How long is the BSc in Cloud Computing?

Three years full-time on-campus, with part-time, online and distance-learning routes for the BSc in Cloud Computing typically running up to four to five years depending on placement timing.

Can the BSc in Cloud Computing be studied fully online?

Yes. The BSc in Cloud Computing is delivered on-campus near Silicon Roundabout, fully online with live cloud labs and pair-programming, or via distance learning with structured monthly sprints.

Is the BSc in Cloud Computing recognised in the UK?

The BSc in Cloud Computing is a UK honours degree aligned with BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) accreditation criteria and mapped to AWS, Azure and GCP certification frameworks.

What are the entry requirements for the BSc in Cloud Computing?

Three A-levels at BBC or equivalent (IB 28, BTEC DMM), GCSE English at grade 5, plus IELTS 6.5 for non-native applicants applying to the BSc in Cloud Computing. Mature portfolio route available.

What does the BSc in Cloud Computing cost?

Tuition for the BSc in Cloud Computing varies by study mode and domicile. Vendor-funded scholarships, merit awards and instalment plans are reviewed each intake — contact LSCT admissions.

BSc in Cloud Computing in London in London 2026 | LSCT | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Cloud Computing at LSCT is a three-year honours degree inside the Information Technology department, designed for students who want to engineer the cloud platforms running modern UK banking, healthcare, retail and government workloads. Taught from our central London base across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes from 2026, the degree combines computer-science fundamentals with deep hands-on practice across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform under the FinOps, security and resilience pressures real UK teams operate under.

You will deploy real services on real cloud accounts from your first year, sit alongside working cloud engineers in guest sessions, complete a year-two placement and finish with a final-year project that includes infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability and a working disaster-recovery drill. By the end of the BSc in Cloud Computing you will be ready to walk into a UK junior cloud-engineer or DevOps interview already speaking the language fluently.

Key Features

UK honours degree aligned with BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) accreditation criteria and mapped to AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud certification frameworks.
Three-cloud teaching — students build and deploy on AWS, Azure and GCP rather than learning a single vendor.
Three study modes — on-campus near Silicon Roundabout, fully online with live cloud labs, or distance learning with structured monthly sprints.
Year-two industry placement with a UK cloud, DevOps, SRE or platform-engineering team where places are available.
Final-year disaster-recovery drill — every student demonstrates a full DR failover under timed assessment.
Module on UK FinOps and cost covering cloud financial management for FCA-regulated firms and public-sector buyers.

What You Will Learn

The BSc in Cloud Computing is built around three pillars: build, operate and secure. You will graduate able to design a cloud-native system, deploy it through CI/CD, observe it in production and tighten its costs and security under continuous pressure.

Computer Science Foundations (algorithms, data structures, OS)
Networking for the Cloud
Cloud Platforms — AWS, Azure and GCP
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi)
Containers and Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
CI/CD, Observability and SRE Practice
Cloud Security and the NCSC Cloud Security Principles
FinOps and Cloud Cost Engineering
UK Data Protection and Cross-Border Data Transfers

The teaching pattern is intentionally practitioner-led. Each module pairs taught content with at least one hands-on lab — real tooling, real data, real code review — and you are expected to push pull requests, write incident reports and defend technical decisions in code review. That working rhythm gives our graduates the day-one credibility UK engineering, security and data employers want, and is part of why so many of our students take offers before they finish.

Who This Course Is For

A-level leavers targeting graduate cloud, DevOps and SRE roles at UK banks, fintech and the major consultancies.
IT support and helpdesk technicians ready to make the jump into platform engineering.
Self-taught cloud users wanting their skills validated by a UK honours degree and a public portfolio.
International applicants targeting UK Skilled Worker visa-eligible engineering roles requiring a recognised Bachelor's.

Career Pathways

Graduates step into the cloud, DevOps and platform-engineering teams of UK banks, healthtech, retail tech, the Government Digital Service and the major consultancies. The BSc in Cloud Computing is calibrated to make you productive on a real on-call rota within weeks. Typical first roles include:

Cloud Engineer (AWS / Azure / GCP)
DevOps Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Platform Engineer
Solutions Architect (junior)
FinOps Analyst

The degree also serves as a strong foundation for postgraduate study in computer science, security or distributed systems.

You will also build the network that underpins UK technology careers: an alumni community across fintech, healthtech, retail tech and the public-sector engineering teams, a working tutor team drawn from current production engineering, and an annual industry careers afternoon at which UK technology hiring managers take CVs and book follow-up conversations with current students.

Entry Requirements

Three A-levels at grades BBC or above, or an equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Foundation Year pass) — Mathematics or Computer Science A-level 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 of cloud or IT work and a short technical chat.

Across the programme you also sit alongside working engineers, security analysts and product leads in regular guest sessions — practitioners from the City, Old Street and King's Cross who walk you through what real production systems, real incident reviews and real engineering interviews look like. The London tech labour market moves quickly, and our syllabus is reviewed annually to keep pace with the tools and patterns UK employers actually hire on.

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 cloud students that proximity is decisive: London hosts more cloud-engineering recruitment than any other European city, and the AWS, Microsoft and Google London teams attend our recruitment events.

Our graduates work across the UK technology economy — fintech, healthtech, retail tech, the Government Digital Service, the consulting houses and the consumer-app teams that define London's product cluster. LSCT's employability team keeps an annual employer map current and runs portfolio-review evenings attended by working hiring managers from the major UK product, engineering and security teams.

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