Course summary

Computer Science is an exciting and rapidly evolving subject that affects every area of our lives. A deep understanding of computing puts you in a great position to influence the future as well as opening up excellent employment prospects and well-paid careers. At Kent, we teach you the fundamentals of computer science as well as giving you the opportunity to specialise in areas of your choice in your final year. Our excellence in teaching is underpinned by our research; we are an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research as well as being experts in programming languages and artificial intelligence. We give you lots of support via peer mentoring, web forums as well as study skills services to help you fulfil your potential. Choose to study a Computer Science degree at Kent because:

• We lead cutting-edge research in cyber security, artificial intelligence and programming languages

• Our graduates have excellent career prospects. Recent graduates have gone to work at companies including BT, The Walt Disney Company, Microsoft, IBM and HSBC

• You can add a year in industry after the second year, giving you work experience, a salary and the possibility of a job with the same company after graduation

• You can take advantage of the fantastic resources in ‘The Shed’, our creative makerspace

• This programme has full CITP and partial CEng accreditation from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

• You can join ‘TinkerSoc’, a student-run society for those who enjoy making things

• Computer Science at Kent was ranked 8th for research intensity and scored 87% overall in The Complete University Guide 2022

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