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MSc in CS?

Is it possible to do a Masters in Computer Science after an undergraduate in economics or mathematics for example??

Similarly, if after the first year of a BSc in Computer Science I'd like to switch out, how easy is that to do?

Reply 1

BPreston

Very easy, I know UCL and Imperial do MSc conversion CS courses. There will be others too but those are the ones off the top off my head.

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Reply 2

Engineer2015

Yes, they're called conversion masters. Some universities in the UK have MSc for CS designed from graduates from other fields, i think ucl, imperial, bristol, brimingham, kent, newcastle and swansea all offer the MSc in CS.

Reply 3

Frank the Tankk

Yea, some unis have conversion Masters with advanced Masters for CS grads. I know that's what UCL offer (http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/students/msc_cs).

Reply 4

Kolasinac138

Original post by BPreston

Very easy, I know UCL and Imperial do MSc conversion CS courses. There will be others too but those are the ones off the top off my head.

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So if I finish with BSc Economics in LSE for example, I can do a MSc CS in UCL? Is conversion only 1 year also, by the way?

Reply 5

St Andrews CompSci

I did the one-year conversion MSc at UCL after my undergraduate degree in Economics. I enjoyed it so much that I stuck around for a PhD and am now a CS academic.

Reply 6

Kolasinac138

Original post by St Andrews CompSci

I did the one-year conversion MSc at UCL after my undergraduate degree in Economics. I enjoyed it so much that I stuck around for a PhD and am now a CS academic.

Awesome!

What made you switch may I ask?

Reply 7

St Andrews CompSci

Original post by Kolasinac138

Awesome!

What made you switch may I ask?

My favourite parts of my economics degree were to do with resource allocation and telecommunications pricing. Both of which are directly applicable to computer networks, and so I wanted to learn more about this through a CS degree. Thus I don't really think that I "switched"; rather I have applied economics to computer science. The great thing about computer science is that a lot of it involves other disciplines (e.g., physics, maths, biology, economics). So it is hard to get bored.

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St Andrews CompSci

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Reply 9

Natkin

Original post by St Andrews CompSci

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