UCAS code

G703

Become an expert in one of the fastest-developing and most exciting areas of computer science to help industries everywhere tackle the digital challenges of tomorrow.

AI touches nearly every industry everywhere.

It’s radically changing the way we interact with each other, process data and make decisions – and it’s evolving every day.

From commerce to healthcare, AgriTech to government, gaming to finance – innovators in computer science and AI are often at the forefront of new technological developments and already creating the solutions of tomorrow.

This degree gives you those core foundations in algorithm design, problem solving and practical programming, alongside specialist AI skills in machine learning, neural networks, and big data processing.

As a computer science student at Leeds, you’ll study in our purpose-built hub for students and academics – the Sir William Henry Bragg Building. It’s home to world-leading research and specialist teaching facilities right here on campus.

With AI transforming industries across the globe, this degree will help answer that demand and open the doors to exciting opportunities in this rapidly growing field.

Why study at Leeds:

• Globally-renowned research: This feeds directly into your course, shaping your learning with the latest thinking in everything from AI to biomedicine, algorithms to computational engineering – and beyond.
• Benefit from specialist facilities: Study in our purpose-built hub, the William Henry Bragg Building, with custom teaching labs containing high-spec Linux machines and a range of collaborative and quiet study spaces. Take a virtual tour.
• Get access to industry experts: Gain insights from experts and graduates who are shaping the future of the tech sector. Our programme of talks gives you the chance to ask questions, make connections and get inspiration for your future career.
• Gain real-world experience: Give your CV that competitive edge before you graduate with our industrial work placement opportunities. Our close industry links have given previous students the chance to work at — and build professional relationships with — organisations such as Arm, Mercedes-Benz and Lloyds Banking Group.
• Study abroad: Gain invaluable life experience and advance your personal development with our exciting study abroad programmes, spanning across universities worldwide.
• Bring your skills to life outside the classroom: Our extra-curricular activities include a 24-hour hackathon backed by industry sponsors and CompSoc, a hands-on integrated design project, the UKIEPC national programming competition hosted on campus, building a rocket with the Leeds University Rocketry Association or attending the British Computing Society’s Women Lovelace Colloquium.