Careers and employability
Computer science gives you the skills to both solve problems and implement solutions. From biology via astrophysics to psychology, from the financial industry via pharmaceuticals to the media industry, computer science is key.
If you're a software engineer and doing it right, you should never stop learning. You should always be pushing what you know, figuring out new stuff, and the pace of my learning has not slowed down at all since leaving university.
Todd Davies / BSc Computer Science Graduate
Computer science helps to solve the world's greatest challenges - from medical research, education and supporting aid work in disaster areas, to the business world and visualisation, security and transmission.
At Manchester we also focus on collaboration, leadership and teamwork, and our graduates go on to work in exciting locations around the world.
Computer technology is the fastest developing technology on the planet and computer science graduates on average are the highest earners upon graduation.