About the course

Reasons to study

1. Preparing for your future: Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in organisations including BBC, West Yorkshire Police, Hermes, Microsoft, BT and Amazon UK.*
2. Gain industry experience: You'll have the opportunity to undertake a work placement in the UK or overseas to open up your graduate employment prospects.
3. Accreditation: This course is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS), the Chartered Institute for IT, providing an indicator of quality to you and potential employers.

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Gain a qualification in Information Technology (IT) and you could work with computer-based technology, integrating communications with computer networks to benefit organisations in the public or private sector.

We aim to give you the knowledge and skills to help organisations identify their IT needs and then design, produce and operate computer-based information systems. During your studies we’ll give you the opportunity to gain a thorough grounding in the principles of IT, that includes:

• Storing, manipulating and analysing data
• Developing web and database-enabled applications
• Exploring contemporary theory in modelling and interface design

The focus is on giving you the skills to perform in a graduate level information systems position, and prepare you for a career in this dynamic area of computing. We want to give you lots of opportunities to put what you’ve learnt into practice and we work closely with industry. You could also spend a year on placement, which could really help you develop your experience and your contacts.

This course is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS), which means you will have fulfilled the academic requirements for registration as a Chartered IT Professional.

You might like to hear what Sam has to say about studying at the University of Huddersfield.

Course detail

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3 – optional placement year

Final year

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching excellence

Global Professional Award

Entry requirements

BBB-BBCat A Level .

120-112UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.

Meritat T Level.

DMMin BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.

Access to Higher Education Diploma in a subject that is relevant to the course with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above. 120-112 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.

Entry is also possible from the Engineering Foundation Year. To progress onto this course from the Foundation Year you must pass all modules and achieve an average mark of 40% or above.

In addition you must have GCSE English Language or Literature and Maths at grade 4 or above, or grade C or above if awarded under the previous GCSE grading scheme.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. We consider all applications on an individual basis.

For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.