About the course

Computer Science is a complex and wide-ranging subject, and includes the study of computation theory, the design of systems and artificial intelligence. On this broad-based course, you focus on the essential areas and build your practical skills, before taking on a specialism and graduating into a rewarding career in your chosen field.

The course shares its first year with our other related BSc degrees to give you a foundation in the subject while providing a platform for specialist study in the second and third years. You concentrate on essential areas such as systems architecture and security while acquiring practical skills in programming, modelling and software development. You then focus on a chosen specialist area for your final stage project.

This course is accredited to the British Computer Society (BCS), the Chartered Institute for IT. You also have the opportunity to study for the AWS Cloud Foundations certification.

Why choose this course?

• Develop your practical skills in a variety of programming languages
• Explore the latest developments in artificial intelligence
• Benefit from studying with highly qualified specialists in dedicated laboratories
• Work in the University’s recently built STEM building with dedicated computing environments as well as direct access to specialist biometric, robotic and computer graphic equipment
• Challenge yourself as you decide which specialist area you would like to focus on
• Take the course over four years and include a fee-free year in industry (see below), building your experience and making contacts for the future
• If you need to step up into higher education, start with a Foundation Year (see below) which guarantees your place on the degree course

Reasons to study in the School of Computer Science and Technology

• Specialist computing suites in our £40m STEM building
• Our computing courses are BCS and IET accredited
• Dedicated engineering environments & equipment in our new STEM building
• Our Engineering courses are IET accredited