BSC-CD / Undergraduate
BSc Cloud & DevOps Engineering
A cloud-native engineering degree covering Linux, networking, automation, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, observability, SRE, security and cloud economics. Advanced choices allow students to specialise in platform engineering, resilience, multi-cloud, AI infrastructure or security.
360+ credits (minimum award threshold)59 listed module optionsPrerequisite-driven progression
Award requirements
- Required Core: Complete all 18 · 180 credits.
- Advanced Choice: Choose at least 6 from 12 listed options · 60 credits.
- Elective: Choose at least 3 from 24 listed options · 30 credits.
- Applied Practice: Complete all 3 · 30 credits.
- Capstone: Complete all 2 · 60 credits.
32 completed modules in the standard pathway. Additional approved study is permitted; listed options are not all compulsory.
Capstone expectation: A production-style cloud platform with infrastructure as code, security controls, automated delivery, observability, reliability objectives, cost analysis, recovery evidence and a formal defence.
Self-paced. Individual prerequisites, year/semester assignments and fixed durations are not specified in this catalogue. Cross-faculty selections require approval.
Explore modules
CSC-101 / Required core
Python Programming Fundamentals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
SYS-101 / Required core
Linux Systems Administration
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
NET-111 / Required core
Networking & TCP/IP
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-101 / Required core
Cloud Engineering Foundations
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
DEV-101 / Required core
Git, CI/CD & Release Automation
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-102 / Required core
AWS Core Services
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-103 / Required core
Azure Core Services
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-104 / Required core
Containers & Docker
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-201 / Required core
Kubernetes & Orchestration
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-202 / Required core
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-203 / Required core
Configuration & Fleet Management
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-204 / Required core
Monitoring, Logging & Observability
Required module retained to preserve the approved 18-module / 360-credit structure; no matching coursebook was found in the supplied AIAIUpdf archive.
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-205 / Required core
Site Reliability Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
SEC-111 / Required core
Cloud Security Foundations
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
SEC-112 / Required core
Identity, Secrets & Access Control
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CSC-222 / Required core
Distributed Systems for Cloud Engineers
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
DAT-111 / Required core
Cloud Storage & Database Systems
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-206 / Required core
FinOps, Governance & Cloud Economics
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-301 / Advanced choice
Platform Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-302 / Advanced choice
GitOps at Scale
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-303 / Advanced choice
Multi-Cloud Architecture
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-304 / Advanced choice
Serverless & Event-Driven Cloud
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-305 / Advanced choice
Resilience Engineering & Chaos Testing
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-306 / Advanced choice
Service Mesh & Cloud Networking
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-307 / Advanced choice
Advanced Observability & eBPF
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-308 / Advanced choice
Data Platform Operations
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-309 / Advanced choice
AI Infrastructure & MLOps Platforms
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-310 / Advanced choice
Edge & Hybrid Cloud
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-311 / Advanced choice
Cloud Security Engineering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-312 / Advanced choice
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-101 / Elective
Entrepreneurship & New Venture Fundamentals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-102 / Elective
Product Management for Technical Founders
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-103 / Elective
Technology Consulting & Client Delivery
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-104 / Elective
Financial Literacy for Technology Ventures
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-105 / Elective
Technical Leadership & Team Systems
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-106 / Elective
Innovation, Intellectual Property & Commercialisation
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-107 / Elective
Privacy, Data Protection & Digital Regulation
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-108 / Elective
Cloud Foundations for Technical Professionals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-109 / Elective
Cyber Security Foundations
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-110 / Elective
Applied Data Analytics
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-111 / Elective
AI Systems for Non-AI Specialists
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-112 / Elective
Research Communication & Technical Publishing
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-113 / Elective
User Experience, Interface Design & Human Behaviour
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-114 / Elective
Sales, Negotiation & Technical Persuasion
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-115 / Elective
Digital Marketing, Growth & Technology Brands
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-116 / Elective
AI Content, Video & Synthetic Media
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-117 / Elective
Automation, No-Code & Agentic Workflows
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-118 / Elective
Technology Project Management & Agile Delivery
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-119 / Elective
Contracts, Procurement & Technology Tendering
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-120 / Elective
Psychology of Technology & Digital Behaviour
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-121 / Elective
Technology Policy, Geopolitics & the Global Digital Economy
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-122 / Elective
Sustainable Computing & Technology Impact
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-123 / Elective
Health, Biotechnology & AI for Technical Professionals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
UEL-124 / Elective
Personal Finance, Investing & Wealth for Technical Professionals
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Optional selection
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-L401 / Applied practice
Cloud Architecture & Automation Lab
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-L402 / Applied practice
Incident, Resilience & Recovery Lab
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-L403 / Applied practice
Platform Product & Cloud Consulting Lab
- Credits
- 10
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-C501 / Capstone
Cloud Capstone I: Architecture, IaC & Reliability Plan
- Credits
- 30
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.
CLD-C502 / Capstone
Cloud Capstone II: Operated Platform & Defence
- Credits
- 30
- Programme requirement
- Required
- Prerequisites
- Prerequisites apply. Individual module prerequisite links and minimum marks are not specified in this catalogue.