Criminology (with Foundation Year) at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Criminology (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons), M80F) 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 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main 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 96–111 points.
110 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 92%, other higher education 6%, an Access course 3%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- M80F · M8 law, unlisted subject
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
90%
still studying
UK 85%
7%
left higher education
UK 10%
3%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
110 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course83%88%
Learning opportunities79%86%
Assessment and feedback73%84%
Academic support73%90%
Organisation and management77%83%
Learning resources84%90%
Student voice77%80%
60 final-year students · 61% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£28k3 years£21.5k5 years£27.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
65% working17% working and studying2% unemployed16% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
65%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 82%
65%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Welfare Professionals25%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals20%
- Administrative occupations10%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation10%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 55 graduates · 50% 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
criminology social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Cyncoed Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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