Computer Games (Including Placement Year) at University of Essex
Computer Games (Including Placement Year) (BSc (Hons), I610) at University of Essex: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on essex.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 essex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
90 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 59%, no formal qualifications 30%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- I610 · I6 games
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
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 ↗
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as an Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered Engineer. More ↗
Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for Incorporated Engineer and partially meeting the academic requirement for a Chartered Engineer. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearSubject at this uni
72%
still studying
UK 85%
16%
left higher education
UK 12%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
165 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course83%83%
Learning opportunities82%81%
Assessment and feedback85%82%
Academic support90%88%
Organisation and management84%81%
Learning resources88%89%
Student voice80%79%
115 final-year students · 63% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£35k3 years£33.5k5 years£45.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k£70k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
65% working15% working and studying5% studying10% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
80%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 78%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
70%
use what they learned
UK 60%
- Information Technology Professionals50%
- Managers, directors and senior officials10%
- Elementary occupations5%
- Sales occupations5%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 35 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Colchester, East of England, England
- Postcode
- CO4 3SQ
Subjects
Campus
- Campus
- Colchester Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Computer science 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bath | Computer Science BSc (Hons) | A*A*A | 160–175 |
| Aberystwyth University | Accounting and Finance and Computing BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Computer Science BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 112–127 |
| ASU London | Computer Science BSc (Hons) | 112 - 120 points | — |
| University of Aberdeen | Business Management and Information Systems MA (Hons) | BBC | 160–175 |
| Abertay University | Computer Science BSc (Hons) | CCC | 112–127 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Computing For England HND | 64 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Applied Computer Science (Top-Up) BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Bangor University | Computer and Data Science BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Bath Spa University | Business Analytics BSc | — | — |
| University of Essex | Computer Games (Including Placement Year) this course | — | 96–111 |
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