MEng (Hons) Software Engineering

Overview

The five-year MEng Software Engineering degree is an integrated Masters course, which augments the first three years of the BSc Computer Science with the professional skills necessary for constructing robust, secure systems. Students spend the start of the fifth year on a paid industrial placement. Organisations that recent students have been placed with include Skyscanner, Leonardo, Cadence, BlackRock and Satalia. Many of our students go on to secure an offer of employment from their placement employer.

Accreditation

Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional.

Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of fully meeting the further learning academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional.

Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer.

Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT on behalf of the Science Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Scientist.

Employability

Work and study

This is what our MEng Software Engineering students are doing 15 months after graduating:

• 75% are working
• 5% are studying
• 5% are working and studying.

In highly skilled work

• 95% of those are in highly skilled work 15 months after graduating.

Salary

• The average salary of students 15 months after graduating: £25000
• The average UK salary of students 15 months after graduating from a similar course: £26000

Jobs

These are the most common jobs students go into 15 months after graduating:

• Information technology and telecommunications professionals