- Level
- 3-Year Bachelor Degree
- Duration
- 3 Years
- Open intake
-
Off-shoreSep 2027
- Field
- Software and Computer Engineering
- Institution
- Public University
- Offer speed
- Superfast Offer Speed2–3 days
- Next deadline
- 2026-09-01
Program overview
BSc (Hons) Software Engineering narrows the computing lens onto the craft of building software properly: programming and data structures as foundation, then software architecture and design patterns, testing and quality engineering, agile team development, secure coding, and DevOps practice, culminating in a final-year engineering project run to professional lifecycle standards.
The degree differs from Computer Science by trading theoretical breadth for engineering depth — less computation theory, more of how real teams ship and maintain systems — and its group projects deliberately simulate workplace conditions: shared repositories, code review gates, sprint ceremonies and the uncomfortable experience of inheriting someone else’s codebase, which working engineers name as the truest preparation they received.
Prospective applicants should understand the group-work weighting before choosing between the computing siblings: this degree assesses team delivery repeatedly and deliberately, which students aiming at real engineering careers should welcome and solo-preferring students should weigh honestly — the collaboration is the curriculum, not an inconvenience attached to it, and references from those team projects carry into placement and job applications.
DMU’s computing school teaches the course from its Gateway House labs with the same accreditation heritage as the CS degree, and the September-cycle entry pattern at £17,300 matches the school standard. Applicants choosing between the two sibling degrees should decide by destination: engineering teams and development careers here, broader or research-facing computing there.
The graduate developer market rewards this degree’s positioning — engineering-titled roles at £25,000–£30,000 regionally, embedded and automotive software demand across the Midlands manufacturing base, and progression tracks that reach technical leadership without ever leaving code. The honours award carries Graduate Route rights at the post-January-2027 length of 18 months, with dependants excluded across taught study.
What it costs per year · indicative
Living cost is an estimate; tuition is the institute's published international fee. We confirm exact, current figures before you pay anything.
Do you qualify?
These are the published minimums. Whether your profile fits — with your marks, gap and budget — is exactly what a free counsellor check confirms.
Admission requirements
Who can apply (guide for international students):
- Education: Completed Class 12 (10+2) with a minimum of 70% per the portal export — note the ASV Finder source states 65% in Standard 12 best four subjects (excluding Hindi); verify the operative bar with DMU admissions.
- English (meet any one, per source): IELTS 6 overall with no band below 5.5; PTE Academic 59 overall (no component below 59); TOEFL 60 overall as recorded in source (legacy component format); Duolingo English Test 105.
- English waiver: English test waiver may be available on Medium of Instruction plus Standard 12 English at 65% or above (2015 or later, all boards) except boards of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh — assessed case by case per the ASV Finder source.
- Application: No application fee. Deposit amount not stated in source — confirm with DMU International before CAS stage.
English requirements
✓ MOI waiver: if your degree was taught in English, you may skip the test with a Medium-of-Instruction certificate. Ask us to confirm.
Documents you'll need typical · we confirm yours
- Valid passport (6+ months validity)
- Class 10 & 12 marksheets and certificates
- English test scorecard (IELTS / PTE / TOEFL) or MOI certificate
- Statement of Purpose (SOP)
- Financial proof — bank statement / loan sanction
- Passport-size photographs
- Study-gap affidavit or work-experience letter (if applicable)
Getting documents right is the #1 reason applications succeed or get refused — our team checks every file before submission.
Career opportunities
Typical first destinations for graduates:
- Software Engineer (graduate) — product and platform teams
- Backend Developer — APIs and services
- Test Automation Engineer — quality engineering roles
- Mobile Developer (junior) — app development teams
- DevOps & Release Engineer — pipeline and tooling roles
- Embedded Software Developer — Midlands manufacturing employers
Reality check: software engineering as a discipline is about building systems that survive other people — version control habits, testing discipline, readable code — and interviews probe those habits directly; the module content only matters if the habits show.
About De Montfort University
- Type
- University
- Ownership
- Public
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- World rank
- #851
- Reference No.
- 10001883
