Accreditation and certification

Information about accredited and certified School of Informatics programmes

Current Informatics Programme Accreditation and Certification

BCS Accreditation

BCS awards accreditation to a variety of levels. For our degrees, the relevant levels are Chartered IT Professional (CITP) and Chartered Engineer (CEng). Full details and explanations of these can be found through the relevant BCS pages (external).

The most recent BCS accreditation visit took place in October 2021 where the BEng Computer Science was successfully presented for accreditation from 2021 - 2026. 

To be eligible to graduate with BEng Computer Science a maximum of 30 credits may be compensated (awarded on aggregate) in total across years 3 and 4.  The minimum mark where compensation is applied is 10% below the nominal course pass mark; students must therefore score at least 30% for a course with a pass mark of 40% in order to be eligible for compensation.  The Professional Issues INFR10022, Informatics Large Practical INFR09051 and System Design Project INFR09032 courses must be passed without compensation for accreditation.

BEng Hons Computer Science Degree Programme Table (DPT)

Where a student fails to achieve the BCS accreditation requirements they will be transferred onto the BSc Computer Science programme for award.  Students on any unaccredited degrees, may seek individual accreditation directly through the BCS.

National Cyber Security Centre Certification

Full Certification is granted to the following course:

Course: Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust MSc 
Module details: 

The following 100 credit ‘minimal pathways’ are included within the scope of certification.  From 2025/26 IPP (10 credits) and IRR (10 credits) are replaced on the full time programme with IPP20 (20 credits).

Should any of these be chosen, then it is immaterial what other modules are chosen.

Combinations of modules (credit counts as per below)CyBOK credits Total credits
IPP20 (or IPP + IRR) CSEC SP IMC BDL QCS SE PSML 89.1 100
IPP20 (or IPP + IRR) CSEC IMC BDL USEC QCS SE PSML88.9100
IPP20 (or IPP + IRR) CSEC SP IMC USEC QCS SE PSML88.9100
IPP20 (or IPP + IRR) CSEC SP BDL USEC QCS SE PSML88.8100
IPP20 (or IPP + IRR) CSEC SP IMC BDL USEC SE PSML88.8100
IPP20 (or IPP + IRR) CSEC SP IMC BDL USEC QCS PSML 88.8100
IPP20 (or IPP + IRR) CSEC SP IMC BDL USEC QCS SE 88.5100

Key to table: 

IPP20INFR11291 Informatics Project Proposal 2020 credits
IPPINFR11147 Informatics Project Proposal 10 credits
IRRINFR11136 Informatics Research Review 10 credits
CSECINFR11244 Computer Security (Level 11)20 credits
SPINFR11098 Secure Programming10 credits
IMCINFR11131 Introduction to Modern Cryptography10 credits
BDLINFR11144 Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers10 credits
USECINFR11158 Usable Security and Privacy10 credits
QCSINFR11187 Quantum Cyber Security10 credits
SEINFR11208 Security Engineering 10 credits
PMSLINFR11240 Privacy and Security with Machine Learning 10 credits
Degree Programme Tables (DPTs)*: 

Degrees accredited between 2015-2019

Degrees Accredited for CITP (including Further Learning), CEng (full)

subject to the condition that the student passes the project without compensation. These accreditations were granted for intakes from 2015-2019 inclusive.

Degrees Accredited for CITP, CEng (partial)

These accreditations were granted for all intakes from 2015-2019 inclusive

all on the condition that students

  • pass the Informatics honours project without compensation, and
  • undertake the Professional Issues course, and
  • undertake either the System Design Project or the CS/SE individual practical

Degrees Accredited for CITP (partial)

The following accreditations were granted for all intakes from 2015-2019.

 all on the condition that students

  • pass the Informatics honours project without compensation, and
  • undertake the Professional Issues course

Degrees Accredited for CITP (Further Learning only)

The following accreditations were granted for all intakes from 2015-2019.

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