Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at Bristol, UWE
Cyber Security and Digital Forensics (BSc (Hons), G4H4) at Bristol, UWE 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 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on courses.uwe.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 courses.uwe.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
12% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 112–127 points.
80 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 59%, a foundation course 31%, other higher education 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- G4H4 · G4 computer science (older codes) + H4 aerospace engineering
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 4
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
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Student experience
After the first yearThis course
83%
still studying
UK 85%
11%
left higher education
UK 11%
6%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
130 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course86%83%
Learning opportunities83%81%
Assessment and feedback80%80%
Academic support90%86%
Organisation and management83%80%
Learning resources89%88%
Student voice87%78%
65 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£26.5k5 years£33.5k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
70% working10% working and studying5% studying15% unemployed5% other
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
65%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
40%
use what they learned
UK 59%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 70% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Bristol, South West England, England
- Postcode
- BS16 1QY
Subjects
computer and information security computing
Campus
- Campus
- University of the West of England
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Software engineering 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Software Engineering (with integrated year in industry) BEng (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 128–143 |
| Bath Spa University | Cyber Security BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Computer Science for Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Abertay University | Ethical Hacking BSc (Hons) | CCC | 160–175 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Computing For England HND | 64 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Cyber Security BSc (Hons) | — | 96–111 |
| Bedford College Group | Computing (Cyber Security) HND | — | — |
| Bristol, UWE | Cyber Security and Digital Forensics this course | See entry requirements | 112–127 |
| University of Aberdeen | Electronic and Software Engineering MEng (Hon) | — | 144–159 |
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