Undergraduate degrees

We offer a range of highly regarded and flexible programmes, which can be studied as three-year bachelor's or four year integrated master's degrees. Adding an industrial placement year offers the opportunity to put your academic studies into context and further enhance your employability prospects.

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Industrial placement year

With help from our careers and placements team, we can help you find and secure your own placement. Industrial placements are a minimum of 38 weeks in length, and can be added to any of our programmes - Computer Science or Computer Science with a focus on Software Engineering or Artificial Intelligence. There is no need to make the final decision on which programme to study before you apply, or even whether you would like to do an Industrial Placement at this stage. We offer flexibility to switch between degrees and/or to add a placement year during your study, according to your motivations and interests.

Computer science degrees       

Undergraduate

Computer Science BSc

2026-27
/ September start
A Levels A*AA; AAA
UCAS code G402
3 years
/ Full-time
Accredited

You'll learn how to understand the theoretical issues underlying a problem and how to engineer a solution. You can experiment with speech recognition, voice synthesis, text summarisation, machine translation, robot learning and control, computational biology or virtual reality.
Undergraduate

Computer Science MComp

2026-27
/ September start
A Levels A*AA; AAA
UCAS code G400
4 years
/ Full-time
Accredited

Our four-year degrees are a one-year extension to our BSc degrees, which allows further specialisation. You can decide if you want to develop your research skills by working alongside our academics and researchers on one of their projects, or you can join our student-led software organisation, Genesys, where you will be able to put your academic skills into context by working on solutions for clients.

2025 entry

Software engineering degrees 

Undergraduate

Computer Science (Software Engineering) BEng

2026-27
/ September start
A Levels A*AA; AAA
UCAS code G600
3 years
/ Full-time
Accredited

Focus on the art of engineering complex software systems. This course not only teaches you state-of-the-art software design and programming technologies, but also lets you practise your skills in project management, teamwork and working with customers - skills expected by employers.
Undergraduate

Computer Science (Software Engineering) MEng

2026-27
/ September start
A Levels A*AA; AAA
UCAS code G650
4 years
/ Full-time
Accredited

Our four year degrees are a one year extension to our BSc degrees which allows further specialisation. You will gain industrial experience and engage with real customers when you join Genesys, our student led software development organisation. In your fourth year you will learn about agile software engineering practices and make use of tools used in industry.

2025 entry

Artificial intelligence degrees

Undergraduate

Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) BSc

2026-27
/ September start
A Levels A*AA; AAA
UCAS code GG74
3 years
/ Full-time
Accredited

This course provides a core grounding in computer science with a focus on AI. You'll build the same solid foundation in core computer science as our main computer science degree and dive deep into a range of AI topics such as biologically inspired algorithms, machine learning, computer vision and robotics.
Undergraduate

Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) MComp

2026-27
/ September start
A Levels A*AA; AAA
UCAS code G700
4 years
/ Full-time
Accredited

Our four-year degrees are a one-year extension to our BSc degrees which allows further specialisation. In your fourth year you'll develop research and analytical skills. You have the opportunity to contribute to a publication of your research findings and will also take part in a conference style presentation where you present your work.

2025 entry

Degrees with a foundation year

Undergraduate

Computer Science with a Foundation Year BSc MComp

2026-27
/ September start
A Levels BBB; BBC
UCAS code G401
5 years
/ Full-time
Accredited

If you want to study computer science but don't meet our standard entry requirements, our foundation year could be for you. You'll learn the fundamentals of maths, physics and engineering in a variety of innovative ways to prepare you for your degree.
Undergraduate

Software Engineering with a Foundation Year BEng MEng

2026-27
/ September start
A Levels BBB; BBC
UCAS code G651
5 years
/ Full-time
Accredited

If you want to study software engineering but don't meet our standard entry requirements, our foundation year could be for you. You'll learn the fundamentals of maths, physics and engineering in a variety of innovative ways to prepare you for your degree.

2025 entry

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Results and Clearing 2025

The University of Sheffield has some places for additional high achieving students available through Clearing this year.

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