Accounting & Finance with a Foundation Year at Swansea University
Accounting & Finance with a Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), NN4F) at Swansea University asked for 174 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 ↗ Course page on swansea.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~174 points
HighestA*AA and above
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 swansea.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 174
The middle entrant had under 96 points. At least 95% had fewer than the 174 asked.
20 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- NN4F · N4 accounting
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations through the Accredited degree accelerated route. More ↗
Accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
65%
still studying
UK 85%
35%
left higher education
UK 11%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
20 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course85%88%
Learning opportunities84%88%
Assessment and feedback86%83%
Academic support100%91%
Organisation and management95%91%
Learning resources97%91%
Student voice90%84%
10 final-year students · 100% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£27.5k3 years£25k5 years£32.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 95 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
75% working15% working and studying10% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
45%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
70%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
65%
use what they learned
UK 63%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 65% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Swansea, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- SA1 8EN
Subjects
Campus
- Campus
- Swansea University - Bay Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Finance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea University | Accounting & Finance with a Foundation Year this course | 174 points | under 96 |
| Queen's University Belfast | Mathematics with Finance BSc (Hons) | 138 - 168 points | 144–159 |
| City St George's, University of London | Investment and Financial Risk Management BSc (Hons) | 128 - 165 points | 128–143 |
| The University of Edinburgh | Accounting and Finance MA (Hons) | 144 - 165 points | 192–207 |
| University of Leicester | Mathematics and Actuarial Science MMath Hons | 136 - 162 points | 96–111 |
| University of Strathclyde | Mathematics, Statistics and Finance BSc (Hons) | 120 - 160 points | 192–207 |
| University of Surrey | Financial Mathematics BSc (Hons) | 128 - 160 points | 112–127 |
| University of Bristol | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 112 - 159 points | 144–159 |
| Newcastle University | Mathematics with Finance BSc (Hons) | 136 - 156 points | 128–143 |
| University of East Anglia UEA | Economics with Accountancy BSc (Hons) | 128 - 153 points | 112–127 |
| University of Sussex | Mathematics with Finance MMath (Hons) | 136 - 153 points | 112–127 |
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