Overview

What will I experience?

On this course you can:

Apply your skills to real-life practical problems as part of the department’s partnership scheme with charities, local and global organisations
Design and develop software, hardware and networks for a variety of fields such as digital forensics and artificial intelligence
Opt to do a salaried placement year

What opportunities might it lead to?

Accredited by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional (CITP). This course also partially meets the academic requirement for registration, either as a Chartered Scientist (CSci) or (on behalf of the Engineering Council) as a Chartered Engineer (CEng).Studying this degree will enable you to gain employment in a variety of fields in the computing industry. Here are some routes our graduates have pursued:

IT management
network design
software engineering
computer programming
web development

If you are interested in becoming a Computer Science teacher, you will be able to combine your computing studies with teacher training and school teaching placements. You will receive a £9000 bursary in your final year and gain Qualified Teacher Status alongside your BSc Computer Science degree, allowing you to apply for a teaching position.

Programme Assessment

Here at the University, we aim to provide a lively and modern learning environment. During this course you will experience a mixture of lectures, tutorials, laboratory and project work. While lecture classes can be large, the more personal approach of seminars and tutorials offer more one-to-one support from our expert academics. We assess you in ways that encourage a deeper understanding and allow you to develop your skills including through:

multiple choice tests
essays
written exams
mini projects
presentations
review articles

Student Destinations

On graduating from this course, you’ll be fully equipped to take your first steps towards a career in the technical computing environment. Possible employers include multinationals down to the smallest computer companies including software houses, communications companies, data warehouses and many other types of organisation.It’s also fairly common for our graduates to be snapped up by the employer they worked for in their placement year. Others continue their study at both MSc and PhD levels, specialising further in areas such as artificial intelligence, parallel and distributed systems, and healthcare informatics. Overall you will be well qualified for many of the major computing graduate programmes or employment in varied fields of the computing industry. Roles our graduates have taken on include:

business continuity analyst
software engineer
web developer
systems analyst
computer programmer

Accreditation

British Computer Society- Fulfilling academic requirement for CITP, and partially meeting academic requirement for CEng and CSci

Programme Structure

Module Details

Year one core units include:

introductory programming
computer architecture
foundations of the web
network fundamentals
database design and development

Year two core units include:

software engineering
data structures and algorithms
advanced programming concepts
mathematical foundations of computer science
operating systems and networks

Year three* core unit include:

distributed systems and parallel programming
theoretical computer science
neural networks and genetic algorithms
advanced networks
computer security and cryptography
fuzzy logic
data warehousing and mining

*This course is also available as a 4-year sandwich (work placement)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-17 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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79

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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79

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Other requirements

General requirements

104-120 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent.
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

15100 GBP / year

≈ 15100 GBP / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

9250 GBP / year

≈ 9250 GBP / year

Additional Details

*Tuition fee may be subject to annual increase.

**Tuition fee is subject to annual increase.

Living costs

Portsmouth

United Kingdom

710 - 1099 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Overview

What will I experience?

What opportunities might it lead to?

Programme Assessment

Student Destinations

Accreditation

Programme Structure

Module Details

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Additional Details

Living costs

Portsmouth

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