DPT: Computer Science and Mathematics (BSc Hons) (UTCMPMA)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Please note that all students must pass Informatics 1 - Introduction to Computation INFR08025 (INF1A), and Informatics 1 - Object Oriented Programming INFR08029 (INF1B) before they are allowed to progress into Year 2 of this degree.

Compulsory courses

Informatics 1 - Introduction to Computation

Must be passed

Informatics 1 - Object Oriented Programming

Must be passed

Introduction to Mathematics at University

Must be passed

Introduction to Mathematical Analysis

Must be passed

Linear Algebra 1

Must be passed

Course options

Calculus and Algebra for Informatics MATH07005 (CAFI) is required for students with Higher Mathematics only, or Advanced Higher less than Grade A, or A-level Mathematics less than grade A, or equivalent. It is not recommended for students with A-level Mathematics at Grade A*, or SQA Advanced Higher at Grade A, or equivalent.

Calculus and Algebra Fundamentals for Informatics

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Compulsory courses

Informatics 2 - Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures

Must be passed

Informatics 2 - Foundations of Data Science

Must be passed

Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations

Must be passed

Probability

Must be passed

Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics

Must be passed

Course options

These are courses in all Schools other than Medicine, or the Centre for Open Learning.

Some Mathematics courses are prohibited for Informatics students, including: Fundamentals of Algebra and Calculus (MATH07004), Introductory Mathematics with Applications (MATH07003) and Introduction to Data Science (MATH08077).

As a transitional arrangement for 2025-26 only, students in year 2 are also not permitted to take courses Introduction to Mathematics at University (MATH08078), Introduction to Mathematical Analysis (MATH08081), Linear Algebra 1 (MATH08079) and Calculus and Algebra Fundamentals for Informatics (MATH07005), unless being taken with explicit permission to compensate for points dropped on compulsory maths course in their first year."

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Before making your course choices make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Some third year courses are prerequisites for specific fourth year courses, you are advised to consider your plans for fourth year when making your course choices.

Students who are members of Edinburgh University Formula Student may request a concession from the School Curriculum Approval Officer (SCAO) to replace System Design Project INFR09032 (SDP) with Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 10) INFR10084 (IEL-10). Please contact your Student Support Team to gain approval from the IEL-10 Course Organiser, confirming your eligibility for that course, and they will then pass to the SCAO.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Students may not take both INFR09032 System Design Project and INFR09053 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Project

System Design Project

Informatics Large Practical

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Project

AND

These are Artificial Intelligence courses open to third-year undergraduate students.

Computational Cognitive Science

Foundations of Natural Language Processing

Machine Learning

Automated Reasoning

Introduction to Mobile Robotics

Speech Processing (Hons)

AND

These are Computer Science courses in both semesters open to third-year undergraduate students on Computer Science joint degrees.

Algorithms and Data Structures

Software Testing

Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science

Elements of Programming Languages

Compiling Techniques

Computer Security

Computer Communications and Networks

Computer Architecture and Design

Operating Systems

Introduction to Databases

Machine Learning

Modelling Concurrent Systems (Level 10)

Introduction to Mobile Robotics

AND

These are courses in all Schools other than Medicine, Veterinary Studies, or the Centre for Open Learning, and include courses normally taken by fourth-year students. In the case that this DPT option is chosen, you are advised to obtain permission to take the course from the Course Organiser, and have the course choice approved by your student support team.

AND

Professional Issues (Level 10)

AND

Stochastic Modelling (Undergraduate)

Combinatorics and Graph Theory

Geometry

Statistical Methodology

Numerical Linear Algebra

AND

Financial Mathematics

Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications

Introduction to Number Theory

Linear Programming, Modelling and Solution

Statistical Computing

Applied Statistics

Metric Spaces

Classical Mechanics for Mathematicians

AND

Honours Differential Equations

Honours Complex Variables

Honours Analysis

Honours Algebra

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Group A is for students undertaking their Honours Project in Informatics, Group B is for students undertaking their Honours Project in Mathematics.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Honours Project (Informatics)

AND

These are Informatics courses at level 10 or 11 open to fourth-year undergraduate students.

Algorithms and Data Structures

Computational Cognitive Science

Software Testing

Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science

Elements of Programming Languages

Compiling Techniques

Computer Security

Computer Communications and Networks

Computer Architecture and Design

Computing in the Classroom

Foundations of Natural Language Processing

Operating Systems

Introduction to Databases

Informatics Experiential Learning (Level 10)

Machine Learning

Modelling of Systems for Sustainability

Modelling Concurrent Systems (Level 10)

Introduction to Mobile Robotics

Human-Computer Interaction (Level 11)

Distributed Systems (Level 11)

Secure Programming

Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers

Principles and Design of IoT Systems

Computational Neuroscience

Advanced Database Systems (UG)

Algorithmic Game Theory and its Applications (UG)

Automatic Speech Recognition (UG)

Introduction to Modern Cryptography (UG)

Parallel Programming Languages and Systems (Level 11) (UG)

Quantum Cyber Security (UG)

Text Technologies for Data Science (UG)

Usable Security and Privacy (UG)

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (UG)

Computer Graphics: Rendering

Computer Graphics: Geometry and Simulation (UG)

Applied Cloud Programming (UG)

Simulation, Analysis, and Validation of Computational Models

Programming for Data Science at Scale

Introduction to Quantum Computing

Computer Vision (UG)

Machine Learning Systems (UG)

Advanced Topics in Machine Learning (UG)

Speech Processing (Hons)

Logic, Computability and Incompleteness

AND

If you select Honours Project (Informatics) INFR10044, you are not permitted to also take Project in Mathematics (Double) MATH10031.

Stochastic Modelling (Undergraduate)

Mathematical Biology

Commutative Algebra

Theory of Statistical Inference

Essentials in Analysis and Probability

Applied Stochastic Differential Equations

Fundamentals of Operational Research

Combinatorics and Graph Theory

Geometry

General Topology

Group Theory

Linear Analysis

Statistical Methodology

Numerical Linear Algebra

Entrepreneurship in the Mathematical Sciences

Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians

Statistics in Education

Introduction to Lie Groups

Topics in Noncommutative Algebra

Quantum Information

Theory of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations

Further Complex Variables

Differential Geometry

Category Theory

Classical Field Theory

Fluid Dynamics

AND

Financial Mathematics

Fourier Analysis

Numerical Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications

Multivariate Data Analysis

Introduction to Number Theory

Linear Programming, Modelling and Solution

Algebraic Topology

Galois Theory

Advanced Methods of Applied Mathematics

Statistical Computing

Applied Statistics

Metric Spaces

Classical Mechanics for Mathematicians

Algebraic Geometry

Geometry of General Relativity

Applied Dynamical Systems

Interactions in Algebra, Geometry, and Topology

Numerical Partial Differential Equations

Analytic Number Theory

AND

As a transitional arrangement for 2025-26 only, students who planned to take MATH10063 Mathematics Project (20 credits) in this box will be permitted to do so.

Probability, Measure & Finance