Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year at Keele University
Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), C8BF) at Keele University asked for 56 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 keele.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~56 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 keele.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 56
15% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.
10 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, no formal qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C8BF · C8 psychology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
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
80%
still studying
UK 86%
10%
left higher education
UK 10%
10%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course79%87%
Learning opportunities75%84%
Assessment and feedback86%80%
Academic support85%89%
Organisation and management75%84%
Learning resources97%89%
Student voice78%82%
15 final-year students · 68% responded · NSS 2024-26
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 20 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
52% working23% working and studying9% studying6% unemployed9% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
30%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
45%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Elementary occupations20%
- Caring personal services10%
- Sales occupations10%
- Teaching Professionals5%
- Managers, directors and senior officials5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 75 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Keele, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- ST5 5BG
Subjects
psychology psychology
Campus
- Campus
- Keele University
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Psychology (Clinical & Forensic Studies) with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 64 points | under 96 |
| University Centre Somerset | Psychology Foundation Degree FD | 64 points | — |
| Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | Pathways into Psychology, Sociology and Education BSc (Hons) | 63 points | — |
| Bucks New University | Psychology with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 32 - 56 points | under 96 |
| Keele University | Psychology with Counselling with Foundation Year this course | 56 points | under 96 |
| 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) BSc (Hons) | 48 points | 112–127 |
| University Centre Bishop Burton | Criminology with Psychology CertHE | 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 | — |
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