Entry tariff:
112–128 UCAS points (or equivalent)
UCAS Code:
G5N1
Start date(s):
September 2026
Bridge technology and strategic management through hands-on automation, data analytics, and innovation practices. Develop entrepreneurial thinking and ethical decision-making skills to thrive in today’s fast-changing digital landscape.
Choose Roehampton and:
- Graduate with technical automation and strategic management skills.
- Develop technical competency and essential professional skills through integrated project-based learning.
- Build a comprehensive portfolio that demonstrates your skills to employers.
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Our BSc Computing and Business programme prepares you for a wide range of careers in the business, technology and commercial sectors.
You’ll develop the technical and strategic skills needed to create impactful digital solutions, solve complex business challenges, and lead innovation in fast-paced, ever-evolving environments. Through a curriculum aligned with industry needs, you’ll gain hands-on experience in designing, developing, and managing systems that drive success.
- Learn core computing and business technology skills, including software development, database management, business systems integration, and digital transformation fundamentals.
- Learn to use industry tools and software, such as enterprise software platforms, business intelligence tools, customer relationship management systems, and project management software.
- Approach business challenges systematically, through technology solutions.
- Develop your analytical thinking through process optimisation and strategic planning.
- Evaluate commercial opportunities and understand stakeholder requirements across different types of organisations.
- Get hands-on experience in requirements gathering and system specification, alongside a range of digital transformation techniques, preparing you to create functional solutions for commercial applications.
- Make data-driven decisions with commercial datasets, by understanding business analytics, data science applications, and performance visualisation.
- Present strategic insights.
- Work on collaborative business projects, and gain and understanding of strategic planning and stakeholder management.
- Build a mindset of self-development, so you stay ahead of trends and technologies throughout your career.
- Learn the practicalities of project management, including planning, managing resources and understanding commercial risks.
Modules
This interdisciplinary foundational module provides you with core technical and professional skills essential for academic success and industry preparedness. It fosters hands-on proficiency in key technology domains including command-line interface navigation, version control with Git and GitHub, foundational web development through HTML and an introduction to cyber security principles.
Learn how money works in business and use data to make financial decisions. You'll study budgeting, company finances, and use spreadsheets and analytics tools to identify trends, solve problems, and help businesses through data analysis.
This module helps you to get confident using software to solve real-life problems. You'll learn how to design and use databases, write and fix code, and follow good coding rules. It’s a great starting point for learning more about computing, business tools, and how software works behind the scenes.
Study how people behave at work. Explore team dynamics, employee motivation, leadership approaches, and workplace cultures. You'll learn evidence-based strategies to manage people, handle organisational change, and understand different work environments.
These are the current planned modules on this course and may be subject to change.
This module teaches you how to plan, organise and deliver projects successfully from start to finish. You'll learn essential skills like setting goals, managing timelines, working with teams, and solving problems when things go wrong. Perfect preparation for university projects, work placements, and future career success in any field.
This module teaches you to identify business opportunities and develop leadership skills. You'll learn to spot market gaps, understand customer needs, and build the capabilities needed to lead teams effectively. Suitable for students interested in entrepreneurship and developing the skills required to start and manage business ventures.
Learn practical business automations skills to automate everyday business tasks like data processing, report generation, and workflow management. This module covers essential automation concepts using beginner-friendly techniques, AI and ot5her tools, helping you understand how technology can streamline operations and solve real workplace challenges. No prior programming experience required.
In this module you will learn key concepts such as customer journey mapping, service blueprinting, touchpoint design, and stakeholder experience optimisation. Through hands-on workshops, you'll design and prototype services, utilise design thinking methodologies, and understand how organisations create seamless experiences that integrate front-end customer interactions with back-end operational processes in real-world business environments.
These are the current planned modules on this course and may be subject to change.
This course offers all students the option of a one-year paid work placement, to boost your employability even further. If you choose this route, you will take the placement following year two of your course, and then return to complete your degree.
Why take a placement?
A placement year is the perfect opportunity to gain valuable work experience, to build on the career skills we will teach you on this degree. The connections you make on the placement will improve your career prospects further, and equip you with the skills you need to secure graduate-level employment.
How we support you
The University's Placement and Work Experience Team are experts at helping you to secure a placement. They will work closely with you from the start, helping you research potential employers, discover placement opportunities, create and pitch your CV, and will coach you to perform well in interviews. We aren't able to guarantee a placement, but our sector-leading advisors will give you the best possible chance of securing one.
Find out more about how we'll support you
We understand that your plans might change once you start your programme. If you decide not to do a placement, you will have the option of completing the three year version of your programme.
Whatever your choice, you will have access to many opportunities for work experience through our Placement and Work Experience Team, and access to face-to-face and 24/7 online careers support.
This module teaches you how to turn boring numbers into cool charts, graphs, and interactive visuals. You'll learn design principles, build web-based visualisations, and discover how people's brains process visual information. This combines everything from previous data modules, helping you present findings for businesses, journalism, or science in engaging ways.
This module explores how businesses can operate fairly and responsibly in society. You'll examine real-world ethical dilemmas, learn about corporate social responsibility, and understand how managers make decisions that balance profit with environmental and social concerns. Develop critical thinking skills to evaluate business practices and their impact on stakeholders.
This module explores how organisations develop and implement new ideas, products, and services. You'll learn about the innovation process, from initial concepts to market launch, and examine how companies manage creative teams and overcome challenges. The course covers real-world case studies and practical tools for fostering innovation in different business contexts.
In this final project, you will choose a topic you care about and create a real solution. You will use everything that you have learned to plan, build, and test your idea—gaining hands-on experience and building a portfolio to show future employers.
These are the current planned modules on this course and may be subject to change.
Career
As a graduate of BSc Computing and Business, you'll be prepared to go into exciting professional roles and build the career you want.
With your understanding of technology and business strategy, your potential roles could include:
- Business analyst
- Systems analyst
- Digital project manager
- IT consultant,
- Product manager
- Data analyst
- Business intelligence specialist
- Digital transformation coordinator
- Technology relationship manager.
The Student Futures team is here to support you throughout your time at Roehampton and beyond.
They offer services tailored to your needs, helping you take confident steps towards your future.
You’ll have access to a wide range of career workshops and events, where you can engage with employers and develop the skills you need to succeed in the workplace.
These opportunities will help you build your CV, prepare for interviews, and connect with successful Roehampton graduates who are thriving in their careers. You’ll also be able to engage with our partners across London and beyond.
Wherever you want to go in the future, you'll be preparing for the world of work from your very first day.
Learning and Assessment
You won’t spend your days sitting in a lecture theatre at Roehampton. You’ll be putting your learning into practice, tackling technology challenges, all with the support of your dedicated lecturers.
You’ll be taught by subject specialists and industry professionals who bring real-world experience and cutting-edge research directly into your learning. This means you’ll gain more than just academic knowledge - you’ll develop the practical skills and critical thinking needed to thrive in your career.
How you’ll learn
Your classes will mirror the fast-paced, collaborative nature of the tech-driven business world.
You’ll work both independently and in teams to solve different briefs, to build your professional experience.
This includes:
- Hands-on workshops
- Collaborative, project-based learning where you’ll work in teams to solve real problems
- Practical tasks and projects, so you can build your skills
- Personalised lab support, with guidance from our teaching teams so you master key tools and techniques
- Using industry-standard tools, so you’re ready to hit the ground running when you graduate
- Access to videos, online learning and quizzes in advance, so you can learn at your own pace.
How you’ll be assessed
Your assessments will develop your technical abilities, critical thinking, and professional communication skills.
This includes:
- Practical assignments – solve problems under real-world conditions, to build your skills in critical thinking and decision making
- Lab-based coursework – apply what you’ve learned in class
- Reports and analysis – investigate issues and report your findings, to develop your ability to analyse data, evaluate risks, and present professional-level documentation
- Real-world scenario tasks – solve practical problems that reflect industry
- Gamified assessments – interactive challenges to test your problem-solving skills
- Project-based assignments – learn to design and deliver real solutions – culminating in your final-year capstone project – to showcase your technical skills, creativity, and readiness for the job market.
Cutting-edge facilities in the Sir David Bell building
We offer six dedicated computing labs on campus, each equipped with specialised facilities, including a dedicated cyber security lab.
All the software necessary for your studies is freely available, allowing you to work conveniently from anywhere and at any time using your personal device.
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Applying
Full-time UK undergraduate students apply through UCAS.
Course subject to curriculum enhancement and revalidation.
Entry tariff
112–128 UCAS points (or equivalent)
Looking to work out your UCAS points or find out about our entry requirements? Find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees
UK (home) tuition fees
Undergraduate degree: £9,535
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our financial support pages for UK students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
International undergraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Course subject to curriculum enhancement and revalidation.
Entry tariff
112–128 UCAS points (or equivalent)
Looking to work out your UCAS points or find out about our entry requirements? Find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees
EU and international tuition fees
Undergraduate degree: £16,950
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our financial support pages for international students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
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