How long does the BSc in Web Development take to complete?

The BSc in Web Development runs for three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available. A year-two placement at a London product company is built into the degree.

Can I take the BSc in Web Development fully online?

Yes. The BSc in Web Development is offered on-campus near King's Cross, fully online with live coding labs, and via distance learning with weekly sprint deadlines.

Is the BSc in Web Development recognised by UK employers?

Yes. The BSc in Web Development is a UK-accredited honours degree aligned with BCS and AWS frameworks, recognised by London product companies, agencies and public-sector digital teams.

What are the entry requirements for the BSc in Web Development?

Applicants to the BSc in Web Development need three A-levels at BBC or equivalent (IB 28, BTEC DMM), GCSE English at grade 5, IELTS 6.5 for international students and a short coding task.

What does the BSc in Web Development cost and are scholarships available?

Tuition for the BSc in Web Development varies by route and domicile. Merit scholarships and means-tested bursaries are reviewed each intake — contact LSCT admissions for current details.

BSc in Web Development — UK Honours Degree | LSCT London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Web Development at the London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a three-year undergraduate honours degree (part-time and accelerated routes available) designed for students aiming at full-stack engineering roles across UK product companies, agencies and the public sector from 2026. It is taught on-campus near the King's Cross tech corridor, fully online with live coding labs, and through structured distance learning with weekly sprint deadlines.

You will ship working software from your first term — a static portfolio site, a JavaScript single-page app, a server-rendered application and finally a full-stack project deployed to cloud infrastructure. By graduation you will have a public GitHub portfolio, a deployed capstone and a placement reference from a London product team. Coursework is portfolio-led: every module produces a deployable artefact and a recorded walk-through, mirroring what students will be asked to present in graduate-engineering interviews.

Key Features of the BSc in Web Development

BCS- and AWS-aligned curriculum covering software engineering, cloud and accessibility to UK industry standards.
Three study modes — on-campus near King's Cross, fully online with live coding labs, or distance learning with weekly sprint deadlines.
Industry placement in year two with a London product company, agency or public-sector digital team.
Capstone deployed app — a full-stack product shipped to production cloud infrastructure.
Accessibility-first track aligned to WCAG 2.2 — non-negotiable on UK public-sector contracts.
GitHub-style portfolio defence in final year, run as a real engineering interview panel.
Pair-programming and code-review culture built into every sprint.

What You Will Learn on the BSc in Web Development

The degree is structured around three engineering loops — build, test, ship — repeated across stacks and increasing in complexity each year. You will graduate able to model a database, write maintainable TypeScript, ship to a cloud provider and pass an accessibility audit.

HTML, CSS and modern responsive layout, including semantic and accessible markup.
JavaScript and TypeScript fundamentals through to advanced asynchronous programming.
Front-end frameworks — React and a modern meta-framework — with state management and testing.
Back-end engineering — Node.js, REST and GraphQL APIs, and authentication patterns.
Databases — SQL design, migrations and pragmatic NoSQL use cases.
DevOps and cloud — Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines and deployment to a UK or EU region.
Software testing — unit, integration and end-to-end testing strategies.
Security and accessibility — OWASP top ten and WCAG 2.2 compliance.
Performance engineering — Core Web Vitals, lazy-loading and edge-rendering trade-offs.

Industry Context

UK web-engineering hiring in 2026 looks very different from five years ago. GOV.UK Design System adoption across central government, the FCA's operational-resilience expectations on regulated firms and the Public Sector Equality Duty's accessibility requirements all push hiring teams towards engineers who can prove they understand the constraints — not just the syntax. The BSc is sequenced against that shift: students learn semantic HTML and screen-reader testing before they are allowed to reach for a heavy framework, and final-year projects are scored against the same accessibility and performance budgets used on UK public-sector contracts. Module structure is confirmed at enrolment.

Who This Course Is For

School leavers aiming for a graduate-engineer scheme at a UK product company.
Self-taught developers ready to formalise their skills with a UK honours degree.
Career changers moving into software from analyst, design or testing backgrounds.
International students seeking a UK-recognised computing degree near the tech corridor.

Career Pathways for BSc in Web Development Graduates

Graduates typically progress into junior engineering roles across London's product, agency and public-sector digital teams — from Silicon Roundabout fintechs to NHS digital projects. Many continue with their placement employer's graduate scheme. Qualifications do not guarantee jobs — but the GitHub portfolio, deployed capstone and pair-review experience give graduates concrete material at technical interview.

Junior Full-Stack Developer
Front-End Engineer
Back-End Engineer (Node.js)
QA Engineer
DevOps Engineer (junior)
Web Performance / Accessibility Engineer
Solutions Engineer (junior)

The BSc also serves as a strong foundation for a postgraduate degree in software engineering, distributed systems or human-computer interaction.

Entry Requirements

Three A-levels at grades BBC or above, or an equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Foundation Year pass).
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent); a short coding aptitude task is set at interview.
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 the BSc in Web Development at LSCT

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. Our engineering team runs a Thursday-evening code review where senior London engineers tear into student pull requests on the same Git platforms used at work — the feedback is real, and it hurts a little.

Apply for the BSc in Web Development

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