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Master of Science in Computer Science

Learn in-demand skills and grow your Software Development career with a Master's in Computer Science from Liverpool John Moores University, a globally recognized university. Start your journey today by paying Rs.10,600/- per month.
Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with 50% mandatory. No coding experience required.

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  • Jun 29, 2022
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  • 19 Months*
    Recommended 10-15 hrs/week
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    Starting at Rs. 10,600*
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  • Instructors
  • Syllabus
  • Specialisation
  • Projects
  • Careers
  • Fees
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Program Overview

Key Highlights

  • Online Sessions + Live Lectures
  • World Class Faculty Members & Industry Experts
  • 7+ Case Studies and Projects
  • 10+ Programming Tools & Languages
  • IIIT Bangalore Alumni Status
  • No Cost EMI Option
  • Software Career Transition Bootcamp for Non-Tech & New Coders
  • Exclusive access in Data Science & Machine Learning, for free
  • Interview Preparation
  • Exclusive Job Opportunities Portal
  • High Performance Coaching (1:1)
  • E-portfolio- Showcase your expertise and skills to potential employers using an e-portfolio. Get expert advice on how to craft your stellar GitHub profile.
  • AI Powered Profile Builder
  • Just-in-time Interviews
  • Personalized Industry Sessions in Small Groups
  • Career Mentorship Sessions (1:1) with Industry Experts

Bachelor’s Degree with 50% or equivalent passing marks. No coding experience required.

Five unique specializations to choose from:
1. Full Stack Development
2. Blockchain Development
3. Cloud Backend Development
4. DevOps
5. Cyber Security

  • Top Skills You Will Learn
    Software development using languages like Java & Python & specialize in any of the mentioned fields
  • Target Audience
    IT and Technology Professionals, Project Leads and Managers in IT/Tech Companies, Data Professionals, Java & Other Coding Professionals, Testing Professionals.
  • Job Opportunities
    Software Developer/Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Blockchain Developer, Cloud Expert/Architect, Data Engineer and DevOps Engineer & much more.
  • Minimum Eligibility
    Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 50% or equivalent passing marks, and successful completion of the Executive PG Program in Software Development from IIITB. No coding experience required.
Syllabus

Best-in-class content by leading faculty and industry leaders in the form of videos, cases and projects, assignments and live sessions. 

Programming Languages and Tools Covered

Master's Degree from LJMU

Complete all the courses successfully to obtain this prestigious recognition from LJMU.

  • Learn & connect with Global Faculty from LJMU
  • Get access to complete digital library of LJMU
  • Earn a Master's degree same as on-campus degree at 1/10th the cost
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Instructors

Learn from India’s leading Software Engineering faculty and Industry leaders

Dr. Atif Waraich
Dr. Atif Waraich
Faculty - Computer Science
A Senior faculty of Engineering and Technology at LJMU who has multiple publications in the healthcare domain
Prof. Dhiya Al-Jumeily
Prof. Dhiya Al-Jumeily
Professor - Artificial Intelligence
A Senior Member of the IEEE and a Chartered IT Professional. He is a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. 
Prof. Paulo Lisboa
Prof. Paulo Lisboa
Head of Dept - Applied Mathematics
Studied mathematical physics at LU and was the chairman of Industrial Mathematics at LJMU in 1996 and Head of Graduate School in 2002
Thangaraju B
Thangaraju B
Professor
He has a Ph.D. in Physics and has published more than 60 papers on OSS and has presented 32 technical papers at national and international conferences.
Sujit Kumar Chakrabarti
Sujit Kumar Chakrabarti
Associate Professor
He has a Ph.D. from the department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. A masters from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) in measurement and instrumentation, and a BE in electrical engineering from Nagpur University.
Meenakshi D'Souza
Meenakshi D'Souza
Associate Professor
Did her Master’s in Mathematics from University of Madras, Chennai and her Ph. D. in Theoretical Computer Science from The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai.
Cheng-Han Lee
Cheng-Han Lee
Ex-Program Manager
He has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of California and rich experience working as a curriculum architect for leading technology courses at the world's largest EdTech companies.
Abhijeet Singh
Abhijeet Singh
Sr. Software Manager
He has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from IIT Roorkee and 15+ years of experience working in software companies like Informatica, CA Technologies, and Computer Sciences Corporation.
Ashutosh Shinde
Ashutosh Shinde
Engineering Manager
He has a Master's Degree in IT from IIT Kharagpur and 10+ years of experience working as a software engineer in companies like Microsoft, Samsung, Netapp, and InMobi.
Vishwanath Pattanshetti
Vishwanath Pattanshetti
Sr. System Analyst
He has 20+ years of rich experience working in the software industry for behemoths like Wipro Technologies, Hewlett Packard, and IBM.
Varun Sehgal
Varun Sehgal
Director
He is an IIT Madras alum and has worked as director at Zomato and Snapdeal. Starting from Infosys, he is now deeply rooted in new age consumer internet companies.

M.Sc. Curriculum

Best-in-class content by leading faculty and industry leaders in the form of videos, cases and projects, assignments and live sessions.

  • Preparatory Course
    • 2 weeks
  • Toolkit for Experiential Learning
    • 3 Weeks
  • Experiential Learning
    • 4 weeks
  • OOD + Software Engineering
    • 4 weeks
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
    • 8 weeks
  • Career Transition Bootcamp (Optional)
    • 8 Weeks
  • Full Stack Development
    • 28 Weeks
  • Cloud Backend Development
    • 28 Weeks
  • Cyber Security
    • 28 Weeks
  • Blockchain Development
    • 28 Weeks
  • DevOps
    • 28 Weeks
  • Computing Systems
    • 8 Weeks
  • Research Methodologies
    • 8 Weeks
  • Thesis
    • 18 Weeks
  • 500+
    Hours of Content
  • 7+
    Case Studies and Projects
  • 45+
    Live Sessions
  • 10
    Programming Tools & Language

Specialisations

You can choose any one Executive PGP specialisation, based on your interest.

  • Full Stack Development
  • Cloud Backend Development
  • Cyber Security
  • Blockchain Development
  • DevOps

  • Topics Covered

    Full Stack Development
    • 28 Weeks
    Pre-requisites
    User interfaces & Frontend Development
    Backend Development
    Software Architecture and Deployment
    Capstone Project

  • Topics Covered

    Cloud Backend Development
    • 28 Weeks
    Pre-requisites
    Distributed Systems & Cloud Databases
    Design & Development of Microservices
    Serverless Development and Deployment of Cloud-Native Applications
    Capstone Project

  • Topics Covered

    Cyber Security
    • 28 Weeks
    Pre-requisites
    Information Security and Applied Cryptography
    Network Security in Ethical Hacking
    Application Security in Ethical Hacking and Advanced Concepts in Cyber Security
    Capstone Project

  • Topics Covered

    Blockchain Development
    • 28 Weeks
    Pre-requisites
    Blockchain: Basics and Applications
    Building a distributed application on Hyperledger Fabric
    Foundations of BlockChain/ Distributed Computing and Architecting Blockchain Applications
    Capstone Project

  • Topics Covered

    DevOps
    • 28 Weeks
    Pre-requisites
    DevOps Essentials
    Web Applications at Scale
    CICD Pipeline, System Provisioning and DevOps Advanced Concepts
    Capstone Project

Disclaimer

  • - upGrad reserves the right to modify, amend or change the structure of module delivery & the curriculum, after due consensus with the University partner.

  • - The specialisation batch of Blockchain will start once in a quarter and frequency of commencement of all other specialisation courses will once every month. Learners are advised to choose their specialisation course accordingly. Please get in touch with our counsellor for more details on commencement of cohort for each specialisation in sections indicated below.

Industry Projects

Learn through real-life industry projects sponsored by top companies across industries

  • Engage in collaborative projects and learn from peers
  • Mentoring by industry experts to learn and apply better
  • Personalised subjective feedback on your submissions to facilitate improvement
  • Build a Social Q&A community like Quora
    Apply your understanding of backend and API development, Spring Boot, Swagge...
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  • Image Viewer Web Application like Instagram
    Create a rich, interactive UI for an image sharing social network like Insta...
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  • Image Uploader Project like Imgur
    Use your understanding of the Spring Boot Framework, Thymeleaf, and PostgreS...
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  • Blogging Website like Blogger.com
    Build your own personal blogging website and share your thoughts with the wo...
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  • Decentralized KYC Process for Banks
    KYC for the customers can be immutably stored and accesses from the Blockcha...
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  • Supply chain and Logistics
    This case study is based on the Reliance Group of industries and how they wo...
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  • Cloud as Platform
    Use various AWS managed services to design and develop a web application.
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  • Pharma Supply Chain
    Build a blockchain solution for pharmaceutical supply chain management to ta...
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  • Applied Cryptography
    Use cryptographic and encryption techniques for computer security.
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  • Learning Support
    Industry Expert Guidance
    • Interactive Live Sessions with leading industry experts covering curriculum + advanced topics
    • Personalised Industry Session in small groups (of 10-12) with industry experts to augment program curriculum with customized industry based learning
    Student Support
    • Student Support available all day for your convenience (24*7)
    • For urgent queries, use the Call Back option on the platform.
  • Career Mentorship Sessions (1:1)
    • Get mentored by an experienced industry expert and receive personalised feedback to achieve your desired outcome
    High Performance Coaching (1:1)
    • Get a dedicated career coach after the program to help track your career goals, coach you on your profile, and support you during your career transition journey
    AI Powered Profile Builder
    • Obtain specific, AI powered inputs on your resume and Linkedin structure along with content on real time basis
    Interview Preparation
    • Get access to Industry Experts and discuss any queries before your interview
    • Career bootcamps to refresh your technical concepts and improve your soft skills
  • Networking & Learning Experience
    • Live Discussion forum for peer to peer doubt resolution monitored by technical experts
    • Peer to peer networking opportunities with a alumni pool of 10000+
    • Lab walkthroughs of industry-driven projects
    • Weekly real-time doubt clearing sessions
  • upGrad Opportunities
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Career Transition Bootcamp

  • Learn skills to help you transition to Software Development roles (SD1, SD2, SD3, Senior Software Engineer, Senior Software Developer)

  • Personalized content basis your level of knowledge

  • Personalised Industry Session (1:1) with Industry Experts

  • Exhaustive list of Interview Questions curated from Top Companies such as Amazon, Google & Microsoft

  • Relevant for preliminary rounds of interview in Tech Companies

  • Get Data Structures & Algorithm Bootcamp Completion Certificate from upGrad

    • Career Transition Bootcamp

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    CTO
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    Average Salary Hike
    433%
    Highest Salary Hike
    400+
    Jobs Sourced
    300+
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    Personalised Industry Session
    Sessions by an industry expert for a small group of 10-12 learners with similar profiles to discuss real life applications of concepts and personalised coaching
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    High Performance Coaching
    Get a dedicated career coach to help you stay on track to achieve your career goals, coach you on your profile, and support you in your career journey.
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    Get personalised career landscaping from experts to chart out best opportunities.
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