Computer Security (with Foundation Year) at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Computer Security (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons), G10F) at Cardiff Metropolitan University asked for 64 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on cardiffmet.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~64 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 64
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
40 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, other higher education 10%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- G10F · G1 mathematics
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation year
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
85%
still studying
UK 85%
15%
left higher education
UK 11%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course67%83%
Learning opportunities72%81%
Assessment and feedback83%80%
Academic support92%86%
Organisation and management88%80%
Learning resources94%88%
Student voice82%78%
15 final-year students · 54% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£27k3 years£26.5k5 years£33k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
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
40% working15% working and studying10% studying15% unemployed15% other
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
80%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
55%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
65%
use what they learned
UK 59%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 10 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Cardiff, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- CF5 2YB
Subjects
computer and information security computing
Campus
- Campus
- Llandaff Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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