Computing and computer technology are part of everything that touches our lives from entertainment, transport, health care, to the ways businesses and governments deal with us. Expertise in computing enables you to solve complex, challenging possibilities to a wide range of people regardless of their range of interests. Computing requires and develops capabilities in solving multidimensional problems which require imagination and the ability to analyse complex problems. This computing programme provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully pursue a career in the information and Communications Technology sector. The course allows time to discover which area of Computing the students is interested in by opening up different strands of Computing which gives the student the time needed to develop and grow in each area.

The BSc (Hons) in Computing is intended to position graduates for recruitment into positions in the areas of Data Analytics, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Web & Mobile Computing and Software Development. Demand for suitably qualified IT graduates is currently very strong and will remain so for some time. At present there is a shortage of suitably qualified people to fill a skills shortage in ICT areas, both in Ireland and internationally. Vacancies also commonly become available in organisations that have invested in IT as a key enabler of their own businesses. Given the widespread nature of computing there are opportunities in all sectors of industry including finance and insurance, technology and IT, commerce, engineering, government, education and health.