Computer Science (Industrial) BSc

University of Leeds · honours · 4 years · UCAS 8848course page ↗

AAA at A level, including Mathematics; graduates earn a median £42,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAA

including Mathematics · 88% of entrants came with A levels · 87% stay on after year 1 · Leeds course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AAAtypical A level offer

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. Contextual offer: ABB, for applicants from under-represented backgrounds.

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

  1. 1including Mathematics
Who actually got in: 88% with A levels, 1% with the IB, 2% via Access courses, 8% with other higher education. 4% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 305 entrants.

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

Other qualifications4
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
AccessPass 60 creditswith 45 credits at Level 3, 30 credits with Distinction (including an appropriate number of Mathematics modules) and the remaining 15 credits with Merit or above
BTECD*D*Dwith Distinctions in all Mathematics units. Mathematics units must include Further Mathematics. This unit may be optional on your BTEC but is required by the Faculty
IB18 points—
Advanced HighersAA—
Years 1–4

What do you study?

3compulsory modules in year 1

Module — one course unit, usually a term or a year long; “core” means everyone takes it. One UK credit is about ten hours of study; a full year is 120 credits.

Leeds course page · optional modules vary by year

Year 1 · 3 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 2 · 3 core · 120 credits ≈ 1,200 hours
Year 4 · 2 core · 60 credits ≈ 600 hours
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£42,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£32k
Median£42k
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 £32,000 and £50,500. Five years on, the median is £49,000. 100% 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 113% left87%255
In work or study, 15 months on0% studying100%15
Professional or managerial job100%15
Pay 15 months on, median£34,00045
Pay 3 years on, median£42,00045
Pay 5 years on, median£49,00045
Money

What does it cost?

£10,050a year for UK students, 2027/28 entry

Tuition fee loan — paid straight to the university; repayments start the April after you leave, at 9% of income above the threshold. UK fees are capped by government and rise with inflation; placement and study-abroad years are usually charged at a lower rate.

Leeds fees page · source

About £40,200 in fees over 4 years, covered by a tuition fee loan you repay only when earning above the threshold. International students: £33,700 a year (2027/28).

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; 82% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 15 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 19; lowest: 36% on question 18.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 164%
Question 236%
Question 393%
Question 479%
Question 593%
Question 686%
Question 779%
Question 857%
Question 979%
Question 1057%
Question 1171%
Question 1293%
Question 1371%
Question 1436%
Question 1586%
Question 1664%
Question 1757%
Question 1836%
Question 19100%
Question 2086%
Question 21100%
Question 22100%
Question 2371%
Question 2450%
Question 2569%
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 Leeds’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 Leeds is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.