Computing for
Business and the Professions
Peter Smith
Assistant Dean For Recruitment
What You Should Know…
• Make sure that you do know when you leave
• How much City’s courses interest you
• Our international reputation in teaching and
research
• Your excellent career prospects in the short and
long terms?
• The extent of our industrial contacts and where you
can go on placements?
• Our professional but friendly approach
• City’s surroundings, facilities, accommodation,
opportunities, computer laboratories, …
City’s Computing Courses
• This year we are offering these courses:
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BSc (Hons) Business Computing Systems
BSc (Hons) Computer Science
BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Games Technology
BSc (Hons) Software Engineering
• All have the same entry requirements and first year
(so you can switch course then if you change your
mind).
City’s Unique Strengths
• Focus on Academic Excellence
• In the top 5% of universities world-wide (THE)
• One of the UK’s most financially secure universities
(no debt, over 6 months expenditure in reserves)
• World-class research with industrial focus
• Applications/places ratio twice the UK average
• Focus on the Professions
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Distinctive, professional with strong industrial links
Ranked tenth for graduate employability and salaries
Vast majority of students enter graduate-level jobs
Sector-leading industry placements: SAP, banks, BT, etc
• London – Europe’s IT Capital
What City Will Give You
• A broader computing degree for the new world
• Skills for communication & teamwork, analytical & critical thinking,
knowledge of new technologies, principles for the long-term, to
enable you to adapt
• Research-led modules in software engineering, human-computer
interaction and artificial intelligence
• Business, organisation and technical courses
• Industrial experience with placements and the Professional Pathway
• SAP Products Laboratory and Interaction Laboratory
• Supported by City’s research: expertise only we have
• CS RAE 2008: 90% international standing, 15% world leading. .
• Also leading research in City in information management, business.
Guaranteed Accommodation
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By 30th June
• Firmly accept City’s offer
AND
• Apply for accommodation
• Live outside Greater London
• Accommodation Services
• House as many as they
can
• Provide full support to all
others
The Lord Mayor’s Scholarships
• Awarded For Exceptional Academic Performance.
• The award extends over three or four years and is available
to anyone who meets the grade criteria.
• The Scholarship is a cash-back award.
• The award for Computing courses is as follows:
• A*AA - £3000 per annum
• AAA (or BTEC DDD) - £2000 per annum
• ABB - £1000 per annum
Make the Most of the Day
• We are here all day to talk to you
• Meet staff and students over lunch
• Applicants
• See our laboratories, tour our campus
• Parents
• Your own session with the team after lunch
We hope to see you in September