Mathematics and Computer Science with a Year in Industry BSc (Hons)

Overview

Mathematicians and computer scientists are amongst the most highly-prized graduates today.

On this programme, you will divide your studies more or less equally between the two subjects, studying modules from Mathematics and Computer Science.

Why this subject?

Learn from leading experts in a culture of research excellence

The Department is a Centre of Excellence with respect to teaching and research. The latest Research Excellence Framework rated 97% of our research outputs as being world-leading or internationally excellent, the highest proportion of any computer science department in the UK.
With our close industry partners, and our Russell Group status, we enjoy strong funding from a mixture of European, national and industrial sponsors, providing a balanced portfolio of activity that feeds back into teaching. This helps us ensure our programmes go beyond the practical application of the subject to inspire you about the possibilities of computer science. Thanks to our industry partnerships, we can inject a significant practical element into your degree programme, including project work, placements and career workshops.

Put your learning into practice through industry experience

We offer options of a year in industry, industrybased projects, summer internships and work placements outside study time. You can also take part in the Microsoft IT Academy Programme and qualify for Microsoft certification in Network and IT Systems Administration, Software Development, or Database Administration.

Career prospects

Computer science graduates are among the highest-earners globally: there is a huge demand from industry for computer programmers, data scientists, artificial intelligence researchers, systems analysts, software engineers, technical consultants and web developers. In 2016, six out of the 10 best performing global companies had a focus on information technology.

Over 90% of Liverpool’s computer science graduates go onto well-paid graduate jobs and careers such as: computer programmer; software developer; systems analyst; software engineer; technical consultant; web designer.

Recent employers

• BAE Systems
• BT
• Guardian Media Group
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Siemens
• Unilever.

Postgraduate opportunities

We offer both taught and research MSc programmes leading to the degrees of MPhil and PhD. These draw on staff specialisms within the Department’s two main pillars of research, ‘Algorithms’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence’. The focused research groups that are underpinned by these pillars are recognised internationally for their research excellence, and have strong links with institutions both in the UK and abroad.