Archaeology at Bournemouth University
Archaeology (BSc (Hons), F400) at Bournemouth University asked for See entry requirements in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bournemouth.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~See entry requirements
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check bournemouth.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 · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, a foundation course 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- F400 · F4 forensic and archaeological sciences
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
Accreditation by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), working in partnership with University Archaeology UK (UAUK), recognises academic programmes which provide students with appropriate workplace skills relevant to both a career in the historic environment and CIfA membership at Practitioner grade. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
100%
still studying
UK 90%
0%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course84%95%
Learning opportunities71%88%
Assessment and feedback67%87%
Academic support95%95%
Organisation and management50%85%
Learning resources82%89%
Student voice52%83%
10 final-year students · 92% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£26k3 years£19.5k5 years£23.5k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
50% working10% working and studying20% studying20% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
40%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 49%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
35%
use what they learned
UK 40%
- Natural and social science professionals20%
- Sales occupations15%
- Business and public service associate professionals10%
- Administrative occupations10%
- Elementary occupations10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 90% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5BB
Subjects
archaeology historical, philosophical and religious studies
Campus
- Campus
- Bournemouth University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Archaeology 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 Cambridge | Archaeology BA (Hons) | A*AA | 176–191 |
| University of Bristol | Archaeology and Anthropology BA (Hons) | AAB - BBB | 128–143 |
| Bangor University | Heritage, Archaeology and History BA (Hons) | 104 - 128 points | under 96 |
| University of Birmingham | Ancient History and Archaeology BA (Hons) | 128 points | — |
| Cardiff University | Archaeology BA (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 112–127 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Ancient History and Archaeology BA (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Archaeology BA (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| University of Aberdeen | Archaeology and Celtic & Anglo Saxon Studies MA (Hons) | BBC | 160–175 |
| University of Bradford | Foundation Year in Archaeology BA (Hons) | 64 points | — |
| Bournemouth University | Archaeology this course | See entry requirements | under 96 |
| University Centre Somerset | History, Heritage and Archaeology (Top-up) BA (Hons) | — | — |
See all 217 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More history and archaeology at Bournemouth University
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