Employers are expecting that you will have a wide range of computing skills. Many of these you will need to develop in your own time. These links provide you access to good tutorials to get you started. After that, it's practise, practise, practise!

Desktop skills

Making the most of Microsoft Word

Powerpoint

Computational skills

Excel

MATLAB

The C programming language 

Duke University (the Connected Curriculum Project)

Maple (symbolic mathematics) + more via Google

Mathematica (symbolic mathematics) + more via Google

P-Coder (A pseudocode design tool for expressing, creating and programming algorithms; also for teaching introductory programming in various languages)

CAD skills

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

SolidEdge (a free 2D drafting package from Seimens)

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