Department of Computer Science

Study computer science at Reading for the chance to connect with top technology companies and enhance your employability.

Gain specialist data science skills with our MSc Data Science and Advanced Computing. This course provides expert teaching, strong links with industry and flexible study options.

We offer a lively PhD programme of pure and applied research. We focus on computational vision, big data analytics, learning technology and sociotechnical systems, and computing in environmental sciences.

The Department of Computer Science hosts dedicated computing labs, an immersive virtual reality system and a big data computing cluster.

Read our undergraduate student stories to find out what it's like to study in the Department of Computer Science at Reading.

Our experts are active in research covering computing for environmental science, machine learning, data mining, big data analytics, and more.

Working with our Department gives you access to dedicated computer science students as well as our wealth of academic expertise.