Social Work at Queen's University Belfast
Social Work (BSW (Hons), L500) at Queen's University Belfast: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had 128–143 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on qub.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check qub.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 128–143 points.
25 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 37%, an Access course 30%, other higher education 18%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Social Work (with Honours)
- Code
- L500 · L5 social work
- Duration
- 3 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
Accredited by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC). More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
86%
still studying
UK 85%
14%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
70 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course92%90%
Learning opportunities90%91%
Assessment and feedback91%88%
Academic support94%89%
Organisation and management90%81%
Learning resources96%90%
Student voice85%82%
40 final-year students · 64% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£27k
£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 205 graduates, 2022-24
15 months onWider subject at this uni
73% working11% working and studying8% studying2% unemployed6% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
62%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
82%
say their work is meaningful
UK 82%
57%
use what they learned
UK 55%
- Welfare Professionals20%
- Administrative occupations13%
- Finance Professionals9%
- Business and public service associate professionals7%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals6%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 420 graduates · 51% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
- Postcode
- BT7 1NN
Subjects
social work social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Queen's University Belfast
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Social work at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Birmingham | Social Work BA (Hons) | 128 points | 144–159 |
| Bradford College | Social Work BA (Hons) | 120 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Social Work BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Counselling Studies and Working with Children, Young People & Families (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 48 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Social Work BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Criminology, Communities and Criminal Justice (Top-up) BSc | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Social Work BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | Children, Families and Education CertHE | — | — |
| Bournemouth University | Social Work BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Queen's University Belfast | Social Work this course | — | 128–143 |
| University of Bath | Social Work and Applied Social Studies BSc (Hons) | — | 128–143 |
See all 186 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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