Civil Engineering with Foundation Year at Birmingham City University
Civil Engineering with Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), 1285) at Birmingham City University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bcu.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 bcu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
15% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.
40 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- 1285
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 85%
25%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course83%89%
Learning opportunities84%88%
Assessment and feedback86%82%
Academic support88%90%
Organisation and management72%85%
Learning resources94%91%
Student voice92%82%
15 final-year students · 67% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£30.5k3 years£23.5k5 years£30.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 30 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
61% working13% working and studying8% studying10% unemployed8% other
UK, same subject: 89% in work or study
54%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 80%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 85%
45%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Engineering professionals23%
- Skilled trades occupations9%
- Process, plant and machine operatives9%
- Elementary occupations8%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals6%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 80 graduates · 57% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- B4 7XG
Subjects
civil engineering engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- City Centre Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Civil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Birmingham | Civil Engineering MEng (Hon) | 144 points | 144–159 |
| University of Brighton | Civil Engineering BEng (Hon) | 104 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Civil Engineering BEng (Hon) | 96 - 112 points | 128–143 |
| University of Bradford | Civil and Structural Engineering BEng (Hon) | 104 points | under 96 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Civil Engineering BEng (Hon) | 88 points | under 96 |
| University College Birmingham | Applied Engineering HNC | 56 points | — |
| Abertay University | Civil and Environmental Engineering (with Dundee & Angus College) BEng BEng | — | — |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Construction: Modern Methods of Construction HND | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Civil Engineering with Foundation Year this course | — | under 96 |
| University of Aberdeen | Civil and Environmental Engineering MEng (Hon) | — | 160–175 |
| University of Bath | Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering with professional placement MEng (Hons) | — | 160–175 |
See all 397 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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