Computer Science (Including Placement Year) at University of Essex
Computer Science (Including Placement Year) (BSc (Hons), I101) at University of Essex: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course 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 pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 65%, no formal qualifications 25%, other qualifications 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- I101 · I1 computer science
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
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 for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional. 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 yearThis course
85%
still studying
UK 83%
15%
left higher education
UK 11%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course86%85%
Learning opportunities92%85%
Assessment and feedback86%77%
Academic support97%92%
Organisation and management91%71%
Learning resources92%88%
Student voice90%78%
15 final-year students · 67% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£33.5k5 years£45.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k£70k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24 · 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 88%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
65%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Information Technology Professionals65%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Sales occupations5%
- Managers, directors and senior officials5%
- 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
computer science computing
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 Science (Including Placement Year) this course | — | 96–111 |
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