Course Overview

The course recognizes professionalism in developing excellent software, using industry-recognized tools and techniques in various application areas.

Completing this course will give you the knowledge, understanding, and skills to gain graduate-level employment in a wide range of private and public sector organizations. Recent graduates from our Software Engineering course have found work as software engineers (developers, designers, testers, and maintainers), software support analysts, project managers, and trainee IT consultants. Several have gained entry to prestigious management trainee programs with large employers. At the start of the course, you will gain familiarity and understanding of information gathering, storage, retrieval, and analysis. This then leads to you being taught how to identify problems and formulate solutions to the community, storage, recovery, and analysis of complex information

As you progress, you will develop a critical understanding of the analysis, design, development, testing, evaluation, and modification of reliable, maintainable, and high-quality software, including real-time, mobile, and large-scale enterprise systems.

General Eligibility

Our entry requirements indicate standard and Minimum qualifications with which we usually accept students. However, competition for places varies yearly, and you aren't guaranteed a business if you meet the minimum qualifications.

Minimum year 1

SQA Higher

Standard Entry Requirement

ABBB to include Maths.

National 5 grade C in English.

Minimum Offer Entry Requirement

BBBC or ABCC to include Maths at grade B.

National 5 grade C in English.

A Level

BBC to include Maths.

GCSE grade C/4 in English.

Irish Leaving Certificate

H2, H2, H2, H3 at Higher Level to include Maths and grade O4 in Ordinary Level English.

BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3

Minimum grades MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a related subject.

A Level grade C in Maths or equivalent.

GCSE grade C/4 in English.

BTEC (QCF) National Diploma Level 3 plus A Level

Minimum grades DD (Distinction, Distinction) and A Level Maths grade C

GCSE grade C/4 in English.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Award of Diploma with 29 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6, 5, and 5, including Maths at level 5.

Grade 4 in SL English.

T Levels

Merit - T Level with additional A Level in Maths grade B 

GCSE English grade C/4

Minimum year 2

SQA Advanced Higher

BBC to include Maths.

BB and SQA Higher BB to include Maths

A Level

BBB to have Maths.

BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3

Minimum grades DDD (Distinction, Distinction, Distinction) in a related subject.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week

Language Requirement

• IELTS (Academic)

  6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

  TOEFL Internet-Based Test

  80 overall, with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 17 in writing

  Pearson’s Test of Academic English

  56 overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

  Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))

  169 overall, with a minimum of 162 in each component

  Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)

  ISE III, ISE III, & ISE IV with a pass in each component

  LanguageCert English language qualification

  B2 Communicator Test with an overall 39 or above and 25 or above in all skills