Forensic Investigation at Bournemouth University
Forensic Investigation (BSc (Hons), F401) 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 96–111 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 96–111 points.
45 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- F401 · 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
The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences provides an accreditation system for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in forensic science and related topics. Accreditation is given provided the course content meets with the Society's component standards which provide a quality endorsement of the course. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
87%
still studying
UK 85%
13%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
70 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course84%90%
Learning opportunities85%89%
Assessment and feedback68%83%
Academic support80%90%
Organisation and management81%81%
Learning resources91%92%
Student voice71%78%
40 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£24k5 years£30.5k
£20k£30k£40k
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
85% working5% working and studying5% studying5% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
40%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 50%
60%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
40%
use what they learned
UK 47%
- Protective service occupations15%
- Sales occupations10%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Administrative occupations10%
- Secretarial and related occupations10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 30 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Poole, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BH12 5BB
Subjects
forensic science physical sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Bournemouth University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Forensic and archaeological sciences 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Spa University | Forensic Science BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 112–127 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Crime and Investigative Studies BSc (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 128–143 |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Applied Criminology with Forensic Investigation BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| University of Aberdeen | Anthropology and Archaeology MA (Hons) | BBC | 144–159 |
| University of Bradford | Archaeology BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 112–127 |
| Abertay University | Forensic Sciences BSc (Hons) | CCC | 160–175 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Forensic Science BSc (Hons) | 96 points | 96–111 |
| Bucks New University | Criminology and Forensic Studies with Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 32 - 56 points | under 96 |
| Bournemouth University | Forensic Investigation this course | See entry requirements | 96–111 |
| Bristol, UWE | Forensic Science BSc (Hons) | See entry requirements | 128–143 |
| Cardiff University | Archaeology and Heritage Science BSc (Hons) | — | 144–159 |
See all 181 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More general, applied and forensic sciences at Bournemouth University
- Forensic Investigation (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
- Forensic Science BSc (Hons)
- Forensic Science (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)