Software Engineering, BEng (Hons)

This BEng Software Engineering degree equips students with essential professional skills in programming, software design, analysis, quality assurance, and project management. Specialist topics include critical systems, web development, advanced databases, and scripting languages. Supported by excellent facilities and expert faculty, graduates enjoy high demand for their innovative solutions and technical expertise. Strong employer connections, including careers fairs and the Future Worlds incubator, enhance opportunities, while accreditation from the British Computer Society and Institution of Engineering and Technology ensures industry recognition.The three-year programme features core modules in the first two years, such as Programming, Computer Systems, and Data Management, allowing students to tailor their studies. In the final year, optional modules focus on emerging software technologies, complemented by an individual project involving software development, implementation, and evaluation. Assessment methods encompass written exams, in-class tests, design and programming exercises, oral presentations, lab assessments, and group work, fostering a comprehensive demonstration of learning outcomes.

This three-year BEng programme will enable you to pursue a career in any area of the software industry and has been designed to maximise student choice by allowing you to tailor the degree structure to suit your own interests. During the first two years you will undertake a series of core modules, for example Programming, Computer Systems and Data Management. In your third year you can choose from a wide range of optional modules that reflect the specialist areas of software engineering and key technologies that will be critical in the future. You will also work on an individual project to take a piece of software from development to implementation and evaluation. For further details of our optional modules:https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/software-engineering-degree-beng#modules.