Psychology with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University
Psychology with a Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), C80F) 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.
35 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, an Access course 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C80F · C8 psychology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
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
81%
still studying
UK 86%
19%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
80 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course78%87%
Learning opportunities87%84%
Assessment and feedback86%80%
Academic support91%89%
Organisation and management91%84%
Learning resources87%89%
Student voice86%82%
25 final-year students · 63% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£24k3 years£19.5k5 years£24.5k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 35 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
45% working15% working and studying10% studying15% unemployed20% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
55%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
50%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Business and public service associate professionals13%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals12%
- Sales occupations11%
- Teaching Professionals10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation8%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 55% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- B4 7BD
Subjects
psychology psychology
Campus
- Campus
- City Centre Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Psychology 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 | Education with Psychology BA (Hons) | ABB | 144–159 |
| Aberystwyth University | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 112–127 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Psychology BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 112–127 |
| Bangor University | Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology BA (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Bath Spa University | Criminology and Psychology BA/BSc (H) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Criminology and Psychological Studies BA (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| University of Aberdeen | Anthropology and Psychology MA (Hons) | BBC | 144–159 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Abertay University | Psychology BSc (Hons) | CCC | 144–159 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Applied Psychology BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Psychology with a Foundation Year this course | — | under 96 |
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