Cyber Security with Foundation Year at Southampton, Solent University
Cyber Security with Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), CYS3) at Southampton, Solent University asked for 48 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on solent.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~48 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 solent.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 48
15% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.
45 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 81%, other higher education 13%, no formal qualifications 3%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- CYS3
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- optional
- Foundation 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
90%
still studying
UK 85%
5%
left higher education
UK 12%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
35 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course100%83%
Learning opportunities85%81%
Assessment and feedback92%82%
Academic support96%88%
Organisation and management96%81%
Learning resources97%89%
Student voice86%79%
10 final-year students · 100% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£25k3 years£25k5 years£30.5k
£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 onSubject at this uni
90% working5% working and studying5% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
60%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 78%
60%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
45%
use what they learned
UK 55%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 65% responded · 2022-24
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
- Southampton, South East England, England
- Postcode
- SO14 0YN
Subjects
computer and information security computing
Campus
- Campus
- East Park Terrace
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City College Plymouth | Marine Autonomous Vehicles FdSc | 48 points | — |
| Gloucestershire College | Computing HND | 48 points | — |
| Leicester College | Computing (Software/Network Engineering) HND | 48 points | — |
| New College Durham | Cyber Security with Networking FdSc | 48 points | — |
| Southampton, Solent University | Cyber Security with Foundation Year this course | 48 points | under 96 |
| University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College | Computer Science (Cyber Security) FD | 48 points | — |
| University Centre Truro and Penwith | Cyber Security FdSc | 48 points | — |
| University of Bedfordshire | Software Engineering (With Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 32 - 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Gloucestershire | Cyber Security (with Foundation) BSc (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
| University of Salford | Software Engineering with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
| University of South Wales | Applied Cyber Security (Including Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 48 points | 112–127 |
See all 389 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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