Makeup, Hair and Prosthetics with Foundation Year at Arts University Bournemouth
Makeup, Hair and Prosthetics with Foundation Year (BA (Hons), 45GF) 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 128–143 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 128–143 points.
45 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, other higher education 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- 45GF
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark for the purposes of indicating courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
77%
still studying
UK 90%
19%
left higher education
UK 6%
4%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
55 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course98%93%
Learning opportunities97%89%
Assessment and feedback98%83%
Academic support94%91%
Organisation and management92%70%
Learning resources96%85%
Student voice97%79%
30 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
3 years£20k5 years£24k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
86% working1% working and studying4% studying7% unemployed2% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
29%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 50%
60%
say their work is meaningful
UK 65%
45%
use what they learned
UK 50%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations25%
- Skilled trades occupations13%
- Sales occupations12%
- Design occupations10%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations9%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 85 graduates · 51% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5HH
Subjects
technical theatre studies design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Arts University Bournemouth
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Drama 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 | Acting HNC | 48 points | — |
| Coventry College | Performing Arts (Acting) HNC | 48 points | — |
| Nottingham College | Acting HNC | 48 points | — |
| Sheffield College | Performance in Practice Yr 1 FdA | 48 points | — |
| University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College | Acting BA (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| University of Salford | Costume Design with Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 48 points | 112–127 |
| Academy of Live Technology | Live Events Production FdA | 32 points | 112–127 |
| Arts University Bournemouth | Makeup, Hair and Prosthetics with Foundation Year this course | 32 points | 128–143 |
| Falmouth University | Costume Design for Film & Television with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 32 points | 128–143 |
| University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) | Technical Theatre HNC | 21 - 24 points | — |
| University of Essex | Acting for Stage and Screen CertHE | 16 points | — |
See all 460 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More performing arts at Arts University Bournemouth
- Acting BA (Hons)
- Acting for Screen BA (Hons)
- Acting with Foundation Year BA (Hons)
- Costume BA (Hons)
- Costume for Film BA (Hons)
- Costume with Foundation Year BA (Hons)
- Makeup, Hair and Prosthetics BA (Hons)
- Makeup, Hair and Prosthetics for Film BA (Hons)
- Music and Sound for Film, TV and Games BA (Hons)