MEng Software Engineering

at Edinburgh Napier University

At the start of the course you will gain familiarity and understanding of the gathering, storage, retrieval and analysis of information. This then leads on to you been taught how to identify problems and formulate solutions to the gathering, storage, retrieval and analysis of complex information

As you progress, you will develop a critical understanding of the analysis, design, development, testing, evaluation and modification of reliable, maintainable and high quality software including real-time, mobile and large scale enterprise systems

In year four, you will develop a familiarity and understanding of a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the design of effective interactive systems. At this stage you will learn to select and evaluate hardware and software to facilitate the design and implementation of software systems including the interfacing between the two.

In your final year you will develop a critical understanding of the human, social, organisational, economic, legal and technological factors which affect, and are affected by, computing.

Popular modules

Year 1

• Foundations of Software Design and Development
• Computer Systems 1
• Information Systems in Organisations
• Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
• Mathematics for Software Engineering
• Programming Fundamentals

Year 2

• Object Oriented Software Development
• Systems and Services
• Database Systems
• Software Engineering Methods
• Mobile Applications Development
• Web Technologies
• Computer Graphics
• Artificial Intelligence

Year 3

• Data Analytics
• Algorithms and Data Structures
• Software Engineering
• Group Project
• Advanced Database Systems
• Fundamentals of Parallel Systems
• Sensing Systems for Mobile Applications
• Professional Internship

 

Year 4

• Honours Project
• Management of Software Projects
• Software Architecture
• Concurrent and Parallel Systems
• Information: Society and Security
• Formal Approaches to Software Engineering

 

Year 5

• Advanced Software Engineering
• Team working
• Advanced Software Development
• Emergent Computing for Optimisation
• Advanced Software Engineering
• Data Wrangling
• Enterprise Computing

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught degrees 

IELTS (Academic)
6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

TOEFL Internet Based Test
80 overall with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing

Pearson’s Test of Academic English
56 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component

Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)
ISEII, ISEIII, ISEIV with a pass in each component

LanguageCert English language qualification
B2 Communicator Test with overall 39 or above, and 25 or above in all skills

Students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland will be invoiced the tuition fees for 3 years of their 4 years of study. Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by mainland EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here. For EU students who commenced their studies prior to 1 August 2022 or hold pre or settled status in the UK, fees will remain the same as Scottish Students.

 

If additional compulsory costs other than the tuition fees are applicable, these will be detailed in the course details.                    

 

Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here.

Career opportunities include:

• Software Engineer
• Project Manager
• Software Support Analysts
• Software Developer
• Software Tester