BSc (Hons) Information Technology at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Programme overview

An IT degree focused on the operational and infrastructure side of the UK IT services sector: building, managing, securing and automating digital infrastructure. Core areas include cloud deployment, DevOps and cybersecurity, taught through hands-on work in specialist labs with enterprise hardware and cloud-native tools.

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

What you will study

Year 1: IT Infrastructure and Hardware, Scripting and Automation for IT, Architectures and Operating Systems, Computational Thinking, Explore, and Web Design and Databases. Year 2: Agile Development and DevOps, Software Security, Networks and Security, Cloud Foundations and Virtualisation, Expand, and Collaborative Project. Year 3: Development Project (40 credits), Cloud Computing Deployment, IT Service Management, Professional, Sustainable and Ethical Tech, and Cyber Security and Cryptography.

Career pathways

Roles such as Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer or Infrastructure Lead, or further master's and PhD study at Cardiff Met.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer for entry to year 1: 104-112 UCAS tariff points. A levels: minimum three A levels including grades CCC, no specific subjects (Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject). BTEC National / Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM. T Level: Merit. Access to Higher Education Diploma: no specific subjects. International Baccalaureate Diploma: 2 x H5. Irish Leaving Certificate: 2 x H2 grades (Higher level subjects considered only at minimum grade H4). Scottish Advanced Highers: grades DD; Scottish Highers also considered. GCSE: five at grade C/4 or above including English Language (or Welsh First Language) and Mathematics (or Mathematics - Numeracy). English language for international applicants: academic IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in all elements, or equivalent. Combinations of the listed qualifications are accepted; mature applicants and those with relevant experience or RPL are considered by Admissions. A foundation year is offered to applicants who do not meet the year 1 requirements. Contextual offers are available.

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: 2027 start

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

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