Computer Science with Industrial Placement BSc (Hons)

Course Overview - Computer Science with Industrial Placement BSc (Hons)

This wide-ranging degree equips you with a deep understanding across a variety of computer science topics, and includes an industrial placement to equip you with practical work experience and boost your CV. Explore different aspects of computing science – such as games design, bioinformatics, and security – in your first two years. After a year on an accredited, paid industrial placement you continue to select modules from across our range of specialist topics, choosing from a diverse range of optional modules.

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Course Information

Study Mode

Sandwich

Duration

4 Years

Start Date

15/09/2025

Campus

Main Site (Newcastle)

Course Address
King's Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU

Application Details

Course Code

G401

Institution Code

N21

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,B,B

Mathematics required at National 5, minimum grade B (or grade 2 Standard Grade or Intermediate 2 equivalent) if not offered at Higher Grade. Combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted. Where a candidate bypasses the assessment for National 5 qualifications, a minimum of grade C in the Higher in Mathematics is required. Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting.

Access to HE Diploma

D:45,M:0

A level 3 unit in mathematical studies essential. At least 45 level 3 credits at distinction in a science subject.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

34

Standard Level Mathematics or Mathematical Studies required at grade 5 if not offered at Higher Level.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

D*DD

Minimum grade B or 6 in at least five GCSEs required, including Mathematics.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H1,H1,H2,H2,H3

Including Ordinary Level Mathematics required at grade O2 if not offered at Higher Level.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3,D3,M2

D3,D3,M2 in Principal Subjects. GCSE Mathematics grade B or 6 required.

Extended Project

We welcome applications from students offering an Extended Project and value the skills of research and independent learning that it is designed to develop. If you offer an Extended Project, it will be taken into account as part of your application profile, but we will not usually include it in offer conditions for this degree programme.

A level

A,A,B

Excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. GCSE Mathematics grade B or 6 required.

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