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School of Computing

The School of Computing at BACU offers innovative specialty programs in the significant areas of Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and General Computing. We have built on our faculty's extensive experience to provide up-to-date applied education with different delivery models that are of national importance. We provide students with a rich immersion into academic study, personal growth, skills, expertise, and work flexibility. We train students to become the next computer scientists who can adapt to constantly changing demands and scenarios.

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We currently offer two major types of degrees: a 2-year Higher National Diploma, (HND) through Pearson, UK BTEC and a 4-year bachelor’s program, BSc (Hons) ,Level 6 Top-Up from Teesside University, UK.

Computing Pathways & Majors

Pearson Higher National Diploma (HND)
Accredited by the UAE National Qualifications Centre (NQC), 
Regulated by Ofqual UK

  • The Pearson Higher National Diploma (HND) is a UK Level 4 and Level 5 qualification made up of 240 UK credits. The Total Qualification Time = 2,400 hours and the Total Guided Learning Hours = 960 GLH.

  • This course is designed to give students in-depth skills and knowledge to build a successful career in Computing. The course encompasses the core principles of computer science including computer programming, computer networking, mobile computing, algorithms, data structures and more. With unparalleled flexibility, the course allows students to forge their own pathway after a foundation year (UK Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma).

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Each pathway offers different program outcomes & objectives: however, the general aims of all degrees and programs in Computing are:

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  • To equip students with computing skills, knowledge, and understanding in order to achieve high performance in the global computing environment

  • To provide education and training for a range of careers in computing which include network engineering, software engineering, data analytics, security, intelligent systems, and applications development and testing

  • To provide insight and understanding of international computing operations and the opportunities and challenges presented by a globalised marketplace

  • To give students knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity, and values

  • To give students opportunities to enter or progress in computing career employment or to progress to higher education qualifications (bachelor’s Top-Up Level 6, master’s, etc.)

  • To provide opportunities for those students with a global outlook to aspire to international career pathways by achieving an internationally- recognised professional qualification

  • To provide opportunities for students to achieve vendor - accredited certifications

  • To allow flexibility of study to meet local or specialist needs

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