Overview

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Develop the skills to enable you to analyse the impact of the web on business, government, law and science itself. The Web Science programme is delivered by University of Southampton.

Web Science uses multidisciplinary techniques to explore the impact of the web on all aspects of human society, from the individual right through to national and global scales.

This programme addresses two aspects of the web:

engineering techniques and technologies that are used to build it
analytical techniques from economics, psychology, law and sociology that are used to understand how it is changing society

Since the inception of the web, there have been two major developments: social and collaborative applications, and the semantic web. You will explore these through core modules, web technology and your own social and collaborative websites.

You will have the opportunity to study web technologies, such as data and knowledge representations, e-business, agents and information system design, in the context of economic theory, legal practice, linguistic analysis and sociological evaluation.

Career Opportunities

This programme provides an excellent platform for further research in either industry, the digital economy or academia.

Graduates from our MSc programme are employed worldwide in leading companies at the forefront of technology. ECS runs a dedicated careers hub which is affiliated with renowned companies like IBM, Arm, Microsoft Research, Imagination Technologies, Nvidia, Samsung and Google to name a few.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Semantic Web Technologies

The Science of Online Social Networks

Web Architecture

Qualitative Research Methods for Assessing Technology

Quantitative Methods

Project and Dissertation - Web Science

Foundations of Web Science

Further Web Science

Interdisciplinary Thinking

Computational Thinking

Innovation and Technology Transfer

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-31 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Southampton, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Web Technologies & Cloud Computing View 101 other Masters in Web Technologies & Cloud Computing in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

An upper second-class honours degree or higher (or equivalent) in any of computer science, information technology, mathematics, a social science or the humanities.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

25450 GBP / year

≈ 25450 GBP / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

9250 GBP / year

≈ 9250 GBP / year

Living costs

Southampton

United Kingdom

697 - 1093 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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Living costs

Southampton

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