Psychology at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Psychology (BSc (Hons), C800) at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh asked for 112–123 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 160–175 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on qmu.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~123 points
Selectivearound BBB
Published as 112 - 123 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 qmu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 123
20% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 160–175 points.
20 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 60%, other higher education 30%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C800 · C8 psychology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
- Year
- 2027
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
95%
still studying
UK 86%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
5%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
35 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course82%87%
Learning opportunities82%84%
Assessment and feedback74%80%
Academic support68%89%
Organisation and management79%84%
Learning resources77%89%
Student voice70%82%
40 final-year students · 75% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£26k3 years£21k5 years£25.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 15 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
60% working20% working and studying5% studying5% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
50%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
50%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
35%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Elementary occupations10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials10%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals10%
- Sales occupations10%
- Administrative occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 45 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- EH21 6UU
Subjects
psychology psychology
Campus
- Campus
- Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | Psychology this course | 112 - 123 points | 160–175 |
| Aberystwyth University | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 112–127 |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Psychology with Clinical Applications BSc (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Psychology BSc (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 112–127 |
| Bangor University | Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology BA (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| Bath Spa University | Criminology and Psychology BA/BSc (H) | BBB - BCC | 96–111 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Brighton | Psychology with Counselling Studies BSc (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Chester | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 120 points | 112–127 |
| University of Cumbria | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Derby | Psychology BSc (Hons) | 120 points | 96–111 |
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