SCIS focuses on teaching and research in the main areas of computer science, games, electronics, robotics and multimedia.
Professor Martin McGinnity was the first Head of School (HOS) (2001-2005) and he has since moved on to become Director of the Intelligent Systems Research Centre.
[4] Students past and present have been taking part in competitions and events organised by leading software companies and industry.
The Ulster University School of Engineering (shortened to SCE) is physically located at the Jordanstown campus in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and at the Magee campus of Ulster University in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
ISRC was officially launched in May 2007 by the then Economy Minister Nigel Dodds [8] This research is in the areas of computational intelligence, neural networks, fuzzy systems, artificial intelligence, cognitive robotics, ambient intelligence, wireless sensor networks and brain computer interfacing[9] ISRC was opened in 2006 with £20 million invested by Invest Northern Ireland, ILEX and Ulster University.