Welcome message to GLOBAL School of Computing!

The changes being brought about by the Information Society are far-reaching and global. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are playing a fundamental role in the transformation of the economy, and society as a whole. The diffusion of the Internet and new forms of E-commerce are rapidly changing ways of conducting business. The development of ICT industries over recent years has been exceptional, perhaps even unique in the history of industrial change. Technology is the heart of the Information Society. Since the mid-80s, Software companies have made a significant contribution to the development of user-friendly Information and Communication Technology, including applications. It is centred in user needs. What we need know is secure technologies and applications to ensure a broad take-up of new technologies. This will help to unlock the market potential for the Information Society.

The gap between the supply of, and the demand for skilled Computer Science professionals in Europe is huge, both in qualitative and quantitative terms. As shown in the European Information Technology Observatory report, about 500,000 job vacancies existed at the end of 1998, due to the lack of candidates with the appropriate qualifications.

GLOBAL Computing School is attempting to fill this gap with its highly competitive School committed to providing advanced level computing studies. Students develop the skills necessary to present their opinion on all aspects of Information Technology in an effective, principled and constructive way.

The aim of education in GLOBAL Computing School is to enable students to acquire specialized scientific knowledge, as well as to provide a basis for their personal, social and cognitive development.

The School maintains strong links with the IT industry and professional Computer Science related scientific associations. The School holds a unique record – the unemployment rate is zero (0) percent.

If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact, either from me or from my colleagues within the School.

GLOBAL Computing School Aims

GLOBAL’s Computing School faculty is a young, dynamic, highly competitive department committed to providing advanced level education and an educational experience that brings out the best in everyone.

General Educational Aims of the Department

The aim of education at GLOBAL’s Computing School is to enable students to acquire specialised scientific knowledge, as well as provide a basis for their personal, social and cognitive development.

The Department' s general aims are:

• to introduce students to the issues and problems associated with the design of complex-based systems.
• to develop suitable skills and experience in team work in groups, on a common task or series of tasks.
• to develop competency in the main programming paradigms, i.e. imperative, functional, relational, parallel and object-oriented, so that students have the ability to develop, with the minimum of extra effort, effective programmes in modern programming languages embodying these paradigms.
• to reinforce students’ mastery of concepts and their application to real-world problems through laboratory work.
• to develop the ability to define a problem and to chose and evaluate a solution; to specify, implement, test and document that solution.
• to develop the skills necessary to present their opinion on all aspects of computer technology in a professional, principled and constructive way.
• to integrate a practical industrial dimension into the curriculum.
• to expose students to the rich body of theory that underlies the field of computing in order to have a strong foundation on which to base lifelong learning.

Courses

In this School we focus on both the scientific and engineering aspects of computer science in teaching and research. This is reflected in our emphasis on the theoretical principles of computer science and their application to a wide range of systems.

Learning

When you choose a course from the School of Computing we will help you sharpen your analytical skills as you discover the structures underlying software, stretch your creative talents as you design new systems, and give you an understanding of the principles underlying program and system development.

We will also give you an opportunity to be involved in project work for real clients – gaining valuable experience for your future career.

Our unique undergraduate course - all you need to succeed

A degree from our School is an excellent investment for your future. It will sharpen your analytical skills, stretch your creative talents, and equip you with the technical ability you need to succeed in a computing career. You'll have the chance to learn about how computers are used to design programs and to understand cognitive abilities such as language, speech and hearing. There are chances to work in robotics, computational biology, 3D graphics and virtual reality. We can even teach you how to run your own IT-based business, or how to manage someone else's.

Stand out from the crowd

What makes us unique? We believe in giving you hands-on experience in a real professional environment. So, by the time you graduate you're more than ready for the world of work.

In the careers market, you'll stand out from the crowd. It's not unusual for our students to be offered well-paid jobs before they graduate.

BACHELOR’S DEGREE COURSE

• BSc (Hons) in Computing

Why Study Computing?

If you enjoy challenges and you are good at solving problems, then Computing is the subject for you.

Developments in Computer Science and the computing industry have changed our lives and our work - in business, banking, financial services, industry and entertainment - at a rate unparalleled in the history of human society, and the world-wide computing industry is set to continue evolving well into the twenty-first century.

Information is a core asset in the economics of the modern world, and the amount of information is doubling every six to seven years, so the skills of a Computer Scientist - the ability to control and manage computers and information, and to find computational solutions to problems - are in high and increasing demand. All recent surveys have shown a buoyant job market with a high, and growing, demand for Computer Science graduates.

Although much progress has been made in this new science, there are several classes of problem in areas such as machine learning, vision and language processing that we still cannot solve with computers - we need new computing techniques, new types of computers and new computing languages to tackle them. So there are many opportunities to explore new areas and make a very positive contribution to a dynamic and expanding science that is still in its infancy.