Human Geography with a Professional Placement Year at Cardiff University
Human Geography with a Professional Placement Year (BSc (Hons), L701) at Cardiff University asked for AAB - BBB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on cardiff.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~AAB
Competitive136 points · around ABB
Published as AAB - BBB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check cardiff.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 136
The middle entrant had 112–127 points. At least 65% had fewer than the 136 asked.
25 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, a degree 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- L701 · L7 human geography
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) for the purpose of recognising the delivery of geographical knowledge, understanding, skills, approaches and attributes expected of high quality geography graduates. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
100%
still studying
UK 95%
0%
left higher education
UK 4%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
25 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course83%89%
Learning opportunities79%86%
Assessment and feedback76%82%
Academic support96%92%
Organisation and management84%88%
Learning resources85%92%
Student voice88%82%
80 final-year students · 61% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£27.5k3 years£27k5 years£37k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 25 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
71% working13% working and studying12% studying1% unemployed4% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
60%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
45%
use what they learned
UK 45%
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals20%
- Sales occupations15%
- Business and public service associate professionals15%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Teaching Professionals10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 55 graduates · 59% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Cardiff, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- CF10 3AT
Subjects
human geography geography, earth and environmental studies
Campus
- Campus
- Cardiff University - Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Human geography 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Zoology with Conservation BSc (Hons) | 112 - 136 points | 128–143 |
| Cardiff University | Human Geography with a Professional Placement Year this course | AAB - BBB | 112–127 |
| Durham University | Education Studies - Geography BA (Hons) | AAB | 160–175 |
| King's College London, University of London | Geography BA (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| Lancaster University | Human Geography (Study Abroad) BA (Hons) | 134 - 136 points | 112–127 |
| London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London | Economic History and Geography BSc (Hons) | AAB | 160–175 |
| Loughborough University | Geography BA (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| University of Glasgow | Archaeology/Geography MA (Hons) | 120 - 136 points | 176–191 |
| University of Leeds | Geography with Transport Studies BA (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| University of Nottingham | Geography BA (Hons) | AAB | 128–143 |
| University of Sheffield | Geography BA (Hons) | AAB | 144–159 |
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