Undergraduate Study
Over 70% of our undergraduate students were employed within six months of graduation - compared to the national average of 68.7% (HESA statistics, 2010).
The Lord Mayor of London Scholarships for Academic Excellence:
Supporting you in your studies, City University London is offering Scholarships of up to £3,000 per year to UK and EU undergraduate students achieving ABB or above at A-level or equivalent qualifications. Find out more here.
Studying at City
City offers you a wide choice of exciting, distinctive, and professional degrees in IT and Computing, delivered in purpose-built new premises with specialist teaching rooms and laboratories. All our courses will equip you for fast-track careers in the IT industry, commerce, research and consultancy. They share a common first year, which gives you the flexibility of changing course after a year's study.
Our degrees provide you with expertise in the key computing technologies, analysis and design methods, and programming languages currently employed in the IT industry. You will also be exposed to the state-of-the-art research that is poised to transform the IT industry over the next decade. Our degrees have been designed by members of staff with extensive academic and professional experience. You will gain an understanding of the enduring principles, concepts, teamwork and communication skills which will enable you to adapt effectively in a rapidly changing industry.
Our expertise allows us to offer a broad range of degrees that support our students in exploring their interests, from applied courses, such as Business Computing Systems to science courses, such as Computer Science and Software Engineering, to a number of specialist degrees, for example Computer Science with Games Technology. We offer a wide range of electives covering topics as diverse as e-commerce, business object technology, IT security and software agents.
We combine academically rigorous degrees that explicitly relate theory to practice, with essential transferable skills such as communication and team working.
As part of your course, you will have the opportunity to gain practical experience, whilst earning, alongside your studies - through one of our placement schemes:
- One-year placement - These are taken after students have successfully completed their second year of studies; students work between nine and fifteen months on placement before returning to City to complete their final year
- Professional Pathway Scheme - This scheme is unique to City and offers students the opportunity to combine placement employment (and earnings) whilst studying.
We aim to produce well-rounded graduates who can take leading roles in the highly competitive IT profession.
Download the School of Informatics Undergraduate brochure.
