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Software Engineering (With Professional Practice Year)

University of Bedfordshire

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UCAS CODE: I338

Course options

  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Luton

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

This broad-based course covers the design, development and deployment of large-scale software within industrial and commercial settings, building your understanding of the lifecycle of systems. Take on real-world projects, explore cutting-edge topics and challenge conventional thinking as you explore the theory of software engineering and apply it to real-life situations. The course shares a first year with other associated BSc degrees, building cross-discipline ideas and knowledge, before moving into specialist software engineering areas.


Professional Practice Year

Take your course over four years and include a Professional Practice Year after your second year of studies. It is an opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace while enhancing your knowledge and skills through fee-free paid practice. It also builds your CV and industry contacts with many students progressing to employment within their practice-year organisation or institution.


Course Accreditation/Industry Endorsement

- This course is accredited to the British Computer Society (BCS) so you qualify for chartered IT professional status (CITP) once you graduate.- All undergraduate degrees accredited by BCS for full CITP are recognised under the Seoul Accord, which aims to establish and promote mutual recognition of academic programmes among member countries. This recognition gives graduates’ qualifications global recognition, helping them pursue international education, employment and professional mobility.


Facilities and Specialist Equipment

- Study in our modern STEM building with computer networking suites games, animation and graphics studios and high-spec labs for IT security, telecommunications, robotics, and laser and optics. - Cutting-edge technologies such as agile development front-end and back-end applications containerisation cloud native orchestration and the provision of high-performance infrastructure using GPU clusters, so you become familiar with the tools used in industry right from the start.- Access to virtual private cloud, downloadable Microsoft developer tools and VMware Workstation.


Your Student Experience

- Start in your first year by building a solid understanding of a broad range of topics then move into specialist areas such as app development, web technologies and software for enterprise. - Develop your critical thinking and technical skills through both individual and professionally arranged group projects. - Benefit from support from our dedicated academic success tutors. - Learn from the expertise of our staff, whose real-world experience in research and consultancy feeds directly into their teaching and keeps you at the cutting edge of developments in the field.

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Tuition fees

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£ 16,800per year

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University information

University of Bedfordshire

  • University League Table

    106th

  • Campus address

    Luton, University Square, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3JU, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    112th out of 118 8

  • Entry standards

    / Max 229
    93 40%

    109th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    68.0 68%

    87th

    3
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.23 81%

    13th

    8

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