MSc Computer Science

Student Experience

What’s it like to earn a Computer Science master’s degree with Heriot-Watt University?

When you enrol in Heriot-Watt University’s MSc Computer Science, you’re joining a global community, with 27,000 other current students and more than 166,000 alumni across 190 countries.

Over one-third of our students come from outside the UK, and in addition to our global community of 6,000 online learners, we have campuses in Edinburgh, the Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia. Even if you live in a different part of the world, or need to balance your studies with life and work commitments, our online learning programmes are designed to provide an engaging, exciting student experience.

This fully online programme has been designed to provide a flexible learning experience that lets you build a strong community of like-minded individuals. As busy professionals, you’ll work together to acquire the skills and knowledge for a world-class degree, fitting your studies around your existing commitments without having to take a career break.

We use a range of asynchronous learning activities, including webinars, workshops and lectures, allowing you to complete your studies at the time of day that suits you best. You can chat and ask questions with academics and peers through discussion forums, and you can also choose to join optional live events, webinars, tutorials and masterclasses to connect with your tutors and classmates.

We’ll support you every step of the way, through our wraparound student services, scheduled office hours with academics, and teaching assistants ready to help you on our monitored discussion forums.

Device and systems requirements:

• A laptop or desktop computer with any of the following operating systems: Windows 10 or newer, MacOS 10.15 or newer, ChromeOS

• A webcam and microphone (either built-in or connected to your computer)

• The ability to access Google Chrome browser

• A stable internet connection