Software Engineering (with Foundation Year option) at Bournemouth University
Software Engineering (with Foundation Year option) (BSc (Hons), G603) at Bournemouth University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bournemouth.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check bournemouth.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
10 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 80%, other qualifications 15%, other higher education 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- G603 · G6 software engineering (older codes)
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearSubject at this uni
89%
still studying
UK 85%
10%
left higher education
UK 11%
1%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
110 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course75%83%
Learning opportunities73%81%
Assessment and feedback87%80%
Academic support90%86%
Organisation and management76%80%
Learning resources92%88%
Student voice73%78%
85 final-year students · 70% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£30.5k5 years£39.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 50 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
71% working9% working and studying4% studying11% unemployed6% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
63%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 70%
73%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
52%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Information Technology Professionals34%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals12%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals11%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Sales occupations7%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 140 graduates · 51% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5BB
Subjects
software engineering computing
Campus
- Campus
- Bournemouth University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Software engineering at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Software Engineering (with integrated year in industry) BEng (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 128–143 |
| Bath Spa University | Cyber Security BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Computer Science for Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Abertay University | Ethical Hacking BSc (Hons) | CCC | 160–175 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Computing For England HND | 64 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Cyber Security BSc (Hons) | — | 96–111 |
| Bedford College Group | Computing (Cyber Security) HND | — | — |
| Bournemouth University | Software Engineering (with Foundation Year option) this course | — | under 96 |
| University of Aberdeen | Electronic and Software Engineering MEng (Hon) | — | 144–159 |
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