Software Engineering with Industrial Experience BSc (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 Applications from those who are not flagged as WP will not be considered and will be withdrawn.Software systems are the cornerstones of all modern business.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 is a four year programme and involves you undertaking a one year work placement in industry between the second and third years of your study at Manchester. Besides the money that you earn during this year, you also gain practical experience that can be invaluable both in your final year project and when competing for graduate jobs. Students with industrial experience not only tend to improve their final degree performance but also tend to develop clearer ideas about their future career path.