country other than the UK, you may find the guidelines within our Country Index helpful. Please note that these guidelines indicate the College minimum. Our requirement is usually higher.
The College also has a minimum English language requirement for postgraduate study.
English Proficiency: IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.
Tuition & Financial Information
Tuition Fee
GBP 26,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 10,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
Tuition fees: GBP 26,500 (Tuition (Year)) — International students; GBP 10,500 (Tuition (Year)) — EU/EEA students
IELTS requirement: 6.5
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Contact Imperial College London directly for scholarship, grant, and financial aid information for this programme. Many European universities offer merit-based and need-based funding for international and domestic students.
About Imperial College London
Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom
Imperial College London is a distinguished institution of higher education committed to academic excellence, innovative research, and preparing students for leadership in their chosen fields. The...
University Profile- Start Date 2017-10-01
- Language English
- Duration 12 months