Master of Science in Computer Science with Professional Placement

An eighteen month master degree in computing including a professional placement, covering advanced programming, algorithms, software architecture and supervised industry practice.

For an international computing graduate the placement solves a specific problem, which is that British technology employers screen heavily on prior UK industry exposure.

Master of Science in Computer Science with Professional Placement is taught at the Birmingham City University, a UK university with degree awarding powers. Because the computer science placement master is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after the computer science placement master ends, or three years for a doctorate. To claim it after the computer science placement master you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. One limit applies to the computer science placement master as to every taught course in Britain: the rules introduced in January 2024 stop taught students bringing a spouse or children as dependants, so the computer science placement master cannot support a family move.

Entry to Master of Science in Computer Science with Professional Placement is a bachelor degree at 70 percent or above. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the computer science placement master is recorded at GBP 20,865 a year. BCU charges no application fee, so applying for the computer science placement master costs you nothing, and no scholarship is recorded against it. the computer science placement master lists five entry windows a cycle, across September and January. Apply Study Visa manages the the computer science placement master application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.