BSc (Hons) Software Engineering

BCS (Chartered Institute for IT)

BCS Glasgow prize: Best honours project

VerInt prize for Software Engineering

The University of Stirling have been awarded five star excellence for our teaching by the QS World University Rankings 2020. 

You’ll learn about Software Engineering through lectures, small tutorial groups and practical labs, where concepts taught in lectures are implemented and tested. You’ll complete a number of modules that will involve team-based software design, development and testing.

We teach Software Engineering as a very practical subject, and almost all modules include practical assignments. Typically, these count for 50 percent of the assessment grade per module, with the remainder given to the exam. For an Honours degree, the grades for all advanced modules taken in Semesters 5-8 are combined to give your final degree classification.

To help you build a strong link with industry, we offer three month summer placements and one year placements with local SMEs and large corporates. Both placements are available to third year students.

Dr David Cairns

+44 (0) 1786 467445

dec@cs.stir.ac.uk

See what funding opportunities and loans are available to help you with tuition and living costs.

Students domiciled in Scotland

The University of Stirling offers undergraduate funding opportunities for students domiciled in Scotland. To find out if you’re eligible to apply for an award, use our scholarship finder.

EU students

For EU students starting studies in academic year 2021/22, we will award an automatic scholarship of up to £30k over the duration of your course. This is subject to eligibility criteria.

Students domiciled in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

The Undergraduate Choice Scholarship provides a £1,000 cash award to all students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland who meet the conditions of their offer and select the University of Stirling as their Firm or Insurance choice on UCAS.

The University also offers the Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, which is awarded to selected students and provides a £1,000 cash award per year for years 1-3 of study. To be considered for the Merit Scholarship, students require a minimum of AAB at A-level or equivalent.

In addition, students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland who enter in year 1 and progress successfully through years 2 and 3 will receive our Honours Year Scholarship, which covers the cost of undergraduate tuition fees in the Honours year of study.

You don’t need to apply for the awards listed above - we'll automatically identify your eligibility as part of the admissions process.

To explore other scholarships and learn more about funding opportunities, use our scholarship finder.

Students domiciled overseas

The University of Stirling offers generous undergraduate funding opportunities for overseas students. To find out if you're eligible to apply for an award, use our scholarship finder.

If you’re domiciled in the UK, you can typically apply to your relevant funding body for help with living costs. This usually takes the form of student loans, grants or bursaries, and the amount awarded depends upon your personal circumstances and household income.

EU and overseas students won’t normally be able to claim living support through SAAS or other UK public funding bodies. You should contact the relevant authority in your country to find out if you’re eligible to receive support.

Find out about the cost of living for students at Stirling.

We aim to be as flexible as possible, and offer a wide range of payment methods - including the option to pay fees by instalments. Learn more about how to pay.

You’ll gain many computing-related skills and your professional skills will develop through practical experience with potential employers, work-based learning, and your year-long project in your final year. We also support and encourage you to develop personal effectiveness skills.

We have connections with the following organisation via placements, internships and industrial liason:

• Scottish Government
• NHS
• Sports Scotland
• Sainsbury's Bank
• Diagio
• Mudano
• Scottish Enterprise
• Wood MacKenzie
• Modus Scotland
• Mage Control Systems
• Verint
• Calnex Solutions
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• ARM, who were recently the subject of a $40 billion sale to graphics chip company NVidia