Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
[6] Between 1987 and 2006 students started studies on a four-year (undergraduate) MEng in Engineering and Computing Science (now discontinued).– the Oxford term for a PhD) working across a wide range of subjects in computer science and software engineering.[citation needed] After fifty years within the department, the Numerical Analysis group moved in 2009 to be part of the university's Mathematical Institute.[19] The first director, Leslie Fox,[20][21] was appointed in 1957 and the following year the department moved into its first home, 9 South Parks Road.[26] After Strachey's untimely death in 1975, Tony Hoare took over leadership of the PRG in 1977 until his retirement in 1999 and introduced a computer science undergraduate degree programme at Oxford.