How long is the BSc in Internet of Things?

The BSc in Internet of Things is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree that includes a year-two industry placement in the standard duration.

Can I study the BSc in IoT online?

Yes. The BSc in Internet of Things is delivered on-campus, fully online with provisioned lab access and by distance learning, all sharing the same cohort and named supervisor.

Is the BSc in IoT recognised in the UK?

The BSc in Internet of Things is a UK Level 6 honours degree aligned with BCS, the IET and Linux Foundation edge practice, giving credible graduate-level evidence to UK employers.

What entry requirements apply?

You need at least 96 UCAS points including a science, maths or computing subject, plus GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4/C. International applicants need IELTS 6.0 overall.

What fees and funding options are available?

Fees for the BSc in Internet of Things are on the LSCE course page and vary by mode. Admissions can walk you through instalments and current scholarship review.

BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) | LSCE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) is a UK Level 6 honours degree qualification running three years full-time with part-time and accelerated routes available, aligned with UK AI Safety Institute and Alan Turing Institute reference material and Royal Statistical Society professional standards. It combines embedded systems, connectivity, cloud data pipelines and security so graduates leave equipped for UK IoT engineering roles across manufacturing, health-tech and smart-city work, and the curriculum is refreshed each year against UK sector expectations and the London data and AI ecosystem. Every module is written and marked to UK honours standards, and the same intake cohort covers on-campus, fully online and distance-learning routes with weekly tutor visibility across every mode. Assessment briefings, taught sessions and tutor clinics run to a single teaching rhythm, and the BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) schedule is published at the start of each intake so learners can plan around work, family and travel commitments.

By the closing weeks of the BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) you will design end-to-end IoT solutions from embedded firmware through connectivity to cloud analytics, and defend architecture and security choices, and be ready to enter graduate-level UK employment or progress onto a Master. The programme sits alongside the Alan Turing Institute, the UK AI Safety Institute and the fintech, medtech and public-service data teams that recruit heavily from London-based programmes, so the professional-body scene you are studying sits inside a short tube ride of the central London campus. Assessment blends coursework, laboratory reports, group projects and a final-year dissertation or project moderated to UK honours standards, with a named programme tutor from induction through the closing submission. Every learner receives structured milestone feedback, one-to-one review sessions and an evidence-based portfolio review that maps directly onto UK employer expectations for the BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) subject area.

Key Features

Coaching from working UK IoT engineers across manufacturing and smart-city projects.
Careers-service introductions to London IoT, smart-city and industrial-tech employers.
Regular engagement with IoT London and IET Young Professionals events.
Modules mapped to BCS and IET competencies for IoT and embedded systems.
Applied projects using ESP32, Raspberry Pi, LoRa and cloud managed IoT services.
Structured coverage of MQTT, edge analytics and streaming pipelines.
Final-year dissertation or industry placement on a real IoT deployment.

What You Will Learn

Apply IoT security principles across device, network and cloud layers.
Instrument IoT estates with monitoring, alerting and firmware update flows.
Compare industrial IoT and consumer IoT architectures at graduate level.
Present a final-year IoT dissertation with architecture and evaluation dossier.
Design embedded firmware for constrained IoT devices.
Compare Wi-Fi, LoRa, cellular and Bluetooth connectivity for IoT workloads.
Build MQTT-based telemetry pipelines with quality-of-service tuning.
Design edge and cloud analytics for streaming IoT data.

Who This Course Is For

Career changers with electronics or software experience stepping into IoT.
International undergraduates seeking a UK-aligned IoT honours degree.
Working professionals combining employment with part-time IoT study.
A-level and BTEC students moving into a UK IoT honours degree.
Bootcamp and diploma graduates formalising their skills with a Level 6 credential.

Career Pathways

Embedded Systems Engineer
IoT Solutions Architect (with progression)
Industrial IoT Engineer
Smart-City Engineer
Firmware Engineer
Edge Computing Engineer
IoT Engineer

The LSCE careers service coaches Bachelor graduates on portfolio, interview and technical-test preparation, and taps its UK contact book across London IoT scale-ups, smart-city initiatives and industrial employers. Alumni support continues after graduation through the LSCE careers network, so the BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) remains a live credential in your career progression conversations for years after you finish.

Entry Requirements

Applicants to the BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) are assessed on the balance of academic preparation, professional experience and stated intent to work in IoT systems, embedded platforms and data flows. The requirements below are the standard published entry criteria, and admissions will confirm any credit-transfer, English-language or portfolio route in the first response.

A-levels totalling at least 96 UCAS points (or international equivalent), including one science, maths or computing subject.
GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
Applicants with a Level 3 BTEC or a completed LSCE Certificate/Diploma progress on articulation.
IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
Two references , normally one academic and one personal.

Why Study at LSCE

LSCE is the specialist computing and engineering division of Harold International College of London, teaching in small tutor-visible cohorts across every level of the ladder. The central London campus places the Alan Turing Institute at the British Library, the UK AI Safety Institute and the fintech and medtech data teams of the City within a short tube ride, so students learning on the BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) can attend the same industry evenings, guest lectures and continuing professional development sessions that working practitioners attend. Partnerships with UK professional bodies, including the ones woven through the BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) curriculum, mean the qualification carries weight with employers, and the syllabus is refreshed each year against professional-body guidance and the latest UK sector needs.

On-campus, fully online and distance-learning routes join the same intake cohort with weekly tutor visibility, so the honours experience of the BSc in Internet of Things (IoT) does not depend on which route you pick. Students routinely attend PyData London, London AI meetups, the Royal Statistical Society local groups and the BCS Data Management Specialist Group during their studies, and the LSCE careers service maintains a working contact book across UK employers, hosts industry-careers days and offers one-to-one application support during your final stage. Postgraduate learners on the LSCE ladder also access shared library, elective-module and student-society facilities through the wider Harold International College network subject to availability.

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