Ethical Hacking at Abertay University
Ethical Hacking (BSc (Hons), GG45) at Abertay University asked for CCC in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 160–175 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on abertay.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~CCC
Moderate96 points · around CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check abertay.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 96
The middle entrant had 160–175 points. 10% had fewer than the 96 asked.
35 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 61%, other higher education 39%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- GG45 · G4 computer science (older codes) + G5 information systems (older codes)
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
- Year
- 2027
- Year abroad
- optional
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Student experience
After the first yearThis course
93%
still studying
UK 85%
0%
left higher education
UK 11%
7%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
60 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course91%83%
Learning opportunities77%81%
Assessment and feedback83%80%
Academic support82%86%
Organisation and management69%80%
Learning resources94%88%
Student voice77%78%
40 final-year students · 71% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£30k3 years£30.5k5 years£41k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
65% working15% working and studying15% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
60%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
65%
use what they learned
UK 59%
- Information Technology Professionals45%
- Administrative occupations10%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals10%
- Skilled trades occupations5%
- Natural and social science professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 40 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Dundee, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- DD1 1HG
Subjects
computer and information security computing
Campus
- Campus
- Dundee Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Software engineering at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abertay University | Ethical Hacking this course | CCC | 160–175 |
| City College Plymouth | Cyber Security FdSc | 96 points | — |
| City St George's, University of London | Computer Science with Cyber Security (with Integrated Foundation Year) MSci | 96 points | 112–127 |
| Edge Hill University | Cyber Security with STEM Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 72 - 96 points | 96–111 |
| Gateshead College | Digital Technologies (Cyber Security & Cloud Networking) HNC | 96 points | — |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Cyber Security & Networks BSc (Hons) | CCC | 144–159 |
| Lancaster University | Software Engineering (with a Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 96 points | 144–159 |
| University College Birmingham | Software Engineering BEng (Hon) | 96 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| University of Westminster, London | Cyber Security and Forensics BSc (Hons) | CCC | 96–111 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 72 - 90 points | 128–143 |
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