Psychology with Forensic and Investigative Psychology at Abertay University
Psychology with Forensic and Investigative Psychology (BSc (Hons), C816) 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 176–191 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 176–191 points.
25 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 60%, other higher education 30%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C816 · C8 psychology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2
- Year
- 2027
- Year abroad
- optional
Accredited against the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
90%
still studying
UK 86%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
10%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
40 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course80%87%
Learning opportunities80%84%
Assessment and feedback76%80%
Academic support86%89%
Organisation and management73%84%
Learning resources79%89%
Student voice67%82%
10 final-year students · 58% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£26.5k3 years£22k5 years£26k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
60% working20% working and studying5% studying5% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
25%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
45%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Caring personal services25%
- Administrative occupations25%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals15%
- Sales occupations10%
- Natural and social science professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 40 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Dundee, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- DD1 1HG
Subjects
forensic psychology psychology
Campus
- Campus
- Dundee Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Applied psychology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry University | Applied Psychology BSc (Hons) | 104 points | — |
| Norwich University of the Arts | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 104 points | — |
| Robert Gordon University | Applied Psychology BA (Hons) | BCC | — |
| University of Chichester | Psychology with Forensic and Crime Studies BSc (Hons) | 104 points | — |
| Abertay University | Psychology with Forensic and Investigative Psychology this course | CCC | 176–191 |
| Edge Hill University | Psychology with Forensic Perspectives with STEM Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 72 - 96 points | 112–127 |
| Plymouth Marjon University | Criminology with Psychology BA (Hons) | CCC | under 96 |
| Regent's University London | Business and Psychology with Foundation BA (Hons) | 96 points | — |
| University College Birmingham | Psychology with Sport and Exercise BSc (Hons) | 96 points | 112–127 |
| University of Staffordshire | Psychology with Forensic Applications BSc (Hons) | 96 points | 112–127 |
| University of Reading | Consumer Behaviour and Marketing with Foundation BSc (Hons) | CCD | under 96 |
See all 166 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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