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Our Faculty tackling COVID-19

Find out more about how we are contributing to tackling the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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The safety and wellbeing of our students, staff and visitors are our highest priority. For the latest guidance and updates, visit our coronavirus information page.

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Discover your new community with the latest stories and updates on the Computer Science blog.

Computer science at Manchester

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Study computer science at Manchester and create software and hardware systems to change the way we live and work.
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Why study here?
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Careers and employability

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FSE celebrates Class of 2020

A series of virtual graduation celebrations have been held to recognise the hard work FSE's Class of 2020.
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Start of year - your questions answered

We're doing our very best to keep you updated in the lead-up to the new academic year.
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Work visa extension for international students

The recent announcement of new post-study work visas will be welcomed by many international students.
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A message for postgraduate research offer holders

A personal message to postgraduate (research) offer-holders recorded by Sarah Heath.
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University announces unique new health-AI partnership

The University of Manchester and Finland’s Aalto University have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to further health-AI research.

Research

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Themes

Our research themes help us investigate the fundamental nature of new computing paradigms and feed it around into real-world impact.
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Centres and institutes

The Department has close links and strong relationships with various research centres and institutes.
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Impact

The Department continues to build on its history of important, impactful research.

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About

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Our people

Search for the academic and support staff who make the Department of Computer Science what it is.
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History and heritage

Manchester has played a major role in the development and evolution of computing.
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Women in computer science

Hear from some of our female staff and students about why they chose computer science.

Connect

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Business engagement

We welcome new opportunities for engaging and collaborating with businesses of all shape and size.
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Social responsibility

We're committed to promoting and adhering to socially responsible values throughout the Department.
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Schools, colleges and the public

The adoption and expansion of computing among young people and the wider community is central to what we do.

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