As a recognized tuition provider BMTC will provide you with quality tuition and help you qualify for your BCS course quickly. With our dedicated, qualified and experienced lecturers, you will find that BMTC is the perfect place to study for your BCS.
About BCS
At its highest level, BCS Professional Examinations are examined to the academic level of a UK University honours degree and acknowledges practical experience and academic ability.
BCS Professional Examinations are the "gold standard" set of internationally recognised IT qualifications with over 30,000 members worldwide.
Trusted for its independence and integrity, BCS is the only Chartered Engineering Institution for IT professionals which can award an internationally recognised professional qualification.
BCS Professional Examinations are the essential qualifications for a career in computing and information technology (IT).
Whether you seek greater job recognition, promotion or a new career direction, you'll find BCS Professional Examinations are internationally recognised, flexible and suited to the needs of the IT industry. Successful completion of the highest level of the examinations gives you a route to postgraduate study at many universities.
Entry requirement
There are no formal academic qualification requirement however, BCS recommends students to have at least an A’Levels and at least 19 years of age.
Exemption Guidelines
Exemption can be given for an individual BCS module(s) at Certificate and/or Diploma level or for a complete level. Only qualifications that have been completed and passed will be considered. To find out more about exemptions please click on the link EXEMPTION GUIDLINES
The course structure
There are three levels of examination covering a wide range of IT topics acknowledging practical experience and academic ability:
Certificate in IT (BCS Level 4)
Course |
Start Dates |
Information Systems |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Software Development |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Computer & Network Technology |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
The fee for this level is £2,000 pa |
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Diploma in IT (BCS Level 5)
The course culminates in a 2 hour written exam focusing on the one core module and each of the three optional modules of your choice.
Course |
Start Dates |
Professional Issues in Information Systems Practice (Core Module) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Computer Networks |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Database Systems |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
IT Project Management |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Object Oriented Programming |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Systems Analysis |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Principles of Internet Technologies (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
IT Service Management (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Software Engineering 1 (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
The Internet& World wide web |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Principles of User Interface Design (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Systems Design |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
The fee for this level is £2,200 per year |
Completion of the Diploma Examinations level means you are eligible to apply for BCS Membership if you have 3 years' experience as an IT professional.
Professional Project
In order to finish the Diploma in IT level candidates must complete a project. Successful completion of the project and examination enables you to apply for selected degree courses with universities and means you are eligible to apply for BCS Membership (MBCS) if you have 2 years' experience as an IT professional.
Professional Graduate Diploma (PGD) in IT (BCS Level 6)
This course culminates a 3 hour written exam focusing on four of the above modules of your choice. Please be aware that practical experience is required to answer some parts of the exam.
Course |
Start Dates |
Management Information Systems |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Software Engineering 2 |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Computer Services Management |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Distributed and Parallel Systems (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Knowledge Based Systems (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Network Information Systems (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Programming Paradigms (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Realising the User Interface (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
System Design Methods (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Web Engineering (April only) |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
Advanced Database Management Systems |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
WWW - Beyond The Basics syllabus |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
User Interface Design syllabus |
Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug |
The fee for this level is £2,500 per year. |
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Completion of the Professional Graduate Diploma Examinations level means you are eligible to apply for BCS membership if you have 2 years' experience as an IT professional.
Professional Project
In order to finish the Professional Graduate Diploma in IT level candidates must complete a project, which will be the academic equivalent of a UK university honours degree project and has a recommended minimum study time of 300 hours.
Successful completion of the project and examination enables you to apply for selected postgraduate courses at university and means you are eligible to apply for BCS professional membership (MBCS).
Examination
Exams are held twice a year in October and April. For membership registration and exams entry deadline please follow the link: key dates
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