Software Engineering with Foundation Year

Course overview: This course includes a foundation year - ideal if you need additional preparation or if you don't have sufficient grades to join Year 1. Software Engineering helps you develop skills in software design and development, and the building of computer systems and applications software. You develop a wide range of knowledge and skills, including programming, requirement analysis and database development. You explore professional, ethical, security and social implications of software engineering. All designed to equip you with a range of transferable skills that will help you progress rapidly into a role in industry.

The course introduces you to current industry software engineering practices, and you are also able to undertake an optional year-long placement which can help you improve employment prospects by providing real-world experience to develop new skills and a deeper understanding of the subject.

Top reasons to study this course

1. Industry links: work on live industry briefs, competitions and hackathons with companies including Cisco, Cubic Transportation Systems, Sage, TUI, Atombank, HMRC and Waterstons.
2. British Computer Society (BCS) academic membership: get free BCS membership to accelerate your career path with CV builder tools, e-learning courses, mentorships programmes, jobs boards and volunteering opportunities.
3. Career-ready: our ExpoSeries of events allow you to showcase your skills to industry professionals who are seeking to recruit new and rising talent.
4. State-of-the-art facilities: learn in industry-standard computing labs with specialist equipment used to undertake development projects and build innovative prototypes.

After the course: You can apply for a year-long supervised work placement between your second and final year. A placement gives you a valuable opportunity to improve your employment prospects by developing new skills and deepening your understanding of your subject. Our students have been placed in organisations such as Dupont, Accenture, General Electric, Nissan, HMRC, Nicander, Red Embedded, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Thomson Reuters, Glaxo Smith Kline, GCHQ.