Cyber Security with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University
Cyber Security with a Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), 1009) 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
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
50 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 89%, other higher education 6%, an Access course 2%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- 1009
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
81%
still studying
UK 85%
19%
left higher education
UK 11%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
65 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course75%83%
Learning opportunities83%81%
Assessment and feedback77%80%
Academic support87%86%
Organisation and management77%80%
Learning resources82%88%
Student voice91%78%
15 final-year students · 88% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£26k3 years£23k5 years£28k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 80 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
60% working10% studying25% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
65%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
50%
use what they learned
UK 59%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals25%
- Information Technology Professionals25%
- Sales occupations15%
- Process, plant and machine operatives5%
- Administrative occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 65% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- B4 7XG
Subjects
computer science computing
Campus
- Campus
- City Centre Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Computer science 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 Bath | Computer Science BSc (Hons) | A*A*A | 160–175 |
| Aberystwyth University | Accounting and Finance and Computing BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Computer Science BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 112–127 |
| ASU London | Computer Science BSc (Hons) | 112 - 120 points | — |
| University of Aberdeen | Business Management and Information Systems MA (Hons) | BBC | 160–175 |
| Abertay University | Computer Science BSc (Hons) | CCC | 112–127 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Computing For England HND | 64 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Applied Computer Science (Top-Up) BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Bangor University | Computer and Data Science BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Bath Spa University | Business Analytics BSc | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Cyber Security with a Foundation Year this course | — | under 96 |
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