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- MSc CSML
- MSc CGVI
- MSc FRMan
- MSc FRM
- MSc FSE
- MSc HCIErg
- MSc ISec
- MSc ML
- MSc NCS
- MSc SSE
- MSc Web Sci BDA
- MRes Web Science
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- MSc Computer Science
- MSc Financial Computing
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Facilities

Computing Equipment and Support

Located in the custom-built Malet Place Engineering Building in Bloomsbury, the department has its own dedicated support team and operates its own extensive and regularly updated computer system. This system is a distributed workstation environment comprising of more than 500 workstations and servers connected through a series of 100/1000 Mbps, Ethernet-based, local area networks. Of these approximately 120 are currently available to undergraduate and graduate taught students.

All facilities are accessible over the local area networks which in turn are connected to a UCL-wide, high bandwidth backbone network which supports wide-area video conferencing and data networks. Computer science students also have access to the UCL central computer systems.

Labs and Lecture Theatres

All of the workstations in our computer laboratories run SUN Solaris, Linux and Windows XP/7. The workstations are supported by a series of powerful file-servers and compute-servers and students also have access to high-quality printing facilities.

Each seat in our state of the art lecture theatres is networked and has a power point so you can access the lecture materials online during the lecture and make your own electronic notes.

Educational Stock Trading Floor

The department is home to the largest Educational Stock-Trading Floor in London, which recreates the excitement of a trading floor in an investment bank and provides invaluable hands-on experience in a dynamic environment.

Real-time data feeds from major exchanges are displayed on terminals and wall screens, and industry-standard software packages are used to provide the best possible introduction to Investment Banking IT.

Virtual Reality Laboratory (The CAVE)

We also have specialised machines such as the SGI Prism computer, which is used to control a Trimension Systems ‘Reality Cube Tracked environment’, (Virtual Reality Room), and several clusters with a total of 320 processors. See an example experiment using the CAVE below.

Additional UCL and University of London Facilities

UCL's Central London campus hosts a vast amount of facilities and resources for students.

Some of the facilities available include:

UCL Library - With over two million books, 15 specialist Libraries, (including the Science Library next door to the Department), UCL Library Services provides access to a vast range of resources across all degree subjects.
Computer and IT Facilities - In addition to the computing facilities in the department, our students also have access to UCL main cluster rooms, wireless network, helpdesks, and 150+ generalist and specialist software packages.
Sports Facilities -The Bloomsbury Fitness Centre, located on the main campus, houses a variety of equipment – treadmills, cycle machines, crosstrainers, fixed resistance machines, for example – with places for 60 users at any one time. The centre also includes two squash courts, a dance studio and martial arts Dojo and offers weekly fitness classes. UCL also has outdoor pitches and courts in Shenley, Hertfordshire. With provision for rugby, football, netball, lacrosse and cricket, there is a free bus service on match days.
Bloomsbury Theatre - UCL has it's own 530 capacity theatre which is owned and run by the university. It hosts professional performances – often focusing on innovative and unusual productions – including stand-up comedy, drama, dance and music.
Museums - Our location in London is a 5 minute walk away from The British Museum, The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, The Grant Museum of Zoology, as well as the UCL Geology Collection, the Institute of Archaeology Collection, the Galton Collection of scientific instruments, the Ethnographic Collections of material culture and the UCL Art Collections.

As one of the founding members of the University of London, UCL students also have access to University of London Facilities such as:

ULU Student Union building , with it's shops, bars, cafes, and sports facilities including a 33m swimming pool, (30 seconds walk away).
Senate House University of London Library

Take a Virtual Tour

UCL makes lots of information available on the web, including 360 degree tours of student accomodation, lecture theatres, laboratories, and other facilities.

You can view all of this media on an interactive map of the campus and surrounding area at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prosp-students/access/virtual-tour/ .

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Department of Computer Science, UCL (University College London)
Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Phone: 020 7679 7214 (+44 20 7679 7214)
Fax: 020 7387 1397 (+44 20 7387 1397)