Cyber Security with Foundation Year at Manchester Metropolitan University
Cyber Security with Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), GCS5) at Manchester Metropolitan University asked for 88 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 128–143 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on mmu.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~88 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 mmu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 88
The middle entrant had 128–143 points.
95 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 91%, an Access course 6%, other higher education 3%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- GCS5
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
Accredited by BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of fully meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
89%
still studying
UK 85%
11%
left higher education
UK 11%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
80 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course81%83%
Learning opportunities84%81%
Assessment and feedback76%80%
Academic support86%86%
Organisation and management74%80%
Learning resources87%88%
Student voice79%78%
75 final-year students · 75% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£27k3 years£30.5k5 years£38.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 35 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
60% working10% working and studying10% studying5% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 83% in work or study
85%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 77%
25%
use what they learned
UK 59%
- Information Technology Professionals40%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals15%
- Business and public service associate professionals15%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals10%
- Administrative occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 35 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
computer and information security computing
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Software engineering 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abertay University | Ethical Hacking BSc (Hons) | CCC | 160–175 |
| City St George's, University of London | Computer Science with Cyber Security (with Integrated Foundation Year) MSci | 96 points | 112–127 |
| Edge Hill University | Cyber Security with STEM Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 72 - 96 points | 96–111 |
| Gateshead College | Digital Technologies (Cyber Security & Cloud Networking) HNC | 96 points | — |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Cyber Security & Networks BSc (Hons) | CCC | 144–159 |
| University College Birmingham | Software Engineering BEng (Hon) | 96 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Cybersecurity BSc (Hons) | 72 - 90 points | 128–143 |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | Cyber Security with Foundation Year this course | 88 points | 128–143 |
| University of Salford | Software Engineering BSc (Hons) | 88 points | 128–143 |
| Hopwood Hall College | Computing HND | 80 points | — |
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