Software Engineering MEng (Hons)

**This course is now closed to applications for 2021 entry.** However, we may still consider your application if you meet our contextual data criteria. We use contextual data alongside your undergraduate application in order to build up a full and rounded view of your achievement and potential. Please use our online tool to check your eligibility (https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/applications/after-you-apply/contextual-data/eligibility2021/). If your ‘overall result’ is WP or WP Plus then you may submit an application. Please note that applications will still be considered against our published entry requirements and would not be guaranteed an offer. Applications from those who are not flagged as WP will not be considered and will be withdrawn.Software systems are the cornerstones of all modern business. Such systems are often complex and long lived, and must be robust and adaptable. By studying software design and production techniques, this degree programme will equip you with the skills needed to follow a career specifying and developing these systems, and other computer-based solutions.You will gain not only knowledge and practical experience of the latest technologies, but also a grounding in the underlying principles of the subject. It is this combination of skills that enable our graduates to keep pace with this fast moving subject, and secure financially rewarding careers that can be pursued almost anywhere in the world.This four-year full-time MEng programme enhances the contents of the equivalent three-year BSc programme by enabling you to study specialised topics to a greater depth and broaden your skills and experience with a period in industry, enterprise related courses, and industrially-focused project work. The enhancements enable you to develop an in depth specialist knowledge across a range of computing subjects, including some covered by the MSc in Advanced Computer Science. They also allow you to understand the business skills needed to develop and manage a successful business exploiting computing technology.