Course Overview

Studying Computer Science will take you from learning practical computing skills in programming, data management, hardware, and networking to understanding and developing software solutions for many of the new challenges facing today’s computer-dominated world, such as safe online shopping, computer graphics, mobile app development, and artificial intelligence.

The course is taught in dedicated labs, with high specification, regularly refreshed PCs and Macs. We also provide remote access to most of the software used, and agreements with software vendors also allow you to download most of it to your own machines.

The Department is home to the Informatics Centre: a software development team where students are employed to work on commercial projects.

Students can also opt to add a year in industry (sandwich year) between Years 2 and 3.

General Eligibility

Typical Entry:

112

UCAS points

GCE A Level:

112 UCAS points from GCE A Levels or equivalent. Typical offer - BCC/BBC.

BTEC:

BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM

BTEC Diploma: D*D*

T Level:

Merit

Irish/Scottish Highers:

Irish Highers - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4

Scottish Highers - BBBB

International Baccalaureate:

26 points

Access requirements:

Access to HE Diploma, to include 45 credits at level 3, 30 of which must be at Merit

OCR:

OCR National Extended Diploma: Merit 2

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma: D*D*

Extra Information / General Entry Requirements:

Welsh Baccalaureate (core) and Level General Studies will be recognized in our offer. We will also consider a combination of A Levels and BTECs/OCRs. You will also require a GCSE grade of C/4 (or above) in Mathematics.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS Academic: Undergraduate: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each band)