Careers and Employability

Project fair

Project fair image

Each year our final year students participate in a project module. The projects involve working closely with an academic in an area related to research interests within the department, or supervised by an academic whilst working on a project suggested by a company.

Each spring, students prepare and present a poster about their project at a project fair – usually together with a system or software demonstration. We also strongly encourage students to create CVs and business cards to take along to the fair, as businesses and employers visit to view the range of projects and make contact with the graduating students.

Our video was created from interviews with students and potential employers from the spring 2011 project fair, and gives a flavour of what to expect.

Key skills

The importance of gaining valuable core skills and life experience whilst at University has never been so critical.  As computer scientists in training you will be taught a full range of core skills and practises by leading experts that will enable you to successfully pursue a career within computing.

Undergraduate students will benefit from:

  • excellent transferable skills to careers in all sectors of the economy
  • a large industrial programme – supported by ITWales – that gives undergraduates the opportunity to undertake interesting, well-paid work in organisations in Wales allowing them to build long-term links with a company that can lead to an industry-related final-year project and possible employment after graduation
  • excellent employment prospects in an ever growing and changing computing and ICT industry

 

Alumni profiles

Project fair video

Graduate destinations

Every year we survey our recent graduates to ascertain their employment status. The data is more commonly known as the Graduate Destinations survey and is reported to HESA (the Higher Education Statistics Authority).

HESA data collected in January 2010 about our 2009 graduates showed that 97% of Swansea's Computer Science graduates were in full-time employment or further study within six months of graduation.

Some example job titles from that survey were:

  • Flex Programmer: CBSM
  • Software Engineer: General Dynamics UK
  • Computer analyst: Hewlett Packard
  • Senior Software Developer: Information Processing Ltd.
  • Systems Developer: Itchen College
  • IT Engineer: LRN Security
  • IT Engineer: New Directions
  • Software developer: Persuasive Image
  • Web Developer: Time Etc Ltd.
  • Developer: Tinopolis
  • Software Developer: VSI Thinking
  • Systems analyst: Wall Colmonoy
  • Database Administrator: We Predict Ltd

HESA data published in June 2011, and collected in January 2011 about our 2010 graduates, showed that 90% of Swansea's Computer Science graduates were in full-time employment or further study within six months of graduation.

Some example job titles from that survey were:

  • Software Engineer: Motorola Solutions
  • Change Coordinator: Logica
  • Software Developer/Engineer: NS Technology
  • Workflow Developer: Irwin Mitchell
  • IT Developer: Crimsan Consultants
  • Consultant: Crimsan Consultants
  • Programmer: Evil Twin Artworks
  • Web Developer & Web Support: VSI Thinking
  • Software Developer: Wireless Innovations
  • Associate Business Application Analyst: CDC Software
  • Software Developer: OpenBet Technologies
  • Technical Support Consultant: Alterian
  • Programming: Rock It
  • Software Developer: BMJ Group