Welcome to the School of Computer Science
The first degree in Computer Science at St Andrews was awarded in 1971. Today, the School of Computer Science is a centre of excellence for computer science teaching and research, with staff and students from Scotland and all parts of the world. It is a member of SICSA - The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance. You can find our alumni across the world in industry and academia. The School moved into the purpose-built Jack Cole and the refurbished John Honey buildings in 2004, which we are regularly updating with new labs and new teaching spaces.
We offer BSc, MSci, MSc, MPhil, MSc (Res), PhD, and EngD degree programmes, and are active in research in the fundamentals of computer science, networking and distributed systems, artificial intelligence, human computer interaction, and software systems engineering. Part of each academic year is our Distinguished Lecture Seminar series, which is approaching its 50th anniversary in 2019.
If you are thinking about studying at St Andrews, you are very welcome to come and visit us to see for yourself. There are visiting days on Wednesdays throughout the year. If you are one of our Alumni please visit our Alumni site for alumni stories and more.
The School endorses the Athena SWAN charter and is actively working towards recognition.
News
- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
- The School of Computer Science is looking to recruit new academics as part of a large on-going expansion of our academic staff. We wish to appoint two [...]
- Associate Lecturers in Computer Science
- The School of Computer Science is looking to recruit new academics as part of a large on-going expansion of our academic staff. We wish to appoint two [...]
- PhD viva success: Yuchen Zhao
- Congratulations to Yuchen, who successfully defended his thesis yesterday. He is pictured with supervisors Dr Tristan Henderson and Dr Juan Ye, Intern [...]
- Alex Bain completes 2017 London Marathon
- Congratulations to School Manager Alex Bain, who completed the London Marathon again this year, raising funds for Guide Dogs. Alex, runner no 40807 is [...]
- MPhil viva sucess: Yunjia Wang
- Congratulations to Yunjia Wang, who successfully defended his thesis today. He is pictured with Internal examiner Dr Alice Toniolo and Supervisor Dr I [...]
- Senior Honours: Poster Presentation and Demo Session 2017
- Our talented hard working SH students from CS4099: Major Software Project and CS4098: Minor Software Project presented their posters and final year so [...]
- Hot off the press: Type-Driven Development with Idris
- A new book, Type-Driven Development with Idris has just been published by Manning Publications. Written by Dr Edwin Brady, the creator of Idris, Type- [...]
Ongoing and future events
- SACHI Seminar: Mike Hazas, Lancaster University next week
- Seminar: 30th May 2017 at 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (in Cole 1.33a) Title: Internet services, energy demand and everyday life Abstract: Over the last decade, the growth in data traffic across the Internet ha [...]
- SRG Seminar: Evaluation Techniques for Detection Model Performance in Anomaly Network Intrusion Detection System by Amjad Al Tobi next week
- Seminar: 1st Jun 2017 at 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (in Cole 1.33b) Systems Seminars Series Everyday advancements in technology brings with it novel challenges and threats. Such advancement imposes greater risks than ever on systems and servi [...]
Follow us: