Computer Science (with Sandwich Year) BSc (Hons)

Kingston University

Key Course Facts

Student Satisfaction	64%
Salary after 15 months	£30000
Number of students	17 graduates / year
Unemployment Rate	15% unemployed Proportion of students of this particular course unemployed and not studying 15 months after their course ended. Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
Student Dropout Rate	5% Proportion of students of Computer Science (with Sandwich Year) BSc (Hons) who are not continuing into their following year of study or have not been awarded a qualification in either of the two comparison years. Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
Tuition Fees	£9250 Tuition (UK) Tuition fees per year for Computer Science (with Sandwich Year) BSc (Hons) at Kingston University UCAS course summary. Source: UCAS Dec 4, 2023
Duration	4 years - Part-time
Campus	On campus - Main Site
Degree	Bachelor of Science (Honours), BSc (Hons)
Subject	Computer Science

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Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews for 15 graduates of Computer Science (with Sandwich Year) BSc (Hons) at Kingston University for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in Computer Science.

Overall student satisfaction

64 /100

15 total respondents

	Kingston University, Computer Science (with Sandwich Year) BSc (Hons)	Average review score among all Computer Science courses in the UK
Explanations	85	84
Interesting courses	85	68
Intellectually stimulating	100	81
Challenged to do my best	92	80
Depth of concepts	85	76
Builds on previous learnings	100	79
Joined ideas from different topics	77	76
Balance directed/independent study	92	75
Applicability of course content	85	77
Clear criteria in markings	85	72
Fair assessment	77	79
Tests reflected your learning	85	80
Timely feedback	62	65
Helpful feedback	67	60
Approachability of teachers	77	82
Support from teachers	85	79
Organisation of courses	85	69
Communication of changes	62	73
IT facilities	77	85
Library	82	86
Course specific resources	75	88
Student feedback opportunities	69	81
Student feedback valued	91	70
Student's feedback acted upon	75	57
Work of student union	56	70
Mental wellbeing services	64	79
Overall satisfaction	64	69

Source: National Student Survey NSS 2023. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
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The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of Graduates in Computer Science

Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of Computer Science at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.

	15 months after graduation	3 years after graduation	5 years after graduation
Median salary	£30000	£23500	£28500
25-75 percentile range	£25000 - £37000	£17000 - £30500	£19500 - £37500

Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023
All Computer Science courses of Kingston University

Salary of all UK Graduates of Computer Science

	15 months after graduation	3 years after graduation	5 years after graduation
Median salary	£29821	£25150	£29857
25-75 percentile range	£24771 - £35770	£18886 - £32933	£21689 - £41100

Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Computer Science courses in the UK

Course Description

Reasons to choose Kingston

Kingston specialises in a wide variety of areas, including artificial intelligence, robotics, cyber security, games programming and user experience design.
To set the material in context as well as inspire our students, we invite leading practitioners from industry, such as Google and IBM to give guest lectures and workshops.
You’ll graduate with specialist technical knowledge, skills and a scientific mindset.
Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.

About this course

Are you considering a career in computer science? Whether you have knowledge of the subject or not, this course at Kingston can make you an expert.

You can study specialist areas of computer science that are relevant to the career you want. There are modules that reflect the most in-demand sectors in the industry, such as software engineering, project management, user experience design, web and mobile app development, networking, and network security.

You’ll graduate having gained experience of applying your expertise to real-world problems. With a portfolio of products and artefacts to showcase your work, you’ll be ready to begin a professional career.

Future Skills

Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.

As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.

At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

Career opportunities

This degree is excellent preparation for a wide variety of careers, such as systems and business analysts, software engineers, programmers and network specialists.

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

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.

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

What graduates are doing after 15 months

	All Kingston University graduates of undergraduate studies in Computer Science	All UK graduates of undergraduate studies in Computer Science
Total respondents	40	4700
Unemployed	15%	6%
Studying	10%	6%
Working	70%	75%
Both studying and working	5%	8%
No information	5%	4%

Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023
All Computer Science courses of Kingston University

Current jobs

Job in line with future plans

Utilise skills from studies

Work is meaningful

	Agree or strongly agree	Disagree
Job in line with future plans	90%	10%
Utilise skills from studies	55%	45%
Work is meaningful	90%	10%

Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023
All courses of Kingston University

Required skill level of job after 15 months

% Skilled jobs

	% Skilled jobs
Highly-skilled jobs	85%
Non highly-skilled jobs	15%
Skill level unknown or unclassified	0%

Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023
All Computer Science courses of Kingston University

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Computer Science (with Sandwich Year) BSc (Hons) at Kingston University

55%	Teaching Professionals
10%	Protective service occupations
5%	Caring personal services
5%	Elementary occupations
5%	Administrative occupations
5%	Welfare and housing associate professionals
5%	Sales occupations
5%	Secretarial and related occupations
5%	Natural and social science professionals
5%	Science, engineering and technology associate professionals

Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023

The learning, teaching and assessment strategies reflect the programme aims and learning outcomes, student background, potential employer requirements, and the need to develop a broad range of technical skills with the ability to apply them appropriately. Assessment includes coursework, which could be group or individual involving design, development, documentation and presentation tasks and exams. Teaching approaches include studio practices; project-based learning through workshops and group work, scalable, context driven lectures, and problem based learning sessions. Ample opportunities are given to students for formative assessment with rapid feedback.

Entry Requirements / Admissions

Minimum Required UCAS Tariff

UCAS points from a minimum of 2 A-Levels. General Studies not accepted.

Source: UCAS Dec 4, 2023

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course

Average UCAS Tariff Score 137

Tariff score	% Students accepted for this course
<48	0
48-63	0
64-79	5
80-95	5
96-111	15
112-127	10
128-143	20
144-159	20
160-175	20
176-191	0
192-207	0
208-223	5
224-239	0
>240	0

Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
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Qualification requirements

BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus A Level English at grade B. Preferred:- Performing Arts, Art & Design, Digital Film and Video Production,Business IT, Applied Science,Sport, Sport and Exercise Science

31-30 overall or 665-655 in 3 HL subjects.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Including one in a relevant subject/science (90 UCAS tariff points)

Access to HE Diploma

T Levels T Levels are an alternative to A levels, apprenticeships and other further education courses. T Level focuses on vocational skills and can help students into skilled employment, higher education and/or apprenticeships. Students who study T Level spend 80% of the course in the classroom, learning the skills that employers need. The other 20% is a meaningful industry placement, where they put these skills into action. T Levels are the equivalent to three A levels and we recognise the UCAS tariff points they attract in line with other qualifications that aid progression to higher education.

Source: UCAS Dec 4, 2023

Requirements for international students / English requirements

IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)

- 6.5
- All other courses
- 6.0
- Foundation / Pathway Courses
- 6.5
- Graduate Degrees
- 6.5
- Undergraduate Degrees

Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Computer Science (with Sandwich Year), BSc (Hons), if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

Costs

Tuition Fees Computer Science (with Sandwich Year) BSc (Hons)

England UK	£9250	year 1
Northern Ireland	£9250	year 1
Scotland	£9250	year 1
Wales	£9250	year 1

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Source: UCAS Dec 4, 2023

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent	£518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home)	£50
Supermarket shopping	£81
Clothing	£35
Eating out	£33
Alcohol	£27
Takeaways / food deliveries	£30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food)	£24
Holidays and weekend trips	£78
Transport within city	£17
Self-care / sports	£20
Stationary / books	£13
Mobile phone / internet	£13
Cable TV / streaming	£7
Insurance	£51
Other	£95

Average student cost of living	£1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

Source: Own research based on surveys and university data

How to apply

Application deadline:

January 1, 2025

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Possible Entry Points:

year 1 (Default entry point)

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