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University of Greenwich traces its roots to 1890, when Britain’s
second polytechnic was opened near the Thames at Woolwich
to teach practical and commercial skills to London workers.
An innovator from the start, the polytechnic pioneered the
country’s first part-time day-release and sandwich courses.
Over the years a range of specialist organisations have joined
the institution, giving it diverse strengths in subjects such
as teacher training, architecture, engineering and history.
The name Thames Polytechnic was adopted in 1970. The University
of Greenwich was awarded university status in 1992.
The university has three campuses: Avery Hill, in the south-east
London district of Eltham; Greenwich, in the historic London
borough; and Medway, which is in Chatham Maritime, Kent.
The university is proud of its diverse student body. People
from more than 100 countries choose to study at Greenwich,
part of an international student community of 4,000. Students
benefit from a research environment where staff share their
expertise and specialist facilities. The university sets high
standards for teaching quality and provide professional training
opportunities for all the lecturers.
The School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
offers a wide range of undergraduate degrees in Computing,
Business IT, Mathematics, Digital Media, Networking, Games
Development, Software Engineering, Information Systems and
combinations of these. It also has new programmes in Computer
Security & Forensics, Embedded Systems, Film & TV
Production and Financial Maths, as well as new MEng degrees
in Software Engineering and Networking. For postgraduates,
CMS has MSc programmes in Networking, Mobile & Distributed
Computing, Information Systems, Data Mining and e-Commerce.
We also have new programmes in Computer Forensics, Systems
and Cinematography.
Both the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes
are underpinned by the the university’s 'world-leading'
research.
The research section of the School of Computing & Mathematical
Sciences comprises over 30 academic and 60 research staff
based in Queen Mary Court in the heart of the Greenwich Campus.
Members of the school regularly organise and give talks in
conferences in areas such as Fire Safety Engineering, Computational
Mechanics, Aeroacoustics, Autonomic Computing, Expert Systems
and Network Optimisation. The research section was rated 'world-leading'
by an independent panel of experts in RAE 2008. It has gained
accolades for addressing practical and important real-life
problems: the Fire Safety Engineering Group won the EU-sponsored
European IST (Information Society Technologies) Prize in 2003,
the Queen's Anniversary prize in 2002 and the top award at
the British Computer Society (BCS) IT Awards in 2001 for its
EXODUS software: its work combines sophisticated mathematical
modelling with advanced software engineering.
The CMS School also offers a number of its degree programmes
off-campus at approved centres around the world. Students
who study off-campus will receive the same degree award bestowed
by the University of Greenwich as for students who study on
campus at Greenwich. Students have full access to University
on-line services including journals, on-line learner resources
include lecture presentations and tutorials, web site support
and discussion forums. The School also has regular visits
to each approved centre to ensure the quality of delivery
at the approved centres.
Official Website: University of Greenwich
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