Digital Technologies BSc (Hons)

Course Overview - Digital Technologies BSc (Hons)

Study Digital Technologies at Ulster University in the United Kingdom.

This course is offered at the Magee campus by the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. If you wish to develop your knowledge of Digital Technologies (DT) to an advanced level, this is the course for you. This course will enable you to learn the underlying principles of digital technologies, with an emphasis on web technologies, and to acquire skills for the development and maintenance of computer-based systems in modern organisations.

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Course Information

Study Mode

Sandwich

Duration

4 Years

Start Date

15/09/2025

Campus

Derry~Londonderry

Course Address
Northland Road
Derry~Londonderry
BT48 7JL

Application Details

Course Code

G501

Institution Code

U20

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

Scottish Higher

B,B,C,C,C

All subject areas considered. English and Maths required at Standard Grade 1, 2 or 3.

Access to HE Diploma

D:15,M:30

Overall profile of 63% (120 credit Access Course) (NI Access Course); to include a 20 credit Level 2 Mathematics module, passed at 40% or successful completion of NICATS Mathematics as part of the pre-2021 Access Diploma. Overall profile of 15 credits at distinction and 30 credits at merit (60 credit Access Course) (GB Access Course); to include a 20 credit Level 2 Mathematics module, passed at 40% or successful completion of NICATS Mathematics as part of the pre-2021 Access Diploma.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

25

To include 12 at Higher Level. Higher or Subsidiary Level in Mathematics and English Language required at Grade 4 or above.

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

DMM

RQF Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma / OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma Award profile of DMM We will also accept smaller BTEC/OCR qualifications (i.e. Diploma or Extended Certificate / Introductory Diploma / Subsidiary Diploma) in combination with A-Levels or other acceptable Level 3 qualifications. To find out if the qualification you are applying with is a qualification we accept for entry, please check our Qualification Checker - https://www.ulster.ac.uk/stud-y/entrance-requirements/equivalence We will also continue to accept QCF versions of these qualifications although grades asked for may differ. Check what grades you will be asked for by comparing the requirements above with the information under QCF in the Applied General and Tech Level Qualifications section of our Entry Requirements - https://www.ulster.ac.uk/study/entrance-requirements/undergraduate-entry-requirements

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

112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English and Maths at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

For this course, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements for admission to a first degree course and hold a GCSE pass at Grade C/4 or above in English Language and Mathematics. Level 2 Certificate in Essential Skills - Communication will be acc

HNC (BTEC)

D

Overall Distinction (with distinctions in 75 Level 4 credits) for year 1 entry only. GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or an alternative Mathematics qualification acceptable to the University is also required.

Scottish Advanced Higher

C,C,D

All subject areas considered. English and Maths required at Standard Grade 1, 2 or 3

HND (BTEC)

M

HND Year 1 Entry Pass HND in any subject area. GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or an alternative Mathematics qualification acceptable to the University is also required. HND Year 2 entry HND overall Merit (with distinctions in 45 Level 5 credits) in a relevant subject area for entry to Year 2. GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or an alternative Mathematics qualification acceptable to the University is also required. Ulster Foundation Degree Pass with overall 50% and minimum 50% in all taught level 5 modules. Applicants will normally be considered for entry to an associated Honours degree (normally Year 2 entry). Entry equivalences can also be viewed in the online prospectus at http://www.ulster.ac.uk/apply/entrance-requirements/equivalence

A level

B,B,C

Grades BBC. All subjects are considered. Reduced offer: Grades CCC One subject from Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Software Systems Development, Computing (not IT/ICT)

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Fees and funding

Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland £4,750
England, Scotland, Wales £9,250
EU, International £17,010

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