The MSc in Human Computer Interaction provides students with the tools, knowledge and skills to become practitioners in the areas of user experience, usability, information visualisation, human factors in computing systems, and human computer interaction research.
Human Computer Interaction (MSc)
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Duration1 year(s)
Tuition FeeGBP 41,791 / year(s)
Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026
Human Computer Interaction (MSc)
About
Requirements
Entry Requirements
Entry requirements
- A good 2.1 Honours undergraduate degree.
The qualifications listed are indicative minimum requirements for entry. Some academic Schools will ask applicants to achieve significantly higher marks than the minimum. Obtaining the listed entry requirements will not guarantee you a place, as the University considers all aspects of every application including, where applicable, the writing sample, personal statement, and supporting documents.
Application requirements
- CV. This should include your personal details with a history of your education and employment to date.
- personal statement (optional)
- two original signed academic references
- academic transcripts and degree certificates. Please only provide certified copies with official English translations if applicable. Do not send original documents as they cannot be returned.
For more guidance, see supporting documents and references for postgraduate taught programmes.
English language proficiency
If English is not your first language, you may need to provide an English language test score to evidence your English language ability. See approved English language tests and scores for this course.
Career
After your degree
Careers
The Human Computer Interaction (HCI) MSc modules have been developed by expert researchers who regularly publish in leading international conferences (for example, ACM CHI, UIST, InfoVis and MobileHCI).
As a result, students who complete this MSc will be at the forefront of HCI and information visualisation and have access to a range of roles in industry such as UX designers, visual analysts, interaction designers and interaction architects.
Alumni of Computer Science MSc programmes have gone on to work in a variety of global, commercial, financial and research institutions, including:
- Amadeus
- Amazon
- Atlas
- Avaloq
- Barclays Capital
- BP
- BT Openreach
- Capricorn Ventis
- FactSet
- Hailo
- Hewlett Packard
- Hitachi Data Systems
- Microsoft
- OpenBet
- Rockstar
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Sky
- Skyscanner
- Symantec
- TriSystems
The Careers Centre offers one-to-one advice to all students as well as a programme of events to assist students in building their employability skills.
Further study
The EngD programme in Computer Science is a 4-year Engineering Doctorate involving an industrial partner and incorporating a 30-week taught component and a 170-week individual research component. Students who have already completed an MSc may be able to proceed directly to the individual research component of the EngD.
Many graduates continue their education by enrolling in PhD programmes at St Andrews. The School of Computer Science is highly rated for its theoretical and practical research in areas such as:
- AI
- symbolic computation
- networking
- distributed systems
- human computer interaction
- systems engineering
The School also offers research opportunities leading to a PhD in Computer Science.
Postgraduate researchFee Information
Tuition Fee
41,791 / year(s)
Human Computer Interaction (MSc)
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom, St Andrews