International Business Management with Foundation Year at Southampton, Solent University

International Business Management with Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), IBM3) 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 course had under 96 UCAS points.

UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on solent.ac.uk ↗

UCAS tariff

~48 points

Open

below 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 pointsThis course

Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 48

20% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had under 96 points.

10 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 80%, no formal qualifications 15%, other qualifications 5%.

Course

Award: Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
Code: IBM3
Duration: 4 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Foundation
Year: 2027

Placement year: optional
Foundation year: optional

Accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). More ↗

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

75%

still studying

UK 75%

10%

left higher education

UK 19%

15%

moved to a lower award

UK 1%

20 students · started 2022-24

National Student SurveySubject at this uni

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course85%85%

Learning opportunities87%85%

Assessment and feedback84%84%

Academic support92%89%

Organisation and management86%88%

Learning resources91%90%

Student voice80%81%

80 final-year students · 99% responded · NSS 2025-26

After graduating

SalaryWider subject at this uni

15 months

£27k3 years

£22.5k5 years

£28.5k

£10k£20k£30k£40k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

15 months: survey of 65 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onSubject at this uni

80% working5% working and studying10% other

UK, same subject: 86% in work or study

50%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 61%

75%

say their work is meaningful

UK 76%

70%

use what they learned

UK 57%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 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: Southampton, South East England, England
Postcode: SO14 0YN

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Subjects

business studies business and management
law law

Campus

Campus: East Park Terrace
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Business studies 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
Birmingham Newman University	Business and Entrepreneurship with Foundation and Sandwich Years BSc (Hons)	48 points	—
Coventry College	Business HNC	48 points	—
Gower College Swansea	Business Management HND	48 points	—
Leeds Trinity University	Business and Marketing with Foundation Year in Business BA (Hons)	48 points	under 96
Loughborough College	Business (Blended Learning) HNC	48 points	—
Oxford Brookes University	Business and Law (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)	48 points	96–111
Southampton, Solent University	International Business Management with Foundation Year this course	48 points	under 96
University of Bedfordshire	International Business with Foundation Year BA (Hons)	32 - 48 points	under 96
University of Buckingham	Business Economics (with integrated Foundation) BSc (Hons)	48 points	—
University of Gloucestershire	Business and Management (with Foundation) BA (Hons)	48 points	96–111
University of Hertfordshire	Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)	48 points	96–111

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