Software Engineering with Foundation Year - BEng

Canterbury Christ Church University

**Get ready with a foundation year and learn the foundational skills and knowledge to complete a full Honours degree. You'll be able to embark on this qualification without meeting the level 3 entry requirements, giving you the opportunity to study at degree level through this four year course.**Build your future through code with our Software Engineering degree. Designed for problem solvers who want to create innovative, secure, and high-quality digital systems, this degree will prepare you for industries including medicine, education, and space flight.This BEng (Hons) Software Engineering course blends practical coding experience with industry-standard tools, real-world projects, and expert teaching. If you're passionate about app development, cybersecurity, or AI, this degree will give you the skills and confidence to succeed in this fast-paced, in-demand sector.Taught in a supportive, inclusive environment, you’ll learn to design, build, test and deploy software that solves real-world problems, setting you up for a career in software development, web development, cybersecurity, and beyond.**What you’ll learn**- Discover how future tech is shaping our world and explore the big questions about its impact on people, business, and education.- Create apps that solve real problems, using the Conceive – Develop – Implement – Operate (DIO) engineering model created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.- Explore how Artificial Intelligence is changing the world and how human psychology impacts user experience (UX) and design.- Collaborate on group projects with real clients to develop teamwork and communication skills.- Graduate with career-ready technical skills and a strong portfolio that showcases your potential to employers.Whether you want to become a software engineer, ethical hacker, or AI specialist, this course is your launchpad into your chosen sector.**Location**This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.

School of Engineering, Technology and Design