Forensic Investigation (with Foundation Year) at Bournemouth University
Forensic Investigation (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons), F402) at Bournemouth 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 bournemouth.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 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.
10 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- F402 · F4 forensic and archaeological sciences
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
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
80%
still studying
UK 85%
20%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course89%90%
Learning opportunities88%89%
Assessment and feedback69%83%
Academic support85%90%
Organisation and management84%81%
Learning resources93%92%
Student voice75%78%
105 final-year students · 83% 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 onSubject at this uni
77% working5% working and studying5% studying7% unemployed6% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
50%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 50%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
35%
use what they learned
UK 47%
- Elementary occupations20%
- Protective service occupations10%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals10%
- Administrative occupations5%
- Natural and social science professionals5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 60 graduates · 57% 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 (with Foundation Year) this course | — | under 96 |
| 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 BSc (Hons)
- Forensic Science BSc (Hons)
- Forensic Science (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)