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Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Location
Main Site
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
14-SEP-26
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.
International StudentsFor International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. To find out more, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/
Computer Science and Digital ForensicsGain a solid grounding in the key themes that underpin contemporary computer science to explore digital forensics at an advanced level. Our BSc will equip you with the techniques and processes to recover, trace and capture materials found in digital devices to help businesses tackle cybercrime.
Why choose this course?Acquire first-hand experience in industry with our Placement Year optionAll necessary mathematics knowledge and Forensic techniques are provided within relevant modulesAccess a wide range of equipment including supercomputer facilities, a VR lab and a Maker SpaceOur teaching is at the leading edge of the discipline and informed by subject research, industry trends and market requirementsOur Computer Science (Digital Forensics) programme places emphasis on practical computer programming and software development. Initial modules provide a solid grounding in the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline, such as the handling and processing of evidence and the fundamentals of programming, computing and forensic science principles. You will learn how to develop computing applications for varied discipline specific problem domains, manage the development and use of computing systems and understand the techniques and processes that allow the recovery, trace and the capturing of digital data.
About KeeleOur beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.
Application deadline
14/01/2026
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Keele University, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
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Entry standards
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