Programme summary

Career opportunities

Courses & timetables

Admission requirements

[MComp]

9, 240 2.0
Full-time for two years or part-time for three to five years
Starts February or July
40 places
CA2270
Mt Albert campus

NZ$ 7030

International fees

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Programme summary

Develop your analytical, research, strategic planning and project management skills. Further your ability to design, plan and organise technology-based projects.

Develop the skills to undertake systematic research and solve complex applied computing problems. The Master of Computing focuses on fast-developing areas of computing including networks and security, internet and intranets, interactive multimedia, data mining and adaptive business intelligence and health informatics. Key learning objectives include designing, planning and organising technology-based projects that are produced on time, to high standards and within budget. You’ll develop your analytical, research, strategic planning and project management skills.

Highlights

• A wide choice of thesis topics and supervisors, giving you the chance to focus on an area of your interest. There’s only one compulsory course.
• Flexibility: you choose whether you want to untertake a major 120-credit research project or want to focus on coursework and do a 90-credit thesis.
• Emphasis on projects: increase your communication skills through leadership and co-operation developed on team-based projects.
• Lecturers who are experts on the cutting-edge of the discipline.
• State-of-the-art workshop labs, which you can access seven days a week.
• A combination of on-campus weekend classes and a high proportion of self-directed research. Classes are supplemented by electronic communications.
• Individual support: new postgraduate students will be enrolled by the Programme Leader and given their timetables individually.