Fine Art with Foundation Year at Arts University Bournemouth
Fine Art with Foundation Year (BA (Hons), 100F) at Arts University Bournemouth asked for 32 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 144–159 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on aub.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~32 points
Openbelow CCC
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 aub.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 32
The middle entrant had 144–159 points.
65 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 88%, a baccalaureate 5%, other higher education 4%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- 100F
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
88%
still studying
UK 84%
7%
left higher education
UK 10%
6%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
90 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course86%87%
Learning opportunities79%83%
Assessment and feedback83%88%
Academic support89%90%
Organisation and management74%71%
Learning resources90%86%
Student voice83%82%
55 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£22k5 years£26.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 240 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
79% working7% working and studying1% studying7% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 86% in work or study
56%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 55%
66%
say their work is meaningful
UK 65%
49%
use what they learned
UK 45%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations16%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals16%
- Elementary occupations12%
- Sales occupations9%
- Skilled trades occupations7%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 700 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5HH
Subjects
fine art design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Arts University Bournemouth
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Art 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | Fine Art HND | 48 points | — |
| Bournemouth and Poole College | 2D Digital Animation and Design Production FdA | 48 points | — |
| Coastland College | Art and Design Practice FdA | 48 points | — |
| Cornwall College | Art & Design Practice FdA | 48 points | — |
| University of Cumbria | Fine Art (with integrated foundation year) BA (Hons) | 48 points | 112–127 |
| University of Sunderland | Fine Art with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 40 points | 112–127 |
| Wrexham University | Fine Art BA (Hons) | 40 points | 112–127 |
| Arts University Bournemouth | Fine Art with Foundation Year this course | 32 points | 144–159 |
| Falmouth University | Drawing with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 32 points | 128–143 |
| South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College) | Fine Art HNC | 32 points | — |
| University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) | Art and Contemporary Practices BA (Hons) | 21 - 24 points | 96–111 |
See all 240 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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