Is it for me?

You need to be innovative and enjoy working with computers and new and existing technology. You also need to have good numeracy, organisational and project management skills, be able to communicate effectively and think logically to solve problems and, of course, technical know-how!

Our facilities

You'll study this subject full time at Bede Campus or as an apprenticeship, you will have access to specialist classrooms, computers, IT software and Network labs.

Student on a computer with lecturer

Career ready

We work with the following employers to help you gain real work skills:Tombola, Digital Union Sunderland Software City, Dynamo.

Computing at Sunderland College
99.4%

of our computing and IT students progressed to employment or further study.*

*Destination data, academic year 2016/17 (FT FE 16-18 students)

College of the Year

*Pearson BTEC College of the Year 2019

Have you seen our excellent facilities?

We have some of the best facilities for computing and IT students including:

  • Specialist classrooms, laptops and IT software.

Find out more about our Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme

Expert & friendly support

Study Computing and IT as an Apprenticeship