Economics (with Foundation Year) at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Economics (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons), L10F) at Cardiff Metropolitan University asked for 32 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
~32 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 32
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
10 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, other higher education 15%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- L10F · L1 economics
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
100%
still studying
UK 91%
0%
left higher education
UK 6%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
15 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course81%86%
Learning opportunities85%85%
Assessment and feedback75%79%
Academic support88%90%
Organisation and management83%88%
Learning resources86%90%
Student voice72%80%
10 final-year students · 75% 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
economics social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Llandaff Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Economics 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.
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