Computer Science BSc

Durham University · honours · 4 years · foundation year · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 1716course 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: 95% with A levels. Based on 15 entrants.
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 13, 14, 23

Half of graduates earned between £25,500 and £50,500. Five years on, the median is £54,000. 89% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 93% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 125% left75%15
In work or study, 15 months on7% studying89%70
Professional or managerial job93%55
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?

88%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 63% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 95 students answered

Highest: 96% agreed on question 15; lowest: 57% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 189%
Question 271%
Question 392%
Question 483%
Question 587%
Question 684%
Question 785%
Question 873%
Question 971%
Question 1067%
Question 1179%
Question 1284%
Question 1381%
Question 1457%
Question 1596%
Question 1689%
Question 1784%
Question 1879%
Question 1990%
Question 2088%
Question 2185%
Question 2288%
Question 2383%
Question 2477%
Question 2567%
Question 2688%

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.