MSc/PgDip Databases and Web-based Systems

As a graduate of this course you will be well equipped to work in a range of jobs such as system DBA, web designer and programmer, and data mining/data warehousing expert.

Graduates with experience of database and web-based systems are in demand in all industrial and commercial sectors. Our previous graduate have found employment with companies such as British Airways, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and many other IT companies.

Industry Links

Our links with industry include large companies (BT, Oracle, Microsoft) and local companies.

These companies engage with the University by giving guest seminars and often our students will work with them on their MSc Project.

Further Study

Many of our graduates will go on to further study in our Computer Networks and Telecommunications Research Centre (CNTR)

The CNTR undertakes both pure and applied research in the general field of telecommunications and computer networking including computer networking technologies, wireless systems, networked multimedia applications, quality of service, mobile networking, intelligent buildings, context driven information systems and communication protocols. Much of this work is funded through research grants and supported by industry. In addition, members of the group are actively involved in a range of public engagement courses which aim to raise the awareness of these subjects for the general public and in schools.

Research themes in this Centre include:

• Wireless technologies and sensor networks
• Context and location based information systems
• Intelligent buildings and energy monitoring
• Communication protocols, traffic routing and quality of service
• Network planning, traffic modelling and optimisation
• Ubiquitous and ambient technology
• Information security and computer forensics
• Public Awareness