School of Computing (Robert Gordon University) School of Computing (Robert Gordon University) The Robert Gordon University's School of Computing Science and Digital Media is one of the four schools in the Faculty of Design and Technology at The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland and offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, as well as a PhD programme. The School has been recognised as the best computer science department of any UK modern university in the Good University Guide 2009. The School's research areas include Information Retrieval and Interaction, Computer Science Education, Knowledge Based Systems, Computational Intelligence, Graphics and Imaging, and Mathematics for
Robert Gordon University in 1974, and the first professorships were introduced in 1975. In 1981, the separation of the Board of Governors and administration staff from Robert Gordon's College was completed, although the school and Institute continued to share some buildings. Beginning in the 1970s, the Institute also began to provide extensive consultancy and training for the North Sea oil industry, particularly in engineering and offshore safety and survival. Following the reforms of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, the Institute was awarded university status as "The Robert Gordon University" on 12 June 1992. The new university inherited numerous small campuses, and