I’m incredibly proud to confirm I have graduated with a Master’s Degree in Computing (MEng) with First Class Honours!

Tossing my graduation cap

Whilst I was over the moon with this achievement in itself, my graduation ceremony came with an additional surprise when I was presented the award for “Best Overall performance by a Final year Student on a 4 Year Degree in the College of Science Department of Computer Science”.

Award certificate

Award presentation

Overall, I achieved an average grade of 81.9% across all modules over my 4 year course, achieving at least a first (70%+) in all modules, which included:

  • Programming 1+2 (Java)
  • Professional Issues 1+2
  • Concepts of Computer Science 1+2 (Assembly)
  • Modelling Computing Systems 1+2
  • Declarative Programming (Haskell, Prolog)
  • Software Engineering 1+2 (Java)
  • Database Systems (SQL)
  • Algorithms (Java)
  • Concurrency (Java)
  • Data Representation, Markup Languages & Web Services (Java, Js, PHP, RESTful APIs)
  • Computer Graphics (Java)
  • Web Application Development (C#, HTML, CSS, Js, AJAX, ASP.NET MVC)
  • Advanced Object Oriented Programming (Java, C++)
  • SE Project Implementation & Dissertation (C++)
  • SE Project Specification & Development (C++)
  • SE Project Planning & Management
  • Cryptography & IT-Security (Java)
  • Big Data & Machine Learning (MatLab)
  • Software Testing
  • High Performance Computing (C/C++)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (MatLab)
  • Operating Systems & Architectures (C++)
  • Software Team Project (C#, RESTful APIs)
  • Software Delivery Project (C#, Unity)
  • Data Visualization (C++)
  • Graphics Processor Programming (OpenGL, OpenCL, C++)

The 4 years I spent at Swansea University were a blast, and I look forward to applying the many skills I’ve learned as I transition to the professional world of Software Development!