Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (with Placement Year) at Loughborough University

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (with Placement Year) (BSc (Hons), GG47) at Loughborough University asked for AAA in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 144–159 UCAS points.

UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on lboro.ac.uk ↗

A-level grades

~AAA

High

144 points · around AAA

Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check lboro.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course

Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 144

15% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 144–159 points. 47% of them had fewer than the 144 asked.

40 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.

Course

Award: Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
Code: GG47 · G4 computer science (older codes) + G7 artificial intelligence (older codes)
Duration: 4 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Year 1
Year: 2027

Placement year: built in

Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT on behalf of the Engineering Councilfor the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a CharteredEngineer. More ↗

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

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

100%

still studying

UK 85%

left higher education

UK 12%

moved to a lower award

UK 1%

20 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course76%83%

Learning opportunities76%81%

Assessment and feedback73%82%

Academic support83%88%

Organisation and management79%81%

Learning resources94%89%

Student voice73%79%

20 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26

After graduating

SalaryWider subject at this uni

15 months

£34k3 years

£38.5k5 years

£56.5k

£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k£70k£80k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

15 months: survey of 45 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onThis course

70% working5% working and studying10% unemployed10% other

UK, same subject: 85% in work or study

85%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 78%

95%

say their work is meaningful

UK 77%

70%

use what they learned

UK 60%

Information Technology Professionals65%
Managers, directors and senior officials10%
Administrative occupations5%
Business and Financial Project Management Professionals5%
Science, engineering and technology associate professionals5%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24

Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: Loughborough, East Midlands, England
Postcode: LE11 3TU

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Subjects

artificial intelligence computing
computer science computing

Campus

Campus: Loughborough University
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Artificial intelligence at other universities

The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.

University	Course	Entry	Middle entrant
University of Birmingham	Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science BSc (Hons)	152 points	160–175
University of Bristol	Artificial Intelligence BEng (Hon)	A*AA - AAB	160–175
University of Sussex	Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence BSc (Hons)	128 - 147 points	128–143
Kingston University	Robotic Engineering & Artificial Intelligence MEng (Hon)	128 - 144 points	under 96
Loughborough University	Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (with Placement Year) this course	AAA	144–159
Manchester Metropolitan University	AI and Data Science BSc (Hons)	120 - 144 points	112–127
Queen Mary University of London	Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence BSc (Hons)	128 - 144 points	144–159
University of Glasgow	Artificial Intelligence BSc (Hons)	136 - 144 points	208–223
University of York	Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence MEng (Hon)	AAA	144–159
Heriot-Watt University	Data Sciences BSc (Hons)	ABB - AAB	160–175
University of Exeter	Robotics and Artificial Intelligence BEng (Hon)	AAB - ABB	144–159

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