Medical Biochemistry with a Foundation Year at Swansea University
Medical Biochemistry with a Foundation Year (BSc (Hons), C742) at Swansea University asked for 88 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
~88 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 swansea.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 88
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 95%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- C742 · C7 molecular biology and biochemistry
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
90%
still studying
UK 93%
10%
left higher education
UK 5%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2022-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course93%91%
Learning opportunities90%88%
Assessment and feedback87%81%
Academic support97%92%
Organisation and management93%86%
Learning resources91%92%
Student voice77%85%
50 final-year students · 86% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25.5k3 years£22k5 years£32k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
25% working15% working and studying45% studying5% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
50%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 70%
65%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
30%
use what they learned
UK 48%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 65% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Swansea, Wales, Wales
- Postcode
- SA2 8PP
Subjects
biomedical sciences subjects allied to medicine
Campus
- Campus
- Swansea University - Singleton Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Biomedical sciences 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abertay University | Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) | CCC | 160–175 |
| Edge Hill University | Biomedical Science with STEM Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 72 - 96 points | under 96 |
| Lancaster University | Biology (with a Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) | 96 points | 128–143 |
| Royal Holloway, University of London | Biomedical Sciences with Integrated Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | CCC | under 96 |
| University of Dundee | Biomedical Sciences BSc (Hons) | CCD - CCC | 128–143 |
| Swansea University | Medical Biochemistry with a Foundation Year this course | 88 points | under 96 |
| University of Lancashire | Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) | 88 points | 96–111 |
| University of Lincoln | Biomedical Science with Science Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 88 points | under 96 |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | Biomedical Science with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 72 - 80 points | 112–127 |
| University of Brighton | Biomedical Science with Integrated Foundation Year BSc (Hons) | 80 points | 96–111 |
| University of Hull | Biomedical Science (with foundation year) BSc (Hons) | 80 points | 96–111 |
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