BSc (Hons) Computer Networks
- Industrial Placement
- International students can apply
Career Prospects
Network professionals are responsible for developing, installing, maintaining and supporting computer communication networks within an organisation or between organisations. Their goal is to ensure the smooth operation of networks in order to provide maximum performance and availability for their users, such as staff, clients, customers and suppliers.
Network engineers may work internally as part of an organisation's IT support team or externally as part of an IT networking consultancy firm working with a number of clients.
Other job titles used to refer to this kind of work include network support, support engineer, IT support engineer, helpdesk support, network administrator, Novell support engineer, first-line support, second-line support, security engineer and network architect.
Industry Links
The course team has good links with industry, for example companies such as the BBC, BT, Openreach, TalkTalk, EyeWimax, Pennine Telecom and Cisco. These companies provide comment and advice on programme and module content, and engage with students on the programme through the delivery of seminars and industrial placement opportunities.