Duration1 Year (Full Time) / 18-24 Months (Part-time)Full time
AwardBSc
IELTS6.0
Overview
This page covers BSc Software Engineering (Top-Up) Online across the departments we work with, including what each asks for and what it charges. It is a 1 Year (Full Time) / 18-24 Months (Part-time) undergraduate degree, with the specialism widening as you move through the years.
Teaching in Software Engineering starts from programming fundamentals even on postgraduate courses marked as conversion, which matters if your first degree was in another field.
The lowest English requirement we hold on this course is IELTS 6.0, and departments asking more than that usually expect a stronger academic record too. Tuition is £9,450 a year.
Send us your transcript and English result and we will list the departments that would consider you, with the entry condition on each.
Entry requirements
Academic
A high school diploma with strong grades in relevant subjects. Many departments will also consider a recognised foundation year.
English
IELTS 6.0
Careers opportunities
More process and teamwork than a pure computer science degree, and employers building large systems value that. The hiring bar is the same technical interview, so the fundamentals still have to be there.
Roles graduates go into
Software engineer
Backend or full stack developer
DevOps engineer
QA and test engineer
Solutions architect
Technical lead in time
Where they work
Software houses and product companies
Banks and insurers
Consultancies and integrators
Government digital services
Startups and scale-ups
After the course
No register. Cloud certification and open source contribution are the two things that move this career fastest.