About us

In 1957 the University of Leeds was one of the first universities in the UK to buy a computer.

This was a revolutionary development in university science and engineering, and the springboard for academic computer science in the university.

Today the School is ranked in the top 10 computing departments in the UK based on the quality of its research (latest Research Assessment Exercise); an impressive 80% of research activity rated as internationally excellent or World leading.

Our research is organised in two research institutes:

• Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Biological Systems
• Institute for Computational and Systems Science

We offer a number of undergraduate degrees in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science to Information Technology. At postgraduate level we have masters degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science plus Computing and Management in collaboration with our Business School. Our postgraduate research (PhD) students are undertaking a range of projects linked directly to the work within our two research institutes.

An Industrial Advisory Board ensures that industrial partners provide input into the ongoing development and review of our courses to ensure that our courses are inline with employer needs.

Our high research ratings mean that you will be taught our students are supervised and taught by world class academics on courses that are at the leading edge of thinking in the field. These ratings also enable us to invest in both staff and facilities.