Professional Policing (with Foundation Year) at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Professional Policing (with Foundation Year) (BA (Hons), L90F) 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 ↗ Main course page on cardiffmet.ac.uk ↗

UCAS tariff

~48 points

Open

below 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.

45 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%.

Course

Award: Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
Code: L90F · L9 other social studies
Duration: 4 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Foundation
Year: 2027

Licensed by the College of Policing for the purpose of meeting all the requirements of the national curriculum for multiple entry routes into policing. More ↗

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

90%

still studying

UK 86%

left higher education

UK 9%

moved to a lower award

UK 1%

40 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course82%89%

Learning opportunities85%85%

Assessment and feedback94%81%

Academic support98%89%

Organisation and management81%84%

Learning resources93%90%

Student voice96%79%

25 final-year students · 75% responded · NSS 2025-26

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

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Subjects

policing law

Campus

Campus: Cyncoed Campus
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Law 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
Birmingham Newman University	Business and Law with Foundation and Sandwich Years BSc (Hons)	48 points	—
Cardiff Metropolitan University	Professional Policing (with Foundation Year) this course	48 points	112–127
Leeds Trinity University	Criminology and Law with Foundation Year in Legal Issues BA (Hons)	48 points	under 96
Oxford Brookes University	Business and Law (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)	48 points	96–111
University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College	Law LLB (Hons)	48 points	—
University of Bedfordshire	Law with Criminology with Foundation Year LLB (Hons)	32 - 48 points	under 96
University of Buckingham	Law (with integrated Foundation) LLB (Hons)	48 points	—
University of Chichester	Law with Integrated Foundation Year LLB (Hons)	48 points	96–111
University of Cumbria	Law (with integrated foundation year) LLB	48 points	96–111
University of Gloucestershire	Crime and Criminal Investigation (with Foundation) BSc (Hons)	48 points	96–111
University of Hertfordshire	LLB Law with Foundation Year LLB (Hons)	48 points	112–127

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