Computer Science

Join our Computer Science team at Waikato, leaders in AI, big data, and cyber security. Innovate with us and make an impact from day one.

Why study Computer Science?

There’s never been a better time to study computer science. Our students are inspired by some of the sharpest minds, who are leading cutting-edge research on some of the most pressing challenges and exciting opportunities of our times.

Our Computer Science team is on the cutting edge of AI and big data with renowned expertise in machine learning – universities around the world use our resources and our research to guide their teaching. We’re also forging new frontiers in cyber security to keep people’s data safe, as well as working with communities to bring content, like historical records, to life, using our open source digital library system called Greenstone.

We're proud to be recognised among the best in the world with a current top 400 QS world ranking, and we're passionate about enabling our students to be solving real-life problems from day one.

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At Waikato, we know technology has the power to improve our world. We're working with the people, for the people, every day.

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With a focus on designing and developing bespoke software, Company X needs a team of ‘software specialist superheroes’. That’s why the firm makes a point of hiring a large number of University of Waikato alumni.