Computer Systems Engineering with Cyber Security BSc

University of York · honours · 3 years · optional placement year · optional year abroad · UCAS 8641course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £40,500 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£40,500

median, based on 135 graduates · half earned £32,000–£54,000 · 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.

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

Who actually got in: 97% with A levels, 1% with other higher education. 7% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 280 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?

£40,500median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£32k
Median£41k
Upper quarter£54k

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 135 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 12, 13, 22

Half of graduates earned between £32,000 and £54,000. Five years on, the median is £54,000. 90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 88% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 12% left94%190
In work or study, 15 months on5% studying90%75
Professional or managerial job88%60
Pay 15 months on, median£38,00045
Pay 3 years on, median£40,500135
Pay 5 years on, median£54,000130
Money

What does it cost?

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

York 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; 64% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 125 students answered

Highest: 95% agreed on question 21; lowest: 48% on question 14.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 186%
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Question 388%
Question 480%
Question 582%
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Question 861%
Question 980%
Question 1060%
Question 1179%
Question 1274%
Question 1387%
Question 1448%
Question 1594%
Question 1687%
Question 1776%
Question 1885%
Question 1994%
Question 2088%
Question 2195%
Question 2283%
Question 2374%
Question 2463%
Question 2579%
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 University of York’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 York is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.