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Welcome to one of the UK's leading Computer Science departments, consistently ranked in the top ten of university league tables.

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The Unistats website puts up top for our graduates achieving graduate level jobs.

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We recently won the 2011 Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Engineering Research Team of the Year.

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We now have PhD studentships for UK and EU students wishing to start a PhD in October 2012.

Latest news

New Engineering Doctorate vacancy at FERA

25th April 2012

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Don't miss the chance to work on a research project for the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA).

York Computer Science remains a top ten UK department

24th April 2012

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The Complete University Guide 2013 ranks York's Department of Computer Science in the top ten of the subject table.

Next Roundhouse Public Lecture: Professor Steve Furber

23rd April 2012

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Book your free ticket now for "The relentless march of the microchip".

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Explore our new facilities

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Watch the video tour

We're housed in the newest Computer Science facilities in the UK, purpose-built for our teaching and research.

Welcome

Head of Department, Professor John McDermid, Feb 11

Prof. John McDermid
Head of Department

Our excellence in teaching and research plus our strong industrial links make us one of the UK’s leading Computer Science departments.

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Video spotlight on postgraduate study

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New course: MSc in Cyber Security

Professor John Clark explains why the skills we teach will be in demand in the workplace.

How my MSc helped me

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James Mistry, a Software Engineer at BT, tells how his time at York prepared him for his current role, and how he is now helping current students.