Computer Science MSci

University of Nottingham · honours · 4 years · optional foundation year · optional year abroad · UCAS 6439course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £36,000 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£36,000

median, based on 150 graduates · half earned £28,500–£49,500 · 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.

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

Who actually got in: 90% with A levels, 5% with the IB, 5% with other higher education. 10% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 20 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?

£36,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£29k
Median£36k
Upper quarter£50k

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 150 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 24, 14, 13, 23

Half of graduates earned between £28,500 and £49,500. Five years on, the median is £54,000. 85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 100% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 10% left100%25
In work or study, 15 months on15% studying85%15
Professional or managerial job100%25
Pay 15 months on, median£35,00065
Pay 3 years on, median£36,000150
Pay 5 years on, median£54,000145
Money

What does it cost?

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

Nottingham fees page

National Student Survey 2024-26

What do students say?

77%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 · 30 students answered

Highest: 96% agreed on question 20; lowest: 45% on question 10.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 179%
Question 252%
Question 379%
Question 479%
Question 586%
Question 676%
Question 779%
Question 876%
Question 983%
Question 1045%
Question 1162%
Question 1266%
Question 1362%
Question 1454%
Question 1575%
Question 1679%
Question 1762%
Question 1857%
Question 1979%
Question 2096%
Question 2193%
Question 2278%
Question 2356%
Question 2448%
Question 2577%
Question 2677%

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 University of Nottingham’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. University of Nottingham is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.