Photography at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Photography (FD, PF30) 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 ↗ 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
25% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 96–111 points.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, no formal qualifications 10%.
Course
- Award
- Foundation Degree
- Code
- PF30 · P3 media studies + F0 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 85%
20%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
25 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course96%86%
Learning opportunities97%83%
Assessment and feedback99%85%
Academic support97%90%
Organisation and management94%71%
Learning resources94%88%
Student voice94%79%
20 final-year students · 82% responded · NSS 2024-26
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 onSubject at this uni
90% working5% studying5% unemployed
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
90%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 50%
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
photography design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- Llandaff Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Cinematics and photography 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | Photography HNC | 48 points | — |
| Bournemouth and Poole College | 2D Digital Animation and Design Production FdA | 48 points | — |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Photography this course | 48 points | 96–111 |
| Gloucestershire College | Creative Media Production: Film and Moving Image HND | 48 points | — |
| Grwp Llandrillo Menai | Photography FdA | 48 points | — |
| Halesowen College | Photography HNC | 48 points | — |
| Hertford Regional College | Photography HND | 48 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Film and Television Production (With Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 32 - 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Cumbria | Animation and Visual Effects with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) | 48 points | 96–111 |
| University of East London | Commercial Photography (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 48 points | 96–111 |
| University of Gloucestershire | Animation (with Foundation) BA (Hons) | 48 points | 112–127 |
See all 653 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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