Artist Designer Maker at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Artist Designer Maker (FD, AM20) at Cardiff Metropolitan University asked for 48 UCAS points for 2026 entry; 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 cardiffmet.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~48 points
Openbelow CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check cardiffmet.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 48
The middle entrant had 112–127 points.
30 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 80%, other higher education 15%, no formal qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Foundation Degree
- Code
- AM20 · A2 pre-clinical dentistry + M0 no standard meaning
- Duration
- 2 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
80%
still studying
UK 80%
20%
left higher education
UK 13%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
35 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course93%92%
Learning opportunities94%83%
Assessment and feedback96%84%
Academic support88%87%
Organisation and management82%62%
Learning resources96%83%
Student voice92%76%
15 final-year students · 71% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£24k3 years£18.5k5 years£23.5k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 75 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
60% working10% studying15% unemployed15% other
UK, same subject: 80% in work or study
40%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 23%
63%
say their work is meaningful
UK 70%
42%
use what they learned
UK 45%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Caerphilly, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- NP11 7ZA
Subjects
crafts design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Llandaff Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Others in creative arts and design at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIMM University | Hair and Make-up for Screen and Film BA (Hons) | CC | under 96 |
| Bury College | Salon Management FdSc | 64 points | — |
| North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College | Makeup and Hair Artistry HND | 64 points | — |
| University Centre Somerset | Makeup Artistry, Prosthetic FX and Wig Making Foundation Degree FD | 64 points | — |
| University Centre Weston | Make-up, Wigs and Special Effects BA (Hons) | 60 points | 112–127 |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Artist Designer Maker this course | 48 points | 112–127 |
| Middlesbrough College | Specialist Hair and Makeup Artistry for Creative Industries FD | 48 points | — |
| New College Swindon University Centre | Make Up and Hair Artistry HND | 48 points | — |
| Southampton, Solent University | Make-Up and Hair Design with Art & Design Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| University College Birmingham | Hair and Make-up Business Management FdSc | 48 points | 96–111 |
| University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College | Creative Hair and Media Makeup FD | 32 points | — |
See all 89 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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