Welcome to the Department of Computing
The Department of Computing conducts internationally acknowledged research, education and technology transfer in computing, with some bias towards software engineering, intelligent systems and computational methods, agents and business systems engineering. We are concerned with the development and application of principles, methods, techniques and tools for the construction of computing systems and with the improvement of business processes through the application of IT.
The Department is home to around 600 full and part-time students and offers a distinctive and wide portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
The undergraduate portfolio includes BSc courses in Computer Science (with specialisations in Games Technology, Music Informatics, Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Systems), Business Computing Systems, Information Systems and Software Engineering.
The postgraduate portfolio includes MSc degrees in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Software Engineering, e-Business Systems, and Business System Analysis and Design.
Most students on undergraduate courses spend periods on professional placements organised through strong departmental links with a wide range of companies, particularly those in the City of London. Graduates of both undergraduate and masters courses are highly employable, and a high percentage of our masters students are originally recruited through companies employing our graduates.
The Department uses a mixed network of Sun servers, Apple Macs and Intel PCs running Unix, Linux and Windows XP. Students have free access to these facilities. Most course materials are online and available through the teaching web site
Latest news
Retail Decisions and City University London advance Neural Technology Retail Decisions (ReD), a card issuer and a world leader in card fraud prevention and payment processing is pleased to announce a new research and development project in conjunction with City University London, the UK’s leading research centre in neural computing. The project will focus on enhancing and advancing ReD’s neural technology PRISM®.
City wins major European grant on SLA management The Software Engineering Group within The Department of Computing gets a large European grant (SLA@SOI) to investigate the empowerment of emerging Software Service intensive economies with service level management and e-contracting infrastructures.
City University London ranks fifth amongst the UK’s top universities offering graduates the best prospects following their studies, according to The Times Good University Guide 2008. In a climb of seven places from last year, City is now positioned ahead of Oxford and behind only Cambridge, Imperial, LSE and Robert Gordon universities for its graduate employability. The Times also singles City out for its substantial rise in the overall table, climbing 17 places to joint 40th.
City releases 'Developing the Future' report in conjuction with Microsoft Developing the Future 2007 report finds great potential but considerable challenges for the future of the UK Economy
Internships in industry for masters students We offer you an unrivalled opportunity to gain six months of professional IT experience as part of your masters degree. Find out more.