Undergraduate
Our bachelors degree courses are designed to provide you with the skills necessary to become an IT professional, whether this is as a software engineer, project manager, consultant or in support.
Our courses
These courses include up-to-date technical skills with programming taught in Java throughout the degree, leading to advanced Java subjects in later years, as well as the necessary communication, team working and problem solving skills demanded by industry.
Computing at the core
We offer a number of undergraduate BSc (Honours) degree programmes as listed above, each with (4 years) or without (3 years) a professional training year. Programmes consists of a core of computer science modules plus modules based upon the theme of the degree.
Study abroad
The University of Surrey offers a student exchange programme, where you can study abroad in countries throughout Europe, USA, Australia, Singapore and Japan. Visit our Student exchanges site for more information on how you can get involved.
Professional training year
As part of your degree you can do a years professional training within industry, giving you real world experience. This can be here in the UK or abroad in other countries. For further information go to our professional training site.
Accreditation
Our Computer Science and Computing and Information Technology degrees are accredited by the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, through to 2021. As an integral part of our Professional Training year, and as an entry point to the Skills Framework for the Information Age - "The world's most popular way of describing the professional skills needed by IT people", students document their experiences on the way to their professional membership of BCS using the BCS Professional Development Scheme.
The Software Development for Business degree is accredited as a Tech Industry Gold degree by the Tech Partnership, a network of over 800 employers working to creating skills for the UK's digital economy.
Prizes
The Department offers a number of prizes to our current undergraduate students, sponsored by the Department or its industrial partners.
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PRIZE TITLE AND DESCRIPTION |
AWARDED AT | SPONSOR | PRIZE |
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Department Prize for Best Performance Awarded for the best all round performance by a final year student. |
Graduation | Department | £250 |
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Department Prize for Best Project Awarded for the best final year project by a student graduating from the Department of Computer Science undergraduate programmes. |
Graduation | Department | £250 |
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Fivium Prize Awarded for the best student performance in Enterprise Systems Development (a Year 3 module). |
Graduation | Fivium | £200 |
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IBM Prize for Best Final year, 1st Semester performance on the BSc in Computer Science |
Graduation | IBM | £75 |
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IBM Prize for Best Final year, 1st Semester performance on the BSc in Computing and Information Technology |
Graduation | IBM | £75 |
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IBM Prize for Best final Year, 1st Semester performance on the BSc in Computer Science and Engineering |
Graduation | IBM | £75 |
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IBM Prizes (x3) Awarded for excellent Placement year performance. |
Graduation | IBM | £75 each |
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Elsevier Prize for Best Student Performance in the 2nd Year of the BSc in Computer Science Awarded for best overall performance in the second year of BSc in Computer Science. |
Autumn | Elsevier B.V, | £100 |
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The Sheppard Memorial Prize Awarded for outstanding performance in second year of Computing and Information Technology best mark. |
Autumn | Mary Sheppard | £100 |
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IBM Prize for the Best Improved Performance since Year 2 (x2) |
Autumn | IBM | £75 each |
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The Gold-i Prize Awarded for best performance (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) by a student in Year 2 module Advanced Object-oriented Programming using C++. |
Autumn | Gold-i |
1st Place £300 2nd Place £200 3rd Place £100 |
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Consult Hyperion Prize for Best Student Performance in the 1st Year of the BSc in Computer Science Programme awarded for the best overall performance in the first year of the BSc in Computer Science programme. |
Autumn | Consult Hyperion | £100 |