This a one year top-up course which has been designed for those who have completed at least two years of University or Higher Education study in a related subject.

This course aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills required for information systems to help organisations:

• Specify
• Design
• Implement
• Operate

You’ll be supported in working with sophisticated software tools to develop information systems for businesses. As well as your technical competence, this course will help you to develop your creativity and imagination. Our aim is to help you gain the knowledge and skills to follow a career in computer-based information systems.

We maintain links with local employers and you will have the support of our University careers service. You will be encouraged to be an independent learner and develop the transferable higher level skills which are in demand from employers.

You might like to hear what Sam has to say about studying Information Technology BSc(Hons) at the University of Huddersfield.

Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as software engineer, server and storage analyst, senior developer, research software development engineer, systems security engineer and business analyst in organisations including BBC, West Yorkshire Police, Hermes, Microsoft, BT and Amazon UK.**

Additionally, you may gain skills that are transferable to other industries and may be able to pursue any career that requires a good honours degree. You could go on to further study and the University has many options available for postgraduate study (including postgraduate teacher training) and research which may interest you.

* Whilst this is a top-up course and therefore there are no graduate statistics for this specific course, 93% of graduates from courses in this subject area go on to work and/or further study within six months of graduating (Destination of Leavers Survey 2016/17).