Advanced Software Engineering PGDip

University of Leicester

This MSc focuses on the methodologies and technologies that address the challenges that companies are facing for competing in the volatile markets of today. It looks at how to generate applications from high-level business models to reduce time-to-market and development costs and how to evolve legacy systems and promote business processes in an economy dominated by the need to offer and integrate, on demand, new services. Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, self-paced learning and practical’s. Assessment is a mix of coursework - computer-based practical’s, essays and small group projects - and exams The compulsory 'Personal and Group Skills' module combines seminars, group discussions and collective essay writing on selected topics, as well as a series of workshops on transferable skills and career planning. Your project and, where relevant, industry placement will be assessed separately.

School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences