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# Computer Science

If you have your sights set on becoming a programmer, our Computer Science course is perfect for you.

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September 2026

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Home students: £9,790*

International students: £17,200*

September 2027

International students: £17,600*

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* Course Content

* Teaching and Assessment

* Career Prospects

* Entry and Fees

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## Course Overview

Our BCS-accredited Computer Science degree prepares you for a career in secure software development. Gain practical skills through real-world projects, developing safe and reliable solutions to real-life problems.

If you're fascinated by the inner workings of computers and enjoy creatively solving everyday problems, this is the perfect opportunity for you. You'll develop practical skills along with academic knowledge, paving the way for a successful career in computing.

### Accreditations

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We’re accredited by the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

## Why study this course?

### Practical focus

Examples and exercises based on real-world problems build a solid foundation for your future career.

### Future-ready

We’re at the cutting edge of technical advances, meaning you have the latest information at your fingertips.

### Professional practice

Accredited by the British Computer Society and developed in line with Association of Computing Machinery guidelines, this course prepares you to practice.

## What you'll study

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Start your computer science journey by mastering core concepts. Develop your programming skills and study computer architecture.

Learn about information management and databases while sharpening your professional and study skills.

## Programming

You’ll create a functional object-oriented programme in a commercially important language. Develop your programming skills and learn the vital concepts to design and build modern software.

## Information Management, Assurance and Security

Learn the underlying concepts of databases – how data should be managed and protected to ensure systems work effectively and reliably.

## Computer Systems Concepts

Get a deeper understanding of how computer systems are constructed and operated, and why this is essential for everyday use.

## Professionalism Employability Enterprise and Problem-solving

Learn the essentials of being a computing professional, developing skills which will help your career, including the ability to present and analyse data and work towards a state project.

Students can choose to study and be assessed for a portion of this module in Welsh

## Mathematical Tools for Computation

If you're feeling nervous or intimidated by maths and its concepts, this module is designed to support and boost your confidence. It's specifically targeted at Computer Science students.

Join team projects to develop your professional skills, data handling, and programming expertise.

Take advantage of our exchange program to explore global opportunities and enjoy an exciting learning experience abroad.

## Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Programming

Explore object-oriented concepts and software engineering practices, where you'll expand your knowledge of data structures and algorithms.

## Secure Software Development

Build on the development of reliable, safe software. You’ll build both the skills and the conceptual knowledge that ensures that the software you produce has no nasty surprises.

## Operating Systems Concepts

Learn about the history and key components of an operating system both conceptually and practically, allowing you to gain practical familiarity with multiple operating systems.

## Event Driven and Graphical User Interface Programming

Develop knowledge of, and skills in, the techniques associated with the Event-Driven Programming Paradigm where events control the flow of the program's execution.

## Professional Practice and Employability, Team-Based Software Development Workshop

Explore professional practice in computing, and legal, social, ethical, and professional aspects of computing. A core module for your future careers in computer science.

## Databases and Data Modelling

Learn all about relational database architecture, practical use of query language, security, and managing large volumes of data such as distributed/cloud and NoSQL database systems.

## Supervised Work Experience (Computing)

Put your theory into practice with this paid work experience opportunity, applying the skills and knowledge you have learned so far, to boost your future career prospects.

## Study Overseas (Computing) Optional

You’ll have the chance to study overseas under an exchange programme.

Take on an individual project where you tackle a real-world problem or create an innovative solution. Choose your project or select one from our offerings.

Showcase your work to industry experts at our final project event, where outstanding student projects will be awarded prizes.

## Individual Project

Your project will imitate a real-world need and give you the chance to show off your creative research, analytical abilities, and practical skills in management.

## Computer Networks

Develop your understanding of the principles, protocols, and technologies that underpin modern computer networks. Learn the skills required to design, implement, and manage computer networks.

## Robotics and Autonomous Systems Optional

This optional module introduces concepts, techniques, and terminology needed to design and apply artificially intelligent solutions in the field of robotics and cybernetics.

## Mobile Systems and Applications Optional

This optional module develops the skills required to design, implement, test, and critically evaluate applications for mobile platforms.

## Parallel and Concurrent Programming Optional

Address both theoretical and practical issues by designing and building parallel and concurrent systems.

## Intelligent Systems

Study a range of techniques and technologies used to build artificial intelligence systems. You’ll use practical examples to help you select techniques and apply them to solving problems.

We regularly review our courses to keep pace with changing skills and employer needs. If a review leads to significant changes, we’ll contact you to explain what’s changing for the coming year.

## Teaching and Assessment

This hands-on course gives you the chance to build practical IT skills by learning through real projects and activities. You’ll spend lots of time in our computer labs using industry-standard hardware and software to create websites, develop software, design databases and solve real-world problems.

Most of your assessment will be coursework, so you can show what you can do through practical tasks rather than exams. You’ll learn from experienced and supportive staff who will know you by name and help you build the skills and confidence you need for your future career.

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We’ve created an accredited course where all three years intertwine and support one another. You’ll experience a mix of teaching techniques ranging from formal lectures, with supporting practice sessions, to team-based projects, which are managed in simulation. Your learning is supported by online material, including video, audio, and text-based resources, exercises, and tasks.

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There are no formal examinations. Assessments range from drafting formal reports to video demonstrations. We aim to draw heavily on real-world issues, presenting you with realistic working challenges to build your skills.

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We’ll help you find a placement and supervise to make sure it has experiential value. This can be completed through summer and weekend placements – we’ll make it work for you. Second-year students can choose an overseas placement through an exchange programme. Recent placements include E-Finity, IBM, Fujitsu, GCHQ, and the Welsh Government.

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You will use modern computer labs equipped with the latest hardware and software throughout your course, supporting both practical classes and independent study. Alongside lecture theatres and classrooms, you’ll have access to a dedicated Internet of Things teaching space and a robotics lab, giving you hands-on experience with emerging technologies. You can also use the labs outside of taught sessions to practise your skills, complete assignments, and build confidence with industry-standard equipment.

From September 2026, our Computing, Engineering, Technology and Built Environment courses will move into their brand-new home: the Calon building.

This £60m investment will feature more than 40 new innovative teaching, learning and research spaces, including electronics and hydraulics labs, a flight simulator, a robotics lab, clean and industrial research spaces, collaborative teaching spaces, as well as virtual reality capability, and a range of exhibition spaces.

Calon will give you access to the technology, facilities and opportunities needed to shape the future.

### Course Leader

### Dr Christopher Tubb

Meet Dr Christopher Tubb, an engineering and computer science specialist and Course Leader. Christopher leads the course with a strong focus on practical application, encouraging students to tackle real-world challenges through creative problem-solving and innovation. Alongside contemporary industry practice, he and the course team foster curiosity and exploration, helping students develop the skills to create novel solutions that shape the future.

His research interests include robotics, pathfinding, and the application of computational techniques to areas such as modelling human behaviour in computer games, bringing cutting-edge insights directly into the learning experience.

Have questions about the course, what you'll study, or whether it's the right fit for you? Get in touch with Christopher directly via email.

Email Christopher

## Career Prospects

If you're curious about how technology works and enjoy finding creative solutions to complex challenges, this course could be for you. You'll be prepared to work hard for three years, knowing that every project, practical task and industry-focused assignment takes you closer to a career in software development, data science, systems analysis or the next generation of technology leadership.

### Your future career

Your skills are in demand across various industries, including aviation, defence contracting, and even premier football clubs. Graduates from this program have gone into roles in software engineering and development, data migration, leadership positions, and cybersecurity.

Software Development

Software Engineering

Data Science

Further study and research

Image: Computing graduate, Niamh, stands for a profile photo in front of a red backdrop

> "I am now NCSC certified, so employers look at that, and it gives that professionalism aspect to the course."

Niamh McConville, Computer Science graduate

### Salary expectations

A Computer Science degree can open opportunities across computer science and the wider computing sector. Computing careers offer strong earning potential:

Median wage

UK: £53.7k per annum

Wales: £43.4k per annum

Total jobs in 2025

UK: 1.76m

Wales: 44,279

### Build your own career

Your career doesn’t have to mean working for someone else. If you want to freelance, start a business or develop an idea, USW Enterprise can help with one-to-one mentoring, practical workshops and funding opportunities through the USW Enterprise Startup Fund.

You’ll also have access to Startup Stiwdio spaces in our Cardiff, Newport and Treforest campuses. After graduating, you can get free membership for up to three years, giving you workspace and a network of other founders.

Whether you choose employment, freelancing or starting a business, we’ll help you build the skills, confidence and connections to move forward.

USW Enterprise

### Industry partners

You’ll have the opportunity to take part in an overseas exchange program in your second year of study. This is a great option for networking and building contacts for your future career.

We work with a range of industry partners including the Office for National Statistics, OLM systems, World Connect, IPO, and some more niche companies such as Thermix. We also have research projects with Digital Health and Care Wales.

### Sandwich years

A sandwich year enables you to apply the knowledge gained during your degree to real-world work situations. You’ll equip yourself with a transferable skillset and gain invaluable work experience that will help you to stand out to potential employers in future job applications. A sandwich year also provides a fantastic opportunity to network and, if you impress your employer, you may even find you have a job waiting for you when you graduate.

Many employers like to take on dedicated employees as showcased via a sandwich year placement scheme.

Learn more about Sandwich Years

## Entry Requirements

### Additional

The University normally requires a minimum 5 GCSEs including Mathematics/Numeracy and English at Grade C or Grade 4 or above, or their equivalent, but consideration is given to individual circumstances.

### Contextual offers

We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended, for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer, and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.

USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.

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112 UCAS points or above

#### Typical qualification requirements

A Level:

Welsh BACC:

Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Grade C and BB at A Level

BTEC Extended Diploma Distinction Merit Merit

Access to HE:

Pass the Access to HE Diploma and obtain a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points

T Level:

If you don’t reach the entry requirements at Year 1, this course also offers a Foundation Year alternative.

### International applications welcomed:

We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence, please view our dedicated country pages .

International students Pre-Sessional English

### English language requirements

International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 4 overall and a minimum of 4 in each component or equivalent.

Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages .

If you have previously studied through the medium of English, IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.

If you do not meet the English entry criteria, please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages .

## Fees and Funding

UK Full-Time Fee £ 9,790

per year

Fees and funding Scholarships and bursaries Cost of living support

## [Button: Further information ]

Studying at university is one of the most significant investments you'll ever make. Whilst you’re studying, you’ll have two main financial obligations – tuition fees and living costs. There’s lots of financial help available from the University of South Wales and external funding sources, that may provide loans (which have to be paid back) and grants, scholarships and bursaries (that don't).

*Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits. Once enrolled, the fee is anticipated to remain at the same rate throughout the duration of your study on this course except as described below.

Please be aware that we may increase the maximum fee for home students on full-time undergraduate courses only where the Welsh Government increases the permitted level of inflation of fees. Fees for all students (including part-time, postgraduate and international students) may be amended in accordance with our applicable Fees and Debt Management Policy.

We will ensure that students are given clear, intelligible, unambiguous and timely information about our courses and costs in good time, ahead of the next academic year.

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As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.

International Full-Time Fee £ 17,200

## What sets us apart?

Top in Wales for teaching in Computer Science.

Times Good University Guide 2026

Top university in Wales and 24th out of 123 universities in the UK.

Guardian University Guide 2027

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10 subjects ranked in the Guardian University Guide 2027 Top 10, including two at #1.

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Top in Wales for new business startups and 7th in the UK (HEBCIS)

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USW has been ranked joint first in Wales for impact for our Computer Science and Informatics research (REF 2021)

## Explore our facilities

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## Calon

Get hands-on with industry-standard equipment in the new £60m Calon building. From robotics and virtual reality to specialist engineering labs and a flight simulator, you'll learn using the technology shaping tomorrow's world.

Learn more

## Computer labs

Our computer labs are stocked with the latest equipment for you to use throughout your degree including an Internet of Things teaching space and a robotics lab.

## How to apply

All applications for full-time undergraduate courses or foundation degrees should be made via UCAS. Take the next step: Apply through UCAS

You can apply to us directly for all part-time undergraduate courses, if you’re seeking advanced entry or you’re an international student. To apply directly, please choose the application form below for your preferred start date and mode of study (full-time or part-time).

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* Sandwich, 4 years

## Advanced entry

If you already have a relevant qualification or experience related to the course you're applying for, you may be eligible to start at a later stage of the course. For example, students from partner colleges can ‘top up’ their qualifications to a degree by joining us in Year Two or Year Three of a course. This process is known as ‘advanced entry’, you can apply directly to the University for 'advanced entry' using the application forms provided above.

Applicants accepted through advanced entry may study a different combination of modules to those advertised, as they will be joining a course already in progress. You will be contacted and advised about these modules once your application has been processed and an offer made.

## International admissions

International applicants can apply to us directly. If the University has an in-country team in your region, your application will be assigned to them for assistance.

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* Application toolkit

## Student Stories

> "I have to pinch myself sometimes… I’m proud, grateful, and finally allowed to be who I am."

Hamed Amiri Computer Science graduate

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> "As a female in Computing or a STEM subject, you can sometimes feel that impostor syndrome. But it's about being confident in your ability to learn, and remembering that everyone's in the same boat."

Niamh McConville Computer Science graduate

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