Psychology [with Placement Year] at Anglia Ruskin University
Psychology [with Placement Year] (BSc (Hons), C801) at Anglia Ruskin University asked for 96–112 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on aru.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~112 points
Selectivearound BBB
Published as 96 - 112 points
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check aru.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 112
22% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 96–111 points. 64% of them had fewer than the 112 asked.
75 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, an Access course 2%, other qualifications 2%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C801 · C8 psychology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
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
87%
still studying
UK 86%
7%
left higher education
UK 10%
7%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
105 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%87%
Learning opportunities87%84%
Assessment and feedback84%80%
Academic support89%89%
Organisation and management92%84%
Learning resources86%89%
Student voice85%82%
60 final-year students · 64% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£21k5 years£25.5k
£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 onThis course
65% working15% working and studying5% unemployed15% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
45%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
55%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals20%
- Sales occupations15%
- Administrative occupations15%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 30 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
psychology psychology
Campus
- Campus
- ARU Cambridge Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglia Ruskin University | Psychology [with Placement Year] this course | 96 - 112 points | 96–111 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Criminology and Psychological Studies BA (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 112–127 |
| Coventry University | Criminology and Psychology BA (Hons) | 112 points | 112–127 |
| University of Aberdeen | Anthropology and Psychology MA (Hons) | BBC | 144–159 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| University of Bradford | Psychology (with placement year) BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 112–127 |
| University of Chester | Counselling Skills and Psychology BA (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| University of Cumbria | Psychology with Counselling and Psychotherapy BSc | 96 - 112 points | 96–111 |
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