Software Engineering
For engineers who intend to own architecture, not only implementation.
- MSc
- Online
- Full & part-time
- Project-based
The programme.
The MSc Software Engineering equips practising and aspiring engineers with the skills to thrive in a technology landscape that changes faster than most curricula. It is delivered online, in full-time and part-time formats, so the cohort can keep working.
The degree is aimed one level above day-to-day implementation: architecture, distributed systems, reliability, and the engineering-management judgement that decides whether a system survives its second year.
Assessment is project-based throughout. Students ship working systems and defend the design decisions behind them.
What you study.
3 terms. Online.
- Advanced Programming and Design Patterns
- Software Architecture
- Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis
- Research Methodology
- Distributed Systems
- Cloud-Native Engineering
- Software Quality, Testing and Reliability
- DevOps and Continuous Delivery
- Secure Software Engineering
- Engineering Management and Team Leadership
- Applied Machine Learning for Engineers
- Capstone Project
Getting in.
- A recognised bachelor's degree, ordinarily in computing, engineering or a quantitative discipline.
- Applicants from other backgrounds with demonstrable engineering experience are considered.
- An interview with our programme team.
What it costs.
- On applicationConfirmed with our admissions office.
Confirmed with our admissions office
Where it leads.
- Senior and staff software engineering
- Software and solutions architecture
- Engineering management
- Platform and reliability engineering leadership
Related programmes.
Other routes in the same faculty, or at the same level.
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