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Queen's University Belfast MSc Software Development
Queen's University Belfast

MSc Software Development

Belfast, United Kingdom

1 Years

English

Full time

30 Jun 2025

Sep 2025

GBP 25,800 *

On-Campus

* international fee

Key Summary

    About: The MSc Software Development program focuses on equipping students with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary for a career in software development. The course typically provides hands-on experience with industry-standard tools and methodologies, ensuring students are ready for the workforce.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates of this program can explore various career opportunities, such as software developer, systems analyst, and software engineer. Other potential roles include project manager or IT consultant, allowing flexibility in career pathways based on individual interests and skills.

Introduction

The MSc in Software Development is designed in collaboration with industry to provide a year of intensive education in software development and is specifically designed for graduates of non-computing disciplines. It has an extremely high graduate employability rate and is the highest-rated MSc computing course for student satisfaction in the UK.

Course content

You will learn the foundations of computing and acquire industry-relevant skills. These core skills include programming, databases, web development, software engineering and problem-solving. You need no computing background at all to do this course, but on successful completion, you will be equipped with the technical, analytical and professional skills required to take on a range of roles in the computing industry.

The curriculum was designed and is continually reviewed in collaboration with significant industrial partners, who helped ensure the most relevant module content. This helps ensure that our graduates are highly trained and much sought after by employers.

Who will be teaching you

Many of the course teaching teams have worked in the computing industry and have particular research specialisms in developing novel and effective methods for teaching computing. Several of the team have been awarded student-nominated teaching awards for their work.

Please note:

Applications for this course received after 12th August 2022 may not be accepted. In addition, a deposit will be required to secure a place.

Software Development Highlights

This course is also available for part-time study. Search our course listings for more information.

Industry Links

  • Alongside the core course curriculum, students are also encouraged to take part in a series of Employment and Professional Skills Workshops, which run at regular intervals during the year. The workshops cover CV writing, Technical Interview Technique, Assessment Centres, etc. and later involve events to allow students to network with representatives from some of the largest employers in the Software Development sector in Belfast. Students get the opportunity to mix with a diverse industrial group, ranging from testers and developers up to senior managerial level staff. Students also have the opportunity to get involved in other industrially sponsored events such as hackathons etc.

Career Development

  • The School has a team of staff specifically dedicated to the development of student employability skills alongside technical capabilities. They provide a range of services to help students gain employment during the course, eg one-on-one CV advice and mock job interviews etc.

World-Class Facilities

  • Most of the lectures and lab-based activities are in our Computer Science Building opened in 2016 after a £14 million re-development. The four-storey, 3,000m2, state-of-the-art facility has large well-equipped computing labs and formal and informal student spaces which support a high level of group and project work.

Student Experience

  • The course is the highest-rated for the overall student experience Computing Master course in the UK (2019). This includes excellence in student experiences in the quality of teaching and learning, student engagement, quality of assessment and feedback, organisation and management, learning resources and careers and employability.
  • The course encourages a hands-on approach to learning, with an emphasis on learning by doing. We provide videos of lecture content and continually offer you opportunities to gauge your progress in each module through self-assessments and practical activities and challenges.
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