Sound Engineering with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University
Sound Engineering with a Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), 1264) 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.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- 1264
- 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 82%
25%
left higher education
UK 15%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course94%89%
Learning opportunities91%87%
Assessment and feedback94%88%
Academic support100%92%
Organisation and management82%84%
Learning resources94%85%
Student voice98%80%
30 final-year students · 94% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£26k3 years£22.5k5 years£23k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
75% working15% working and studying10% unemployed
UK, same subject: 91% in work or study
75%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 63%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 90%
55%
use what they learned
UK 60%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations35%
- Engineering professionals20%
- Skilled trades occupations10%
- Information Technology Professionals10%
- Sales occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 55% 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
audio technology engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- City Centre Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Others in technology 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunel University of London | Music (Production) BA (Hons) | ABB - BBC | 112–127 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Business and Supply Chain Management BSc (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 112–127 |
| Bucks New University | Audio and Music Production BA (Hons) | 88 - 112 points | 96–111 |
| University of Chichester | Audio and Music Production BA (Hons) | 104 points | — |
| BIMM University | Music Production BA (Hons) | CC | 96–111 |
| ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music) | Sound Engineering & Audio Technology BSc (Hons) | — | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Audio and Music Technology BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Birmingham City University | Sound Engineering with a Foundation Year this course | — | under 96 |
| Bournemouth and Poole College | Music and Sound Production BA (Hons) | — | — |
| Bristol, UWE | Audio and Music Technology BSc (Hons) | See entry requirements | 112–127 |
| Chichester College Group (inc Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Northbrook & Worthing Colleges) | Prop Making and Special Effects BA (Hons) | — | — |
See all 126 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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