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Pursue a Computer Science degree at Otago and shape your destiny. Opportunities span diverse fields – including machine learning, animation, gaming, software development, robotics, as well as legal, financial, and business professions.
Computer Science underpins all information technology, evolving rapidly as a dynamic and expanding discipline. It lies at the heart of modern society's functioning and will continue to do so. Professionals in this field analyze, design, and build computer algorithms and systems, with their expertise being highly sought after both in New Zealand and globally.
A global deficit of IT specialists exists, with particularly strong demand in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Otago's Computer Science alumni are making their mark worldwide across commerce, government, education, research, and media sectors, holding captivating positions such as programmers, software engineers, systems analysts, network administrators, consultants, web developers, interface designers, and database managers.
Our graduates have embarked on thrilling career paths: creating CGI films, engineering software for autonomous vehicles, coding control systems for Formula 1 cars, designing video games, and programming cutting-edge supercomputers. Others excel in medical informatics, entrepreneurship, naval weapons engineering, database analysis, and patent law.