How long is the BSc in Blockchain Technology?

The BSc in Blockchain Technology is three years full-time, with on-campus, fully online and distance-learning routes sharing the same UK honours-degree syllabus and assessment calendar.

Can I study the BSc in Blockchain Technology fully online?

Yes. The BSc in Blockchain Technology is offered fully online with live weekly deployment sessions, on-campus near Silicon Roundabout, or by structured distance learning with sprint deadlines.

Is the BSc in Blockchain Technology a UK-recognised honours degree?

Yes. The BSc in Blockchain Technology is a UK honours degree mapped to BCS Chartered Institute for IT competencies and reflects FCA cryptoasset registration standards in its compliance modules.

What are the entry requirements for the BSc in Blockchain Technology?

You need three A-levels at BBC (or IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Foundation Year pass), GCSE English at 5 and Maths at 4, plus IELTS 6.5 — Maths at A-level is preferred for this programme.

How much does the BSc in Blockchain Technology cost and are scholarships available?

Fees for the BSc in Blockchain Technology vary by route and domicile; merit scholarships and fintech-employer sponsorships are available — contact LSCT admissions for the current schedule.

BSc in Blockchain Technology London Course | LSCT London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Blockchain Technology sits inside the Information Technology department at LSCT and is a three-year UK honours degree for school leavers, international students and career changers who want to enter the UK Web3 and fintech workforce with deployable engineering skills. Taught in central London with online and distance routes, the programme combines computer-science fundamentals, Solidity engineering, cryptography and the regulatory reality of UK crypto businesses operating under the FCA's cryptoasset registration regime.

You will write production code from your first term — by graduation you will have shipped multiple deployable dapps, audited contracts on public testnets, contributed to an open-source UK Web3 project and completed an industry placement with a London fintech, custodian or audit firm. Your final-year project is presented to a panel that usually includes a working blockchain engineer from a UK-registered firm.

The programme runs on a fortnightly sprint cadence with hands-on labs, peer code reviews and structured project demos to the cohort. Tutors include working senior engineers from the King's Cross tech corridor and rotating compliance practitioners from UK regulated firms, keeping the syllabus aligned to how UK employers actually run engineering teams in 2026. Cohort sizes are intentionally small so technical questions get full attention rather than queued for a TA.

Key Features

BCS-aligned honours degree mapped to The Chartered Institute for IT competency framework for graduate-route engineering accreditation.
Three study modes — on-campus near Silicon Roundabout, fully online with weekly live deployment sessions, or distance learning with sprint deadlines.
Industry placement in year two with a UK fintech, custodian, audit firm or open-source project.
Audit-week pattern from year one — students break each other's contracts using Foundry, Slither and Mythril.
Final-year specialisms across smart-contract audit, DeFi protocol design, enterprise blockchain or cryptography research.
FCA cryptoasset module covering AML, the Travel Rule and HM Treasury stablecoin regulation.

What You Will Learn

The degree is structured around three pillars: code, cryptography and compliance. You will graduate able to write and audit Solidity, design tokenomics that survive scrutiny, and explain the FCA's expectations of a UK crypto firm to a non-technical board.

Programming Fundamentals in Python and JavaScript
Solidity Engineering and the EVM Execution Model
Cryptography: Hashing, Asymmetric Cryptography and Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Smart-Contract Security and Audit Methodology
Layer-2 Scaling: Optimistic and ZK Rollups
Tokenomics, DeFi Protocol Design and Stablecoin Architecture
UK Cryptoasset Regulation, AML and FCA Registration
Enterprise Blockchain: Hyperledger Fabric and R3 Corda
Final-Year Individual Project and Industry Placement Report

Assessment is portfolio-led: you are graded on shipped code, written design docs and live walk-throughs in front of the cohort, not only on closed-book exams. This pattern is deliberate — it mirrors how engineering candidates are actually tested in UK technical interviews, and it forces every student to develop the habit of defending their own decisions in front of seniors. Students consistently report that the structured code-review culture is the single skill that transferred most directly into their first UK engineering job.

Who This Course Is For

A-level leavers aiming for a graduate engineering role at a UK fintech, custodian or DeFi protocol team.
International students seeking a UK-recognised computing degree in blockchain and Web3.
Career changers from finance, mathematics or software entering UK Web3 development.
Self-taught Solidity developers who want to formalise their skills inside an industry-facing degree.

Hybrid candidates with one foot in product, design or finance and the other in code are particularly well-served, since the programme is built around shipping artefacts rather than only learning frameworks.

Career Pathways

Graduates step into the engineering, audit and protocol-design roles that UK Web3, fintech and enterprise-blockchain employers are hiring around Silicon Roundabout and the King's Cross tech corridor. Typical first roles include:

Graduate Blockchain Engineer (Solidity / Rust)
Smart-Contract Auditor (Junior)
DeFi Protocol Developer
Cryptoasset Compliance Engineer (FCA-registered firm)
Web3 Full-Stack Engineer
Enterprise Blockchain Developer (Hyperledger / Corda)

The degree also serves as a strong foundation for postgraduate study in cryptography, applied mathematics or distributed systems.

Beyond the obvious tech-firm hiring pipeline, our graduates are also picked up by UK regulated employers building internal engineering capability — financial services, government digital services, NHS Digital, defence-adjacent contractors and the Big Four advisory practices building cyber and platform teams. Hiring conversations typically start with portfolio walkthroughs rather than certifications, so the deliverables you ship during the programme are themselves the strongest part of your CV.

Entry Requirements

Three A-levels at grades BBC or above, or an equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Foundation Year pass) — Maths at A-level (or equivalent) is preferred for this programme.
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A personal statement; mature applicants (21+) may apply with a portfolio and short interview.

Why Study at LSCT

The London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a specialist higher-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. We teach in small cohorts so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule that students can rely on, and partner with UK professional bodies so qualifications carry weight with employers. London puts Whitehall, the City, Silicon Roundabout, the Royal Courts of Justice, the West End and the NHS estate within a short tube ride of every classroom — and our students use that proximity in their projects, placements and graduate job hunts. For blockchain students that proximity is operationally useful: UK crypto engineers from registered firms guest-review final-year audits in person at our Old Street partner space.

We also keep our infrastructure honest: every assignment runs on UK-domiciled cloud regions, every code repo is reviewed under the same security standards the regulated industries expect, and every student leaves with a public portfolio they can actually point UK recruiters at. The careers service runs a structured mock-interview programme each term with working senior engineers, including a live coding session that mirrors the UK technical-interview format students will face in real applications.

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