Number of students taking computer science degrees

 Looking into figures from university admissions organisation UCAS, BCS found the number of people accepted on to computer science degrees in 2020 increased by 7.6% year-on-year to 30,090 students.

Julia Adamson, director of education at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, said: “More students than ever before have chosen to study computer science at university. That is important because the government has stated that tech skills should be the ‘rocket fuel’ which powers the UK’s economic recovery.”

Adamson also claimed the National computer science vs computer engineering for Computing Education (NCCE), which has been training teachers to better deliver the computing curriculum, may have contributed to this increase in computer science undergrads, as it has “ensured that more young people are getting the positive experience of computing at school that opens up the possibility of further study”.

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