Computer Science BSc

Durham University · honours · 3 years · optional foundation year · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 8437course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £40,000 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£40,000

median, based on 45 graduates · half earned £25,500–£50,500 · Discover Uni (LEO)

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

Entry requirements for this course are not yet on file; see the university’s course page.

Durham course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 100% with A levels. 29% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 125 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

After graduating

Where does it lead?

£40,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£26k
Median£40k
Upper quarter£51k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 45 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 14, 13, 23

Half of graduates earned between £25,500 and £50,500. Five years on, the median is £54,000. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 90% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 111% left88%105
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying90%50
Professional or managerial job90%40
Pay 15 months on, median£50,00040
Pay 3 years on, median£40,00045
Pay 5 years on, median£54,00040
Money

What does it cost?

Fees not on file; see the university’s fees page.

Durham fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

93%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 53% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 50 students answered

Highest: 96% agreed on question 15; lowest: 65% on question 2.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 185%
Question 265%
Question 390%
Question 475%
Question 585%
Question 688%
Question 777%
Question 871%
Question 967%
Question 1067%
Question 1175%
Question 1275%
Question 1385%
Question 1466%
Question 1596%
Question 1689%
Question 1781%
Question 1879%
Question 1980%
Question 2085%
Question 2176%
Question 2288%
Question 2383%
Question 2485%
Question 2568%
Question 2693%

Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from Durham University’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. Durham University is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.