How long is the BSc in Software Testing & QA?

The BSc in Software Testing & QA 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 Software Testing & QA online?

Yes. The BSc in Software Testing & QA is delivered on-campus, fully online with cloud lab access and by distance learning, sharing the same cohort and named supervisor.

Is the BSc recognised in the UK?

The BSc in Software Testing & QA is a UK Level 6 honours degree aligned with BCS and ISTQB-informed testing practice, giving credible graduate-level evidence to UK employers.

What are the entry requirements?

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 do fees look like?

Fees for the BSc in Software Testing & QA are on the LSCE course page and vary by mode. Admissions can walk you through instalments and current scholarship review.

BSc in Software Testing & QA | LSCE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Software Testing & QA is a UK Level 6 honours degree qualification running three years full-time with part-time and accelerated routes available, aligned with BCS Chartered Institute for IT senior practitioner competencies and Cloud Native Computing Foundation reference patterns. It develops the QA discipline, test-automation skills and release-engineering practice UK software employers value across scale-ups, consultancies and regulated industries, and the curriculum is refreshed each year against UK sector expectations and the UK software sector, from fintech to public-service delivery. 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 Software Testing & QA 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 Software Testing & QA you will design testing strategies proportionate to risk, build layered automated test suites and lead quality conversations across a UK engineering team, and be ready to enter graduate-level UK employment or progress onto a Master. The programme sits within a short tube ride of the BCS at Southampton Street, the London Node and London Python communities and the software teams of the City and Silicon Roundabout, 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 Software Testing & QA subject area.

Key Features

Structured coverage of testing strategy, non-functional testing and release discipline.
Final-year dissertation or industry placement on a live QA problem.
Coaching from working UK QA engineers and test leads.
Careers-service introductions to London QA and software-engineering employers.
Regular engagement with the BCS SIGiST software-testing specialist group.
Modules aligned with BCS senior practitioner and Institute of Coding curriculum.
Applied projects using Playwright, Cypress, pytest and CI/CD tooling.

What You Will Learn

Integrate testing into modern CI/CD pipelines with quality gates.
Lead quality conversations across product, security and platform stakeholders.
Ship a final-year QA project with strategy and evaluation dossier.
Design testing strategies proportionate to product and business risk.
Build layered automated test suites with unit, integration and end-to-end coverage.
Instrument non-functional testing including performance, accessibility and security.
Design test data strategies with realistic UK privacy considerations.
Apply exploratory and session-based testing techniques in structured campaigns.

Who This Course Is For

Working professionals combining employment with part-time undergraduate study.
A-level and BTEC students moving into a UK QA honours degree.
Junior QA staff formalising their skills with a Level 6 credential.
Career changers with adjacent IT experience stepping into software QA.
International undergraduates seeking a UK-aligned QA honours degree.

Career Pathways

Quality Analyst
QA Engineer
Test Engineer
Automation Test Engineer
Software Development Engineer in Test
Release Engineer
QA Lead (with progression)

The LSCE careers service coaches Bachelor graduates on portfolio, interview and technical-test preparation, and taps its UK contact book across London QA, scale-up and consultancy employers. Alumni support continues after graduation through the LSCE careers network, so the BSc in Software Testing & QA remains a live credential in your career progression conversations for years after you finish.

Entry Requirements

Applicants to the BSc in Software Testing & QA are assessed on the balance of academic preparation, professional experience and stated intent to work in software testing, quality assurance and release engineering. 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 BCS at Southampton Street, the London Node and London Python communities and the software teams of Silicon Roundabout within a short tube ride, so students learning on the BSc in Software Testing & QA 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 Software Testing & QA 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 Software Testing & QA does not depend on which route you pick. Students routinely attend London Node, London Python, the BCS software groups and IET software events 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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