Software Engineering with Foundation Year at Sheffield Hallam University
Software Engineering with Foundation Year (BEng (Hon), A017) at Sheffield Hallam University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on shu.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 shu.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 112–127 points.
80 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 89%, an Access course 4%, other higher education 4%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours)
- Code
- A017 · A0 no standard meaning
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
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
91%
still studying
UK 85%
7%
left higher education
UK 11%
2%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
90 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course81%83%
Learning opportunities78%81%
Assessment and feedback74%80%
Academic support81%86%
Organisation and management82%80%
Learning resources85%88%
Student voice78%78%
55 final-year students · 83% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£28.5k5 years£39.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
65% working10% working and studying5% studying15% unemployed15% other
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
80%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
80%
use what they learned
UK 59%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 55% 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
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
- Postcode
- S1 1WB
Subjects
software engineering computing
Campus
- Campus
- City Campus
- 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 | — | — |
| Sheffield Hallam University | Software Engineering with Foundation Year this course | — | 112–127 |
| University of Aberdeen | Electronic and Software Engineering MEng (Hon) | — | 144–159 |
See all 389 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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