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The School of Informatics offers about 50 courses at the Master's level, grouped into the following specialist areas:

• Analytical and Scientific Databases
• Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology
• Computer Systems and Software Engineering
• Fundamentals of High Performance Computing Systems
• Geoinformatics
  
• Intelligent Robotics
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
• Learning from Data
• Music Informatics
• Natural Language and Language Engineering
• Neural Computation and Neuroinformatics
  
• Theoretical Computer Science

All successful candidates will enrol in our MSc programme in September. Full-time students spend the first 9 months participating in a series of taught modular courses, typically involving attendance at 4-6 lectures a week, with a range of additional tutorials and laboratory sessions dependent on course choice. These courses can be assessed in a variety of ways, although are likely to involve some combination of coursework assignment submissions, an end of year examination and self-conducted background reading. Students spend the final 3 months of the course concentrating on a major individual research dissertation, supported by an academic supervisor. The final dissertation contributes towards a third of your overall degree.

The course is also available part-time, over 3 years.

Flexibility is a key aspect of the degree, encouraging students to choose from a wide range of courses delivered, taught both within and outwith the Informatics subject area.