BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Programme overview

BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems is a professionally accredited degree on the analysis, development and application of socio-technical systems. Students learn to analyse business needs and develop technological solutions, with opportunities for a placement year and professional qualifications such as Tableau and Cisco certifications.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Technologies | Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years with a foundation year or year-long industry placement; 5 years with both | Intake: Entry year 2027 | Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Fundamentals of Information Systems, Technology & Society, Computational Thinking, Introduction to Data Analytics, Explore, and Web Design & Databases. Year 2: Law & Digital Security, Information Systems Analysis & Design, Digital Business, Expand and Collaborative Project, plus one option. Year 3: Technology Project Management, Professional, Sustainable & Ethical Technology, Business Analytics & Intelligence and a 40-credit Development Project, plus one option such as Cyber Security and Cryptography or FinTech.

Career pathways

IT and telecoms, digital and creative industries, financial and professional services, management consultancy and the public sector. Students have won placements with Microsoft, HP, General Electric and the Met Office.

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Entry requirements

Typical offer for Year 1 entry: UCAS tariff 104-112. GCSE: Five GCSEs at Grade C / 4 or above including English Language / Welsh First Language and Mathematics / Mathematics - Numeracy. A level: Minimum three A levels including grades CCC; no specific subjects required; Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject. BTEC National / Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM. T Level: Merit; no specific subjects required. Access to Higher Education Diploma: No specific subjects required. International Baccalaureate Diploma: 2 x H5; no specific subjects required. Irish Leaving Certificate: 2 x H2 grades (Higher level subjects only considered with a minimum grade H4). Scottish Advanced Highers: Grades DD; Scottish Highers also considered alone or in combination with Advanced Highers. Combinations of qualifications are accepted if they meet the minimum requirements. Contextual offers are available. International applicants: Academic IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in all elements, or equivalent. A Foundation Year route is available for applicants who do not meet the entry requirements.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time home undergraduate tuition fee; may increase by any level permitted by the Welsh Government. Source

International applicants: GBP 16,000 a year (2026/27). Full-time international undergraduate tuition fee. Source

Intake: Entry year 2027

Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years with a foundation year or year-long industry placement; 5 years with both

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