Computing

You’ll work on exciting live client briefs and build a professional portfolio showcasing your skills and talent.

Group project work builds your soft skills project management, teamwork and problem-solving skills. Your individual project is your chance realise your potential and impress potential employers.

Take part in our game jams and monthly Codefest events. They are a great way to get to know students from other disciplines and build skills. They are supported and sponsored by Brighton companies, such as Wish Studios, Hanger 13 Games and Brandwatch who mentor and judge the events.

You’ll have access to specialist facilities such as:

• Oculus Rift
• HTC Vive
• a digitisation/ VR lab
• 3D scanning and printing
• a Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) acquisition dome
• high-end computers to post-process data
• mobile eye-tracking glasses
• usability lab for testing software
• secure and dependable software system research labs
• security lab.

Connect with our professional networks and build experience and contacts on placement. Our students have worked for companies including Disney, BBC, IBM, NATS, and 15below.

We work in close contact with industry through our advisory board, who contribute to the ongoing development of the courses. And professionals are invited to share their experience with you and give advice and insider tips.

Each year, Paxton (a Brighton-based tech company) offers three scholarships to our computing, maths, engineering and product design students that are worth £10,000 and a three-month paid placement at the company.

Choose a course that is accredited by BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT.

Accreditation ensures the content of the course will help prepare you for your future career.

It also means that when you graduate you will meet some or all of the education requirements for registration with BCS as a Chartered IT Professional (CITP).