MSc Informatics

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University of Edinburgh

Comments about MSc Informatics - At the institution - Edinburgh - Scotland

• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements Minimum of a 2:1 degree, or equivalent if outside the UK, in a numerate degree.
• Academic title
  MSc Informatics
• Course description
  Programme
  
  Edinburgh has a long-standing tradition of world-class research and teaching in Informatics, a discipline central to a new enlightenment in scholarship and learning, and critical to the future development of science, technology and society.
  
  The degree draws on existing academic disciplines - Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Computer Science - but it also covers emerging areas, such as Bioinformatics. This is our most popular MSc course, providing the widest range of choice of speciality. You can take full advantage of the fact that our research spans the entire field of Informatics, including some areas of expertise that are unique to Edinburgh. You will have over 50 courses to choose from, grouped into the following specialisms:
  
      * Analytical & Scientific Databases
      * Bioinformatics
      * Computational Systems Biology
      * Computer Systems and Software Engineering
      * Fundamentals of High Performance Computing Systems
      * Geoinformatics
      * Intelligent Robotics
      * Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
      * Learning from Data
      * Natural Language and Language Engineering
      * Neural Computation
      * Neuroinformatics
      * Systems Biology
      * Theoretical Computer Science.
  
  How You Will Be Taught
  
  The degree spans a full 12-month period, is modular in structure and consists of two semesters of lecture-based teaching, assessed by an examination in April. This is followed by a major individual project in a chosen area of specialisation and includes a written dissertation.

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