Computer Science

Computer science encourages creativity and a whole range of transferable skills beyond programming skills, including problem-solving, research, technical and implementation skills. A computing degree opens up a whole range of IT careers from applications development, games design and systems analysis through to web design and development, and extends to many sectors, including hospitality, travel, retail, manufacturing, public sector and the media.                     

The Department has an extensive range of equipment used primarily for research, which is available to final year students who choose projects in these particular research areas. This includes well-equipped robotics labs and an Intelligent Systems lab for the study of robotics including humanoid robots, robots for space exploration, sea-faring robots, and terrestrial and aerial robots for visual navigation and mapping. We also have an Extended Reality lab specialising in mixed reality covering virtual, augmented realities and various motion tracking systems.

For some modules, students will have access to their own individual equipment for the duration of that module, including Arduino micro-controllers and small robotic platforms. 

The Department is home to four research groups: Advanced Reasoning Group; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Group; Intelligent Robotics Group; and Vision, Graphics and Visualisation Group. 

All groups investigate and develop techniques and applications of intelligent systems where we actively encourage close inter-group working, giving a high degree of coherence to the Department's research. 

Advanced Reasoning Group 

The Advanced Reasoning Group is well known for its ground-breaking research in knowledge representation and modelling using fuzzy-rough techniques, theory and applications of randomised search heuristics and other computational intelligence methods, as well as applications of artificial intelligence in manufacturing systems.

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Group

The Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Group conducts research in areas such as data analysis of large scale biological data, formalisation of biological data, biomedical informatics, genetics, pharmacogenomics and systems biology.

Intelligent Robotics Group

The Intelligent Robotics Group is a well-known robotics group in the UK, and part of the UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems network. The group is involved in both national and international research consortia covering a wide range of domains from land, sea, air and space as well as indoor robotics. It focuses on both software and hardware issues that are key to 'unconstrained environments'.

Vision Graphics and Visualisation Group

The Vision Graphics and Visualisation Group has diverse interests covering many aspects of visual data creation and processing, including medical image analysis and understanding; computer vision for robotics; virtual reality for Mars exploration; vision models for understanding human perception; and applications of computer vision in marine and plant biology.

Aberystwyth University offers every student the opportunity to study, volunteer or work in another country either for an academic year, a single semester, or a few weeks during your holidays.

Find more information on our Global Opportunities webpages.

Aberystwyth University prides itself on being a bilingual University. As a leading Welsh university, we are proud to offer dedicated support services and Halls of Residence for Welsh-speaking students, encouraging the sense of community and the feeling of a home away from home. Qualifying students will automatically receive the University's Welsh-medium scholarships and can also apply for Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol scholarships. Find out more about our Welsh Medium Scholarships here.