International Relations (with Foundation Year) at Manchester Metropolitan University
International Relations (with Foundation Year) (BA (Hons), L251) 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 96–111 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
15% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 96–111 points.
40 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 100%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- L251 · L2 politics
- 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
85%
still studying
UK 90%
15%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
35 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%89%
Learning opportunities91%83%
Assessment and feedback91%82%
Academic support89%91%
Organisation and management89%85%
Learning resources88%90%
Student voice83%79%
30 final-year students · 70% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25.5k3 years£19.5k5 years£24k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
60% working5% working and studying10% studying5% unemployed15% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
50%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 55%
45%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
25%
use what they learned
UK 40%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 55% 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
international relations social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
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