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. You can explore all of our computing specialisms in your first two years and see where your interests lie. You will spend a year on an accredited, paid industrial placement between Stages 2 and 3. In the later stages of your degree you will cover a broad spectrum of specialist topics, choosing from a diverse range of optional modules. You will graduate with breadth and depth of knowledge. In the present job market, computing science graduates are better placed than many others to obtain employment in a challenging and fulfilling career, and the employability of Newcastle graduates is particularly high. Computing manufacturers and software houses, for example, recruit specialists to develop software solutions. Organizations that use computers on a large scale – such as banks, insurance companies, the electronics industry, central and local government, and management in all areas of business – also offer employment opportunities to graduates with computing skills.