Software Development [with Placement year]

Peterborough is a globally recognised ‘smart city’ with a gigabit network, located in Cambridgeshire, the home of ‘Silicon Fen’ a centre for high-tech companies; what better place to kick-start your career in the IT-sector than at ARU Peterborough on our Software Development degree course?

Our Software Development degree is designed to equip you with a solid, employability-focused overview of software development and design and prepare you for your first professional role or to continue your studies, should you so choose.

Focusing on Full-Stack development and implementation of real-world systems, our Software Development degree will enable you to develop skills in high-level, object-oriented programming languages such as C# or JAVA. The course will include application and web development.

Methodologies such as agile and DevOps will ensure that you graduate the course ready to work in a team-based environment through the application of your learning to live briefs, supported by industry partners.

Courses at ARU Peterborough are designed to help you become a life-long learner, ready to pivot in your career and respond to changes in this fast-moving industry. When you graduate from this course, you will have developed your powers of autonomous and analytical thinking, learned the essential skills valued by employers in the IT sector and have experienced multi-disciplinary team-working which mirrors real-world industry standards.

On this course you’ll spend lots of time in our dedicated computing labs in our brand new, purpose-bult university building, in the heart of Peterborough. You’ll learn on industry-standard equipment and software on a course that we co-created with regional employers, so you can be confident that you’ll graduate with the skills in-demand in the sector.

You won’t only learn from your tutors, but enjoy guest lectures, live briefs and team projects. Delivering your work in range of formats, including presentations, will help you develop the confidence and communication skills that can give you an edge in your future career.

Modules are subject to change and availability.
Year 1
Core modules
Programming Fundamentals
Relational Database Development Fundamentals
Computer Systems and Networking Fundamentals
Web Development Fundamentals
Year 2
Core modules
Object Oriented Programming Design and Development
Becoming an IT Professional
Ruskin Module
Internet Programming Design and Development
Algorithms, Data Structures and Advanced Programming
Team Based Project
Year 2
Core modules
Object Oriented Programming Design and Development
Becoming an IT Professional
Ruskin Module
Internet Programming Design and Development
Algorithms, Data Structures and Advanced Programming
Team Based Project
Year 3
Core modules
Work placement
Year 4
Core modules

Developing Legacy Software Systems
Future Tech and Development
Full Stack Development in a Team Environment
Software Development on Cloud Platforms
Major Software Project