- The Applied Computing Department is a young department of modest size but is successful in attracting research funding from various sources in the UK and the EU (including industry, research councils, and charitable foundations). It supports a significant range of research interest and over the last few years, the number of research students has grown steadily.
- The Department has a history of involvement in EU framework projects. More recently, University is partners in two EU FP6 funded projects: SecurePhone and BroadWan. They have been working and collaborating with many European research institutions including
- The Technical University Graz, CNUCE, Pisa, Thales, Thomson, TELENOR, RAL, Salzburg, Telephonica – Spain, Atos Origin, The University of Saarbrucken – Germany, INFORMA – Italy, and ENST – France.