Computer Systems Engineering

Computer systems are fundamental to nearly all current engineering devices and products. Computers and their algorithms are the brains of autonomous systems, giving machines intelligence, such as in driverless cars, flight control systems and robots.

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Teaching and learning changes for 2020-21

Due to the coronavirus pandemic we have made some changes to teaching and learning for some courses in the 2020-21 academic year.

Our undergraduate degrees in Computer Systems Engineering teach you the full set of skills that will allow you to thrive in whatever sector you decide to work in.

The course

Year in industry

Foundation year

The course

Undergraduate

Computer Systems Engineering BEng

2021-22

/ September start

A Levels AAB

UCAS code H130

3 years

/ Full-time

Accredited

Learn about the fields that are essential to computer systems, including mathematics, control systems, embedded systems and programming. Then go on to applied work that brings the concepts together in a practical way, and continue to study advanced modules in specialist areas such as system design and security and intelligent systems.

Study abroad

Year in industry

Undergraduate

Computer Systems Engineering with a Year in Industry BEng

2021-22

/ September start

A Levels AAB

UCAS code 2A47

4 years

/ Full-time

Accredited

You will study in Sheffield for the first two years of your course learning about the fields that are essential to computer systems, including mathematics, control systems, embedded systems and programming. In your third year you will have the opportunity to put into practice what you’ve learnt by working for a year in an engineering placement before returning to Sheffield for your final year studying modules in specialist areas such as system design and security and intelligent systems.