Psychology (with Foundation Year) at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Psychology (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons), C80F) 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
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 112–127 points.
90 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 83%, other higher education 10%, an Access course 4%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C80F · C8 psychology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- optional
Accredited against the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
82%
still studying
UK 86%
14%
left higher education
UK 10%
2%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
95 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course74%87%
Learning opportunities73%84%
Assessment and feedback81%80%
Academic support86%89%
Organisation and management81%84%
Learning resources88%89%
Student voice77%82%
60 final-year students · 64% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
3 years£19.5k5 years£26k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
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
psychology psychology
Campus
- Campus
- Llandaff Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Psychology 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 | Psychology (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
| Bridgend College | Psychology FD | 48 points | — |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Psychology (with Foundation Year) this course | 48 points | 112–127 |
| University Centre Bishop Burton | Criminology with Psychology CertHE | 48 points | — |
| University Centre South Devon | Psychology and Criminology FdSc | 48 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Psychology (With Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 32 - 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Buckingham | Psychology (with integrated Foundation) BSc (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| University of Chichester | Psychology with Integrated Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 48 points | 96–111 |
| University of Cumbria | Psychology (with integrated foundation year) BSc (Hons) | 48 points | 96–111 |
| University of Hertfordshire | Initial Year for Extended Degree Science- PSYCHOLOGY BSc (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| University of Roehampton | Psychology Foundation Studies: Certificate of Higher Education CertHE | 48 points | — |
See all 877 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Education, Psychology and Special Educational Needs BSc (Hons)
- Education, Psychology and Special Educational Needs (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
- Psychology BSc (Hons)
- Psychology and Criminology BSc (Hons)
- Psychology and Criminology (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)