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Cloud Computing with foundation year

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  • Undergraduate
CU Coventry
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Course summary

You can choose to study this course in London (Dagenham) or Coventry.

Foundation year

Our degree with foundation year could be the stepping stone you need to achieve your goals. The foundation year aims to prepare you for degree-level study and is a great way to build the confidence, skills and knowledge needed to succeed on your degree course. The degree with foundation year is only available for the BSc option.

This foundation course is perfect if you are shifting academic focus, wishing to reskill in a modern and fluid environment, or perhaps just missed out on UCAS requirements for your chosen degree-level course.

The course provides a solid grounding in several areas such as:

  • Problem-based learning to a set of requirements.

  • Mathematics for STEM.

  • Software and databases.

Degree
Our Cloud Computing BSc (Hons) incorporates contemporary issues and approaches in computing, underpinned by fundamental skills in networking, software design, data science, coding, computer hardware and physical infrastructure.

Course content is maintained through working closely with large cloud service providers, with the aim of ensuring graduates are well placed for employability on completion in a competitive and rapidly developing field.

Why you should study this course
The course is designed to provide successful graduates with the breadth of skills to be effective in the varied digital workplace, developing self-management and self-development capabilities to keep pace with change and adapt to new technologies, software languages and cloud management systems.

Through the course programme you should develop your skills and knowledge in many areas, including:

  • Problem-based learning using authentic assessment methods.

  • Critical self-development and professional presentation in a technical field.

  • Techniques and technologies to leverage cloud provisions to meet business requirements.

If you choose to leave the degree course after successfully passing Year 1, you will be eligible for a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Cloud Computing. If you choose to leave the degree course after successfully passing Year 2, you will be eligible for a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Cloud Computing.

For the most up-to-date information about course modules or sandwich years, please visit our website.

https://www.coventry.ac.uk/cuc/course-structure/hnc-hnd-degree/cloud-computing/?term=2026-27&type=foundation

Modules

Course Modules

In the foundation year, the modules are:

Fundamental Pure Mathematics

Software and Databases

Networking and Communications

Information Technology in Business

During the degree part of the course, the modules are:

Year 1:

Principles of Computer Systems

Serverless Web Applications

Networking Architecture and Design Concepts

Infrastructure Architecture and Design Concepts

Year 2:

Software Defined Networks and Content Delivery Networks

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Securing Cloud Systems

Managing Virtualised Servers and Infrastructure

Final year:

Proposing Cloud Solutions

Applied Cloud Architecture Project

Applied Cloud Software Project

Managing Cloud Solutions

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content.

*For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • CU Coventry

Study options

  • Bachelor of Science (with Honours) • Full-Time • Integrated foundation year • 4 Years

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Application codes

Institution code:
C85

Coventry University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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Application codes

Institution code:
C85

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

T Level
Pass (D or E)

Overall grade of Pass (D or E on the Core) in the T Level Qualification in any subject.

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 40

All Foundation courses require 5 GCSEs at A-C including Maths and English, and at least one A2 level or a BTEC equivalent qualification

Access to HE Diploma

The Access to HE Diploma. Plus GCSE English and GCSE Mathematics at grade 4 / C or above.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE maths and English at grade 4 / C or Functional Skills Level 2, or other equivalent Level 2 awards.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
PPP

We’re here to help you achieve your study goals. If your qualifications or expected levels of grades differ from those outlined above, chat with our admissions team and between us we will explore the possibilities open to you. We accept a range of qualifications and our study experience is designed to give you options and support from the start.
Contact us via our website to find out more.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

Grades alone don’t tell us everything about your potential and your story. We use information from your application to assess achievements in your personal situation to support fair and equal access. For example, we consider where you live, your school, if you are a carer or a care leaver or have experienced disruption to your education.
We have different schemes that recognise this context that may result in a reduced offer by up to 24 UCAS points or equivalent.

Learn more on the Coventry University website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£9790*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Studying this course with a sandwich year incurs an additional £1,575 fee (£1,900 for international students) to cover your academic support throughout your placement year.

For full international fees and the most up to date information about tuition fees, please check the relevant course page of the Coventry University website.

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