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Learn to develop reliable, complex and secure software systems. From mobile banking apps to aircraft autopilot controls, you’ll learn how to analyse software requirements, and then design, build and test a system that meets them.
On our Software Engineering BEng (Hons) degree programme, you’ll combine hands-on software development with a solid knowledge base of software engineering. Specialist modules will let you explore new developments in areas such as:
Our computer lab offers facilities that span software projects, computing laboratory and cyber-security.
The Software Engineering BEng (Hons) degree programme structure is designed to give you experience of core software technologies and techniques, while making it possible for you to work on your areas of specialised interest in depth.
The first year of the Software Engineering programme introduces you to the fundamental mathematics and theory that underpin the discipline, and gives hands-on experience of programming, computer hardware, computer networks and operating systems.
You’ll study core topics such as:
The second year of the Software Engineering programme consolidates the material from the first year with an integrated software development module that runs throughout the year, and broadens out the curriculum to include functional programming, artificial intelligence, and formal specification and verification
You’ll deepen your understanding of software engineering by studying topics, like:
A group project will let you work within a team to design, create and test a software system. It will give you practical experience and deep exposure to teamwork and project management.
You’ll carry out an individual project in an area of software engineering that interests you. An academic, who is conducting research in that field, will provide support throughout.
You’ll choose from a range of specialist Software Engineering modules, from across computer science and electronics. This will give you a deeper knowledge and let you explore topics such as:
You’ll take core and compulsory modules in the first 2 years. In the third year you’ll complete an individual project and choose from a range of optional modules. The programmes are designed to ensure that students gain the fundamentals of their discipline and then add specialisation and perspective through available optional modules.
The Programme Description Document contains an overview of the programme, its aims, information on programme modules and shows how we assess student progress as they learn with us.
As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, this programme may be revised during a student’s period of registration; however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when, and how changes may be made to a student’s programme.
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A key aim of programmes is to prepare students to think and operate globally. So each year, we select a small number of undergraduate students who we feel would benefit from a short period of academic study at a University of Southampton campus in the UK.
We may offer one semester overseas, as part of the second year of undergraduate study, giving students invaluable international exposure. The overseas semester does not add any additional time to the programme – it simply replaces a semester that would have been studied in Delhi with a semester in the UK. And because programmes in India follow the same academic calendar, include equivalent content, and are taught to the same high academic standards as those in the UK, international mobility of this kind only serves to enhance students’ learning, cultural experiences and employability after graduation.
The selection of students for a semester abroad depends on academic performance during the first year, with programme leads making recommendations for the decision to offer overseas study to a particular student.
Students in Delhi are part of the global University of Southampton academic family from the day they enrol. Which means that they not only have the chance to network with Indian students across the world, but are ready as Delhi alumni for the next stage of their educational journey.
A graduate holding a bachelors degree from University of Southampton Delhi is already well-positioned to access and benefit from a master’s programme in the UK, Malaysia or indeed in India. Programme leaders will advise undergraduates throughout their programme in Delhi how to make the most of enhanced progression routes for postgraduate programmes.
We are mandated by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to deliver the equivalent programme and quality as we offer in the UK. To match the programme lengths of internationally respected UK awarded degrees, the BEng (Hons) Software Engineering degree has a duration of three years.
We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022) and offer extensive support for today’s competitive and rapidly changing financial landscape.
As a Software Engineering BEng (Hons) degree graduate you will have the required skill set for a range of future careers, further study, or starting your own business.
Software Engineering BEng (Hons) degree graduates commonly work in a range of organisations or sectors including Information and Communication, Manufacturing, Education, Finance and Insurance, Public Administration and Defence, Scientific and Technical.
Careers directly related to this course:
Wider career opportunities:
Our proprietary Southampton skills model is integrated into our curriculum. When you join us, you’ll be able to use our skills model to track, plan, and benefit your career development and progress.
As well as support from the Careers and Employability team in Delhi, you’ll have access to our market-leading employability development offering. This includes:
With links to multinational and industrial organisations, we enable you to engage with employers and explore potential career paths. We also host regular alumni events, hosted in person across major cities in India, allowing you to grow your own networks. Our support is ongoing, and once you graduate, you’ll be part of a global community of over 220,000 alumni that spans over 180 countries.
Students must meet overall academic scores and subject-specific scores including the specified mathematics scores for Grade 12 to be eligible for our Software Engineering BEng (Hons) degree programme. Mathematics in Class XII is a required subject.
Eligibility criteria for the Academic Year 2027 will be announced shortly.
We accept several ways of meeting our English Language requirement. These include:
If you’ve been taught and assessed in English, including at a CBSE or CISCE school, for your final 4 years of high school, and have achieved at least 70% in English Language, we may be able to accept this as evidence of your English language ability.
Refer to our English Language proficiency guide for more information about English language requirements.
Typical academic admissions criteria represent the usual level of academic attainment an applicant is expected to achieve prior to being admitted to that programme. These criteria are not intended to provide a guarantee that all applicants who satisfy the criteria may be offered a place, nor that all applicants to be made an offer will receive an identical offer to one another.
Tuition fees for our Software Engineering BEng (Hons) degree programme for the year starting in August 2027 are yet to be confirmed.
We typically ask that tuition fees are paid in 4 instalments.
The balance of the yearly tuition fee will typically be paid over another 3 instalments.
The annual fee is subject to revision and is likely to increase by approximately 5% to 8% each year over the previous year. This percentage is not fixed and may be subject to change.
Admissions to study the Software Engineering BEng (Hons) degree at our campus in the Delhi NCR for the academic year starting August 2027 are not open yet. Potential students can understand more about our application process by looking at helpful guidance and advice on university admissions pages.
We encourage students to express an interest in our programmes so that we can send them more information when admissions open in the last few months of 2026.
Our programmes are taught in English, and content is equivalent to that delivered to other University of Southampton students. To match the programme lengths of internationally respected UK awarded degrees, undergraduates study for three years, and postgraduates study for one year.
Apply nowAn Honours degree, shown with (Hons) in the programme title, mean that students will understand the fundamentals of their discipline and then build specialisation and perspective through optional modules. These fast-paced, intense programmes deliver essential learning in the first academic year and offer optional course modules, or electives, in the second year. Honours degrees are offered at University of Southampton campuses across the world, reflecting teaching and learning to a higher academic standard, meaning that an Honours degree would hold more value post graduation for future study and career development.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has mandated University of Southampton Delhi to make sure that programmes delivered in India are the same as those delivered at University of Southampton in the UK. Three years is the standard length of an undergraduate Honours degree in England where University of Southampton sets academic standards. This 3 year length reflects a trend towards accelerated learning where students see a return on their tuition fees as quickly as possible, whilst still maintaining high academic standards and the quality of the degree awarded. University of Southampton 3 year undergraduate degrees, and 1 year postgraduate degrees, are accepted widely internationally.
Degrees with a BA and BSc award do not represent a stream, but a broad categorisation that reflects student choice and leaning. Our BSc (Hons) and BEng (Hons) undergraduate degrees are oriented towards specialist, technical roles in industry with an analytical approach, not science subjects.
Our programmes are designed to make sure that students quickly understand the fundamentals of their discipline, and then build specialisation and perspective through electives, or optional, modules. These optional modules are typically offered in academic years 2 and 3, adding depth and breadth to core learning from previous years. As these options are often built around real-world trends, the specific choice of module available to students from year to year may vary.