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Computer Science at Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University is ranked 89th of 134 universities for computer science on our measures. 79% of students are positive about the course, and graduates earn a median £30k after 15 months, rising to £39.5k after five years.
Typical offer BBB–BCCEngland25 courses
How it compares with other computer science courses
The marker shows the typical (median) computer science course. How we measure
Who gets in
UCAS points of students who started, with the A-level grades worth the same points. These totals include every qualification students had (a fourth A-level, EPQ, AS levels and so on), so many people here had a lower offer than their total suggests.
- Under 96 ptsbelow CCC49%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC14%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB14%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB12%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA6%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more5%
What graduates earn
The 15-month figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey and covers graduates in full-time work. The 3 and 5-year figures come from tax records and include everyone in work, including part-time, so they can be lower than the 15-month figure.
Compare the 25 computer science courses here
Each course has its own satisfaction, drop-out and entry figures where enough students answered. Add your grades above to see your fit for each one.
- Typical offers range from BCC (Computer Science) to ABB (Computer Science).
- Highest student satisfaction: Cyber Security Management (82%).
- Least competitive entry: Software Engineering (with Foundation Year option). Half of the students who started had more than 52 UCAS points, against 120 on the most competitive course here.
- Most students stay on: Cyber Security with Digital Forensics (95%).
- Every course here offers a placement year.
- Foundation year: 8 of the 25 courses offer one.
- Courses last between 3 and 4 years.
- Degrees awarded: BSc, MSci.
Computer Science
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerBBB–BCC
- Satisfied
- 79%
- Stay on
- 90%
- Entry points
- 93
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science
MSci · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science (Applied)
MSci · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)
MSci · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science (Cyber Security)
MSci · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science (Data Science)
MSci · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science (Information Assurance)
MSci · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science (Networks)
MSci · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science (Software Engineering)
MSci · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computing
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerBBB–BCC
- Satisfied
- 75%
- Stay on
- 88%
- Entry points
- 108*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Cyber Security Management
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerBBB–BCC
- Satisfied
- 82%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 102
- Graduate jobs
- 75%
- Salary
- £30k*
Cyber Security with Digital Forensics
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 81%
- Stay on
- 95%
- Entry points
- 104
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Cyber Defence and Intelligence
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerBBB–BCC
- Satisfied
- 81%*
- Stay on
- 89%*
- Entry points
- 108*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 79%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 104
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Networks and Cyber Security
BSc · 3 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%
- Entry points
- 115
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Software Engineering
BSc · 3 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 81%
- Stay on
- 89%
- Entry points
- 120
- Graduate jobs
- 85%
- Salary
- £30k*
Computer Science (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB–BCC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 52
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Computing (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB–BCC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Cyber Security Management (with Foundation Year option)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerBBB–BCC
- Satisfied
- 81%*
- Stay on
- 89%*
- Entry points
- 108*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Cyber Security with Digital Forensics (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 81%*
- Stay on
- 89%*
- Entry points
- 108*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 79%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 108*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Networks and Cyber Security (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
Typical offerABB–BBC
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 87*
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Software Engineering (with Foundation Year option)
BSc · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 78%*
- Stay on
- 90%*
- Entry points
- 52
- Graduate jobs
- 80%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Business Computing with Analytics
BSc · 3 years
Estimated offer~ABB–BBC
Not published where we could read it. Estimated from similar courses: check the course page for the real offer.- Satisfied
- 79%*
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 109
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
Business Computing with Analytics (with Foundation Year)
BSc · 4 years
- Satisfied
- 79%*
- Stay on
- 85%*
- Entry points
- 102*
- Graduate jobs
- 63%*
- Salary
- £30k*
* When a course is too small to publish its own figure, we show the figure for similar courses at this university. Highlighted figures are the best of this university’s own course figures. Entry points are the middle UCAS score of students who started, counting all their qualifications, so they’re usually higher than the offer.
Typical offers are taken from each university’s own course page (checked October 2026). Offers change each year and some courses ask for specific subjects, so always check the course page before you apply.
Estimated offers (marked ~) are our estimate, not the university’s published offer. They come from courses whose students had similar grades, and are right to within one grade for about 84% of courses where we can check. Always check the course page.
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Living in Bournemouth
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