Creative Writing with Foundation Year at Manchester Metropolitan University
Creative Writing with Foundation Year (BA (Hons), W813) at Manchester Metropolitan University asked for 72–80 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 mmu.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~80 points
Openbelow CCC
Published as 72 - 80 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 mmu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 80
The middle entrant had 112–127 points.
30 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, a baccalaureate 5%, an Access course 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- W813 · W8 creative writing
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Year abroad
- optional
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 85%
25%
left higher education
UK 12%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course99%92%
Learning opportunities96%88%
Assessment and feedback92%88%
Academic support92%93%
Organisation and management89%82%
Learning resources85%89%
Student voice93%82%
20 final-year students · 90% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£18.5k5 years£21k
£10k£20k£30k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
70% working10% working and studying5% studying10% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
35%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
60%
say their work is meaningful
UK 58%
55%
use what they learned
UK 35%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
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
- Manchester, North West England, England
- Postcode
- M15 6BH
Subjects
creative writing language and area studies
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Creative writing 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.
See all 260 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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