MSc Software Engineering at University of West London

Programme overview

This MSc Software Engineering course offers a placement option, which will allow you to build on your Master's qualification with real professional experience in one of the world's great cities. For full details, select the Full-time with placement tab below. With the IT sector expanding rapidly around the world, there has never been a better time to take a software engineering course.

Duration: 1 year full-time; 16 months full-time; 2 years full-time with placement; 2 years and 4 months full-time with placement; 2 years part-time; 19 months extended masters; 15 months extended masters; 20 months enhanced extended masters; 19 months enhanced extended masters; 16 months full-time with internship | Study mode: full-time (part-time available; placement year option; internship option) | Intake: September 2027, February 2027, October 2026, June 2027 | Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Do you want to build on your Master's qualification with real professional experience in one of the world's great cities? Our MSc Software Engineering with Placement Year is a two-year course that combines the full taught content of MSc Software Engineering with a guaranteed professional placement year in London. In Year 1, you will study your core modules at UWL's London campus. Modules include: Mobile Web Component Development; Big Data Analytics; Advanced Topics in Software Engineering; Machine Learning; Dissertation; Security Operations and Assurance; HCI for Information Systems; Start of Year 2: Break following completion of Year 1 - 4 to 6 weeks; Break between placements: Two-week break between rotations - 2 weeks; Placement 3: Third placement with a different organisation - 3 months.

Career pathways

The Software Engineering course has an emphasis on currency and relevance to current and future employment and should appeal to new and recent graduates who wish to further their careers in software engineering. Additionally, you may want to further your knowledge in a specific area through doctoral study. Job roles include: software architect; solution architect; project manager; solution architect; software project manager; systems analyst; senior software developer; Software Engineering with Placement Year.

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Application information

Entry requirements

You should have an honours degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university or equivalent in computing, or engineering with a significant level of computing. We may also offer you a place based on relevant experience or training, normally from within the work environment. All applications are considered individually. Find out more about our processes for recognising previous experience; Extended Masters Degree. To study the Extended Masters programme, you will need: a Bachelor's degree. international students need to meet our English language requirements of IELTS 6.5 or above and a minimum of 5.5 for each of the individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening). Enhanced Extended Masters Degree. To study the Enhanced Extended Masters programme, you will need: international students must meet our English language requirements at IELTS 6.0 or above, and a minimum of 5.5 for each of the individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening). Please note: If you qualify for a regular Masters, you will not be accepted on the Extended Masters or Enhanced Extended Masters course. IELTS 6.5 overall or above. You need to meet our English language requirement of 6.5 overall score for IELTS, with a minimum of 5.5 for each of the four individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening).

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,200 a year. Tuition for: Full-time (1 year, September 2027). Source

International applicants: GBP 17,750 a year. Tuition for: Full-time (1 year, September 2027). Source

Intake: September 2027, February 2027, October 2026, June 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time; 16 months full-time; 2 years full-time with placement; 2 years and 4 months full-

Apply through the official page: https://www.uwl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/how-apply-postgraduates

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