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 University, The Ohio State University and The College of William & Mary). However, current university branding typically leaves it out although it is still used for graduation. The coat of arms derives from the one issued by the Lord Lyon King of Arms (the state official responsible for heraldry in Scotland) to Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology in 1982, which in turn derives from that first used in 1881 by the governors of Robert Gordon's Hospital when it became Robert Gordon's College. The arms consist of a shield only and are used infrequently, usually at formal occasions such as graduation,