The Department of Computing provides undergraduate and postgraduate taught and research degrees in modern areas of computing, notably Web, Mobile Application development, Information Security, Forensics, Games programming, Information Systems and Networking.
Teaching is highly rated, placing us in the top three English Computing departments and top in the North West (National Student Survey, 2012). In September 2013 the department moved to a new £16m building with state-of-the art facilities.
The Computing Department also provides services to business through our computing Enterprise Projects Team, KTPs and short courses for industry. Computing and Web students take part in real-life projects which enhance their employability, particularly in networking, web systems, and mobile application development.