Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security with foundation year at Coventry University
Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security with foundation year (BSc (Hons), I1DF) at Coventry University asked for 64 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on coventry.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~64 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 coventry.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 64
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- I1DF · I1 computer science
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
35%
still studying
UK 85%
65%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course88%83%
Learning opportunities88%81%
Assessment and feedback83%80%
Academic support86%86%
Organisation and management75%80%
Learning resources88%88%
Student voice81%78%
75 final-year students · 73% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£32k3 years£28k5 years£35k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 35 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
65% working15% working and studying10% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 70%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
60%
use what they learned
UK 59%
- Information Technology Professionals50%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials10%
- Sales occupations5%
- Elementary occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 20 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Coventry, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- CV1 2TU
Subjects
computer and information security computing
Campus
- Campus
- CU Coventry
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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