Animal Behaviour and Welfare (with Foundation Year) at Hartpury University
Animal Behaviour and Welfare (with Foundation Year) (BSc (Hons), DF29) at Hartpury University asked for 32–48 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 hartpury.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~48 points
Openbelow CCC
Published as 32 - 48 points
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 hartpury.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 under 96 points.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 5%, other higher education 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- DF29 · D2 clinical veterinary medicine + F9 other physical sciences
- Duration
- 5 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
70%
still studying
UK 85%
10%
left higher education
UK 10%
15%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
30 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course94%89%
Learning opportunities96%88%
Assessment and feedback100%83%
Academic support100%93%
Organisation and management94%82%
Learning resources94%87%
Student voice94%81%
15 final-year students · 89% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£21k5 years£26.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 55 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
85% working15% working and studying5% other
UK, same subject: 90% in work or study
25%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 33%
85%
say their work is meaningful
UK 79%
60%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Animal care and control services35%
- Teaching Professionals10%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals5%
- Veterinary nurses5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Gloucester, South West England, England
- Postcode
- GL19 3BE
Subjects
animal behaviour agriculture, food and related studies
Campus
- Campus
- Hartpury University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Animal science 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth University | Animal Science BSc (Hons) | 48 points | 112–127 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Animal Management FdSc | 48 points | — |
| Bridgend College | Equine Studies HND | 48 points | — |
| Coastland College | Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Conservation FD | 48 points | — |
| College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise | Equine Management FdSc | 48 points | — |
| Cornwall College | Animal Behaviour and Welfare CertHE | 48 points | — |
| Hartpury University | Animal Behaviour and Welfare (with Foundation Year) this course | 32 - 48 points | under 96 |
| Moulton College | Animal Behavioural Science & Welfare FdSc | 48 points | — |
| University Centre Bishop Burton | Applied Canine Behaviour and Training CertHE | 48 points | — |
| University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College | Animal Management and Behaviour FD | 48 points | — |
| University Centre Myerscough | Applied Animal Science FdSc | 48 points | — |
See all 270 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
More agriculture, food and related studies at Hartpury University
- Agriculture BSc (Hons)
- Agriculture (Top-up Level 6) BSc (Hons)
- Agriculture (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
- Agriculture with Crop Science BSc (Hons)
- Agriculture with Crop Science (with Foundation Year) BSc
- Agriculture with Livestock Science BSc (Hons)
- Agriculture with Livestock Science (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
- Animal Behaviour and Training (Clinical) BSc (Hons)
- Animal Behaviour and Training (Clinical) (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
- Animal Behaviour and Training with Canine (Clinical) BSc (Hons)
- Animal Behaviour and Training with Canine (Clinical) (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons)
- Animal Behaviour and Welfare BSc (Hons)