Cyber Security (with Placement Year) at Anglia Ruskin University
Cyber Security (with Placement Year) (BSc (Hons), I104) at Anglia Ruskin University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on aru.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check aru.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
45% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 96–111 points.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 10%, no formal qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- I104 · I1 computer science
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
90%
still studying
UK 85%
5%
left higher education
UK 11%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%83%
Learning opportunities95%81%
Assessment and feedback78%80%
Academic support83%86%
Organisation and management96%80%
Learning resources94%88%
Student voice76%78%
10 final-year students · 71% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£28k3 years£24k5 years£30.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
80% working10% studying5% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
75%
use what they learned
UK 59%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Cambridge, East of England, England
- Postcode
- CB1 1PT
Subjects
computer and information security computing
Campus
- Campus
- ARU Cambridge Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Software engineering at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Software Engineering (with integrated year in industry) BEng (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 128–143 |
| Bath Spa University | Cyber Security BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Computer Science for Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Abertay University | Ethical Hacking BSc (Hons) | CCC | 160–175 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Computing For England HND | 64 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Cyber Security (with Placement Year) this course | — | 96–111 |
| Bedford College Group | Computing (Cyber Security) HND | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Computer Networks and Security BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| University of Aberdeen | Electronic and Software Engineering MEng (Hon) | — | 144–159 |
See all 389 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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